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    Suggestions needed for hanging feeder and waterer for young chicks

    I recently got this new two level brooder so I start raising chicks outside (https://www.walmart.com/ip/MEDEHOO-Rabbit-Hutch-Outdoor-Indoor-Bunny-Cage-2-with-Large-Pull-Out-Trays-2-Story-Guinea-Pig-Cage-on-Wheels-Move-Freely/16208420251?sid=5a561ae1-d201-4520-9458-618e9e58e2c3) . Overall it...
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    BYC Cookbook

    I wasn't sure where else to put this question. I've been browsing the BYC Store and came across the cookbook. I saw a few of the excepts, but I can't help but wonder if it has information on culling and processing chickens, especially roosters/cockerels. Also does it contain information on how...
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    Breeding run size

    I currently have two open air runs. The first is 9x18, I use it to raise chicks until they're roughly 10-12 weeks old and can go out with the older birds and I don't have to worry about the younger girls being harrased by the breeding males. The second is 10x25, this is the main coop (open air...
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    Holiday humbugs

    Who else here is experiencing a serious case of holiday humbugs? I'm struggling to just get through them and they're just getting started. I'm barely finding the energy to get through the daily routines, then there's all the holiday festivities :barnie I'm ready for them to be over already.
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    Outdoor brooder; opinions needed

    I'm planning to buy this https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/16208420251?sid=a7c50d06-b964-4dce-b60d-ac02aad79c9a and use it as an outdoor brooder I already have this https://www.chewy.com/coziwow-collapsible-small-pet-hutch/dp/579726 foldable playpen so chicks can have access to the ground when...
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    Breed confirmation before listing to sell

    I have two bantams I'll be listing to sell/rehome and I want to make sure I have the correct information in the listing. They're 4.5 months old. This one I thought was a Self Blue Old English Bantam cockerel, but the pictures I've seen of that breed, the males are one shade of grey all over...
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    SOLD: Selling 6 Black Sexlink Pullets; Slidell La.

    These girls will be 16 weeks on the 21st of October; none are laying yet. Price $20 each
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    I culled my first cockerel, now what?

    I culled my first cockerel Saturday evening (with help) and the meat has been resting in the fridge. I have a jar of chicken gravy in the pantry, a roasting pan and an oven. I'm thinking about thinning a bit a of the gravy to inject into the meat and using the rest to marinate it in overnight...
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    Mystery 'red laced' Bantam

    This chick will be 14 weeks on Tuesday. I got her with a batch of SR Assorted Bantams from TSC. I can not for the life of me find a bantam on Hoover's site that looks anything like her.
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    2 chicks with wing joint abscesses on both wings

    This is one of my 4 week old chicks. Out of 9 this chick and one other one developed a bare patch of skin at the wing joint. Initially I wasn't concerned because they're all at the raggedy looking stage. A few days after I noticed the bare spots scabbed over, but the chicks seemed fine; the...
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    Breeding Question: Interesting Turn of Events

    After a bit of discussion a friend and I have decided we'll be swapping around a few of our chickens. He was supposed to get an all pullet flock of Black Jersey Giants for their eggs, but one turned out to be a cockerel. He has a total of 4, one cockerel and 3 pullets, but he can't have a...
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    Callous/Scab on wing joints young chicks

    I noticed a couple bare patches on the wing joint of two of my incubator chicks, currently in a pen in the run. I wasn't concerned initially since they are at the ragged age (lol) but now I'm seeing scabs or calluses. It doesn't seem to hurt or bother the chicks, just look unsightly, and they...
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    Easter Egger Gender Check

    This is Hedwig an Easter Egger chick that just turned 9 weeks old yesterday. When I first saw the red coming in on the wings I was thinking she might be a cockerel. Now that I see red coming in on her face and neck I'm leaning more pullet. Her comb and wattles aren't giving me cockerel vibes...
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    9 week old Game Bantams

    Getting good pictures of these two chicks is like trying to capture a lightning strike in slow motion; possible, but not with my equipment (cellphone), lol. I got these two in a SR batch of assorted bantams at TSC. They are currently 9 weeks old. I know one is a male, that's been obvious since...
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    Blue Jersey Giant 8 Weeks Old, Gender?

    This is my 8 week Blue Jersey Giant. If I remember correctly they are slow to mature, so the red, but still small wattles has me leaning male. The comb isn't red though so I'm wondering what others think.
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    Pullet nasty to chicks

    I have a batch of 26 chicks I've been trying to integrate for over a month, they are now 7 and 8 week olds. After the first two weeks most of the flock has left the chicks alone unless they stuck their heads in the same pile of feed or treats. I'm using the same method that I used the last time...
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    Barring gene in Cuckoo Marans?

    I'm planning for next spring and I have a question about barred chickens to get sex-links or auto sexing chicks. I'm planning to get Marans for their dark colored eggs. As I was looking at different breeds of Marans I saw Cuckoo Marans and French Cuckoo Marans. I'm wondering they have the same...
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    Tired of feeding freeloaders

    I'm not talking about the chickens. So far I've tried three different types of feeders: There was the very basic ports cut into the bucket feeder . . . which I quickly realized was feeding mice more than it was my chickens. I still use this when I have chicks that are too small to operate the...
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    Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: And Everything Thereafter

    I just set a total 34 eggs in my incubator: This is only my second hatch and I using a new incubator, so wish me luck. The eggs I set include: 13 Ayam Cemani I got from a local seller 9 eggs from Sweety the brown barnyard mix pullet and 12 eggs from Pot the black barnyard mix pullet: The...
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    Two dead chicks in brooder pen

    I have a batch of 29 (now 27) chicks in a brooder pen in the run. I'm planning to integrate soon. The chicks are 3 and 4 week olds. So far the chicks have only had chick starter crumbles and the occasional water w electrolytes or probiotics added in as needed. Yesterday I noticed one chick...
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