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  1. LyleVertigo

    Rooster Purring?

    My Easter Egger Rooster for some reason likes to go inside a small igloo nesting box and make a purring like sound. The Naked Neck Rooster just looks at him like he's crazy. lol
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    First Time Layers Doing Great!

    My Naked Necks are finally starting to lay their first eggs. They are a bit small but otherwise perfect shape and thickness. I feed them that scratch & Moore and it seems to do the job just right. I do have a cream legbar who is around a month older but I've yet to see any eggs that would...
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    My EE Roo is matured.

    He turned out to be a handsome boy. I can't wait to see the offspring with the white naked necks.
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    New Box Turtle!

    I found this guy by my fence while I was walking my new robot lawnmower. He came up to me and was very friendly, which makes me think he once belonged to someone. I live by the woods but there is enough development here that I worry that it will fall prey to either stray cats or dogs or get...
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    First Time Rooster Culling and Cleaning.

    As my Naked Necks reach maturity I knew the time would come to where I had to start culling the extra roosters. At first I thought I had 5 (4 NN + 1 EE) roosters, turned out I had 8. Eight out of 15 Chickens were roosters. I planned on keeping the EE and the naked neck rooster that likes me the...
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    Insect Bites or Fireant Stings?

    I noticed today that all my naked necks have bumps of the same size all over their necks, many of which are scabbed over. Are they insect bites or fire ants? I do have fire ants in my yard, though I reduced their mounds by quite a bit, but I don't see any visible mounds near the run nor have I...
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    Concern About Automatic Chicken Feeders

    I've had this large capacity automatic chicken feeder as an advanced measure in case rats manage to breach my defenses. So far, that hasn't happened, but I noticed something while I have them eating from it during the trial stages. Sometimes when one is feeding another will jump up on the...
  8. LyleVertigo

    Is Transfer Shock a Thing?

    I decided that today I was moving all my 6-10 week old chicks out into the run and coop. Their mess in the brooder was so much I couldn't keep with the amount of waste they were making, the uric acid was so strong even with 2 powerful air purifiers that my eyes were tearing. The younger chicks...
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    What's This Mystery Chick?

    It was a bonus chick I received with my naked necks, no idea what it is. Acts very odd, loves to stretch it's neck outward instead of upwards and cocks it's head to the side alot like an owl, even takes long strides like one.
  10. LyleVertigo

    Treating An Injured Runt

    I'm surprised I haven't noticed sooner, but out of the 15 chicks I've been raising one looks underdeveloped and has been picked on by the others. It also walks low to the ground and has a bit of waddle to it's gait, but otherwise is eating, drinking and active. I noticed today that one drew...
  11. LyleVertigo

    Attempting Fermenting

    Splitting up my feeding schedule has helped with waste some but they are still wasting way too much of this organic crumble I been buying for them. As far as what I can find available to me this 23% boiler crumbles looks to be the most cost effective as far as organics that I found, but the now...
  12. LyleVertigo

    New Backyard Chicken Man

    Hello, Everyone! I just started getting into chicken keeping. My name is Lyle and I'm a retired vet who has been living on a homestead for the past 5 years. I've tried growing orchards and other fruit bearing plants and have decided to get into chicken keeping. Did my best to look up on all...
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