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  1. Raen

    Is there any chance this is not a rooster?

    I hatched some eggs from a neighbor's barnyard mix of hens August 23, so they're almost 4 months. Every one of them looks to be a roo, but this one...I don't know. The back end looks roo. The front end doesn't have the pointy neck feathers, though. No crowing yet, no behavior that would indicate...
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    Blue legs and white toes--what is this mystery chick?

    I've decided this is probably my mystery chick. Always been the runt. Total spaz. He was a chipmunk when he was a babe. What is this guy?
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    5 week old cornishes in tractor with cool, wet weather. Bring in?

    I've got the tarp over these guys now, but they're pretty wet and look kind of cold. Forecast says rain and lows in the high 40s the rest of the week. Are they OK with the tarp (ground is pretty wet right now) or should I bring them in somewhere? They're pretty much completely feathered, and...
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    Think I'm going to order some guinea keets--questions

    We're buying a house with 15 acres, mostly field, that has a gazillion ticks on the property. So: Guineas. I've been trying to find someone local selling adults, with no luck. I guess I'm ordering a batch. What I hate about this is the whole "keep them cooped up for 6 weeks" thing. Can I at...
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    What's this mystery chick?

    This guy is my mystery chick from McMurray. At first I thought he was just one of the Cornish Xs, but he's fluffier and has a beard. 4 toes, no leg feathering. Coloring size is the same as the Cornishes. His legs look greenish in the top photo, but they aren't, it's just weird lighting. What can...
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    2012 chicks have arrived!

    Just had to share. We got 27 healthy babies in the mail today, including a dozen cornish Xs, which is a first for us. The Cornish babies caught onto drinking very quickly, but all of the new babies are zooming around the shed acting healthy as can be. These guys are from McMurray; I'm very happy...
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    brooding meet birds and layers together: feed?

    I'll be getting a batch of layers and cornish Xs in a couple of weeks, and I was planning on keeping them together in the brooder for the first 3 weeks or so, at which point I was going to move the meaties to a tractor. But it occurs to me that they might need a different kind of food as babies...
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    Have you guys seen this chicken purse?

    I doubt I'm the first to post this here, but I'd never come across it so I thought I'd share. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G8N95I/ref=as_li_ss_tl&tag=pinterest02f-20?camp=1789&ie=UTF8&creative=390957 Behold: The chicken purse. I don't think I could quite pull it off, but I want...
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    Nice, FREE coop in Rochester, NH

    Hey guys, just saw this on Craigslist and thought I'd pass it on, in case anyone in the area could use it. I don't need it, or I'd be out there hauling it away! nh.craigslist.org/grd/2750282836.html
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    Sadie gets the worm: a picture story

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    Funniest blog post ever, and it kind of involves chickens! Must read.

    http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/ Tragically, this is not my blog. It is, now, however, my favorite blog. Yay, 5 foot tall chickens! Sorry if this has been posted before, I searched and didn't find it.
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    Goatsitting, now owner refuses to get her goats, ignoring me

    Help! Seriously, guys, this is stressing me out. This is kind of long, bear with me. I'm going to try to be as objective as possible here. Three months ago I responded to an ad on Craigslist. A woman (I'll call her Sara) who lives about 45 minutes from my house was moving to a new place in...
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    Why aren't my eggs very big?

    I have three hens laying right now (and a bunch of pullets that should start in the next few weeks). The hens are about 2.5 years old, one is a salmon favorolles, one is a red star, and one is a BO. The hens are on Layena pellets, but free range all day most days. The eggs are perfect, but...
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    Couple of questions about integrating new chicks to the flock

    I had three adult hens and this spring I got eight babies. They were brooded in the house until 4 weeks, and then yesterday I sectioned off a part of the coop for them to live in for a while so the old girls can get used to them. So far, the hens don't seem too completely horrified at the new...
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    Is Dorothy (4 weeks) a boy? Wattles?

    Dorothy, my partridge rock from Ideal (all the chicks were supposed to be girls, but we know how that goes), has been the runt of the flock since about 1 week old. She (I'm being optimistic in my pronoun usage here) has feathered a bit slower than the others, but not dramatically. She's about...
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    I think Beatrice thinks I'm her mommy!

    New development with the 4 day old chicks today, every time I walk away from the brooder (which is clear plastic, they can still see me) Beatrice, one of my EEs, stands at the wall looking at me and cheeping at the top of her lungs. She settles down when I come back. It's too cute.
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    I don't think Henrietta is going to make it.

    I got nine babies from Ideal in the mail yesterday, all appeared healthy, were active and ate and drank well. This afternoon, though, I saw Henrietta, one of my EEs, get trampled by the other girls and she didn't get up. I put her back on her feet, and she seemed fine for a few hours, then I...
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    Chicks are sleeping a whole lot more on the second day: normal?

    I got my babes yesterday morning (they were 2 days old, hatchery chicks), and they spent basically all day eating, drinking, playing. I barely saw them sleep at all, except for occasional exhausted face-plants. Today, though, they're sleeping a lot. When they're up and around, they seem fine...
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    Is it mean to add a polish chicken to my flock?

    I've ordered my spring chicks, nine ladies of various breeds, EEs, BRs, RIRs, couple of sex links, an australorp. I have three older hens right now, but I plan to retire them to my friend's barn when the babies start laying, so that I don't crowd everyone. I'm really tempted to add a polish to...
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    Custom pet portraits

    Hi, I'm a watercolor artist living in Maine, and I do all sorts of paintings but lately have been very interested in creative portraits of animals. I can work from your photos (either a loose or strict interpretation), or if you want a painting of a specific type of chicken or chickens, I can do...
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