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  1. DraigAthar

    Public Poultry Shaming

    All the dog and cat owners are doing it, so why not? Here are a few we took this morning. ;)
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    Setting Eggs 12/28 - Hatching Buddies? Hatch-Along

    Well, I'm starting way earlier than I intended with my hatches this winter! I was going to wait until March, but I have one hen in particular who has NEVER let a roo on her before, and all of a sudden she decided one of our newer roos was acceptable and she has fertile eggs, haha! She also tends...
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    Any guesses?

    He's probably a cross breed, but any thoughts at all? He's a cutie, I call him Ziggy. And no, I don't know if it's male or female, I just have been calling him a he. ;)
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    coughing/wheezing, only one hen in the flock, could it be gape worm?

    Here's the background: 1) What type of bird , age and weight Gold Laced Wyandotte hen, one year old, seems normal weight. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Sort of a coughing or wheezing noise. About a week ago, hubby noticed her making a coughing noise that was almost a cawing, but then...
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    My first chicken slaughter

    I wrote a blog post about it, heh. Thought some of you might like to read it. :) http://www.thirdroar.com/journal/2012/3/31/hugins-demise.html Amy
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    Air cell not big enough

    Is there some reason why eggs from one particular hen would fail to develop a big enough air cell? The humidity in my incubator seems to be working great for the eggs from all my other hens. Of the eggs that developed and made it to lockdown, all of them have hatched except for the ones from...
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    Wryneck, Stargazing

    Had an interesting experience with a chick this week, so I thought I'd share. I had a little guy that hatched last Sunday, he started doing the wryneck thing around his third day. Stumbling a lot, head tipping back like he couldn't control it. I looked it up online and saw it also referred to as...
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    Can I brag?

    My coop won the NH Farm Bureau's Chicken Coop Contest this year, for 'People's Choice Award'. :)
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    Sophie the Salmon Faverolle says hi!

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    Brinsea 'bators

    I had an interesting experience with Brinsea recently that I thought I'd share with you. I ordered a Hatchmaker still air incubator from their website a couple of weeks ago, thinking I'd use it as a dedicated hatching 'bator. A week went by and I hadn't received the ship notification email yet...
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    Tea Eggs

    Today I tried making Taiwanese Tea Eggs for the first time and I gotta say, they are pretty darn tasty! http://www.salon.com/2010/11/09/taiwanese_tea_eggs_recipe_open2010/ Amy
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    Peepers in my Future

    Well, I just bought my first incubator. I do believe I'm doomed. Haha! :)
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    Xenioba Lays an Egg

    I caught her in the act. :)
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    Semi-portable coop

    I couldn't help myself, your honor! They talked fancy to me! I HAD to buy three more chickens, i had no choice! Okay, so I'm addicted. They are pretty little 7-week old Dominiques from Othala Acres: Well, I can't just stick them in with the rest of the flock. They need to be quarantined, and...
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    7 weeks old - do they still need heat?

    The chicken addiction is growing. I just picked up three 7 week old Dominiques from Othala Acres (Lily was SUPER nice, by the way, I am so happy I found them) because I am looking to start breeding Doms. I got two roos and a pullet. They are fully feathered, but do you think they need any...
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    Adding a Roo

    I've been in contact with Othala Acres to get one of her Dominique roos, going to drive over there today and hopefully come home with one. On Friday I emailed the hubby about it from work, to make sure he could get some quarantine housing set up for the new roo. I called him on my lunch break to...
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    Hen with Swollen Abdomen

    Hi all, Why is is ALWAYS my favorite hen that gets sick? I've been reading other threads that sound similar to this, but I thought I'd post anyway in case anyone can help. Magrat is my Dominique hen, 7 1/2 months old. I got her as a day old chick from MyPetChicken.com. I haven't weighed her...
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    Interesting Article

    Anyone seen this one before? It's a comparison of different methods of keeping chickens. http://www.richsoil.com/raising-chickens.jsp I apologize if I am posting old info, I only ran across it recently myself and found it really interesting, so I thought I'd share! Amy
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    Meet the Girls :)

    I've left my homepage blank for too long! I put pictures of my girls up there, if anyone wants a peek. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=74995 Amy
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    New Hampshire Coop and Run

    Hi! I hope I made this page right, my first time trying one here! I spent HOURS looking at all of the coops in the coop design pages on BYC back in spring when we were designing our own coop. They were so helpful, so I finally got around to making a page with photos of the coop we built. Let...
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