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    What breed is this 1 1/2 week old yellow mystery chick from Cackle

    I have two litle yellow mystery chicks that arrived from Cackle a week and a half ago. Upon arrival they were slightly paler han the Buff Orp hicks. The are just a bit smaller than the Ameracauna/Easter Eggers and the Barred Rocks. I thought they might be Leghorns but the feathers coming in are...
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    Is it just me or is this Black Maran trio for $75 really Australorps?

    On my bi-weekly stroll through Craigslist's Farm and Garden section for my area I saw this ad for a trio of "Black Marans" for 75 big ones in warrensburg MO. Now, I have no interest in these birds personally but I read every chicken ad I see, and I had to do a double take on these photos...
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    Is this gorgeous 8 week old EE pullet really a dude?

    Well I bought 5 EE pullets from Cackle at the beginning of Feb and they are all healthy and gorgeous, but I'm starting to wonder about this one and thought I'd see what you folks thought... 1. Her comb is pinker and bigger than the other 4 2. Her tail.back feathers are srting to look a bit...
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    Adopted bunny from animal shelter*Pics* Advice on adding another bun?

    We adopted Cocoa Puff from the local animal shelter (already had the name, we like it!). She is a 4 mo. old lop who is being spayed tomorrow and we are to pick up in the afternoon. She is from a litter that was seized due to neglect and several littermates died; all the others were adopted...
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    Look what we picked up at Cackle Hatchery today...vote on EEs PLS!

    I combined orders with a couple others who wanted small numbers of chicks, and I have all 30 pullet chicks here tonight until I deliver them to the others tomorrow. There are 10 Light Brahmas, 10 Easter Eggers, 5 Barred Rocks, and 5 Black Australorps. I am keeping 5 Brahmas and 5 EEs. It...
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    My BR had that Not So Fresh Feeling - Poopy Butt Makeover

    Well, I did something tonight that my husband just shook his head over and I have to admit, surprised even me.... Noticed today that one of the BR girls had a big wad of dried/frozen runny poop stuck to her fluffy butt feathers. It had evidently been added to throughout the day and grew as the...
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    How do you dispense/provide grit and oyster shell?

    I would like to improve how I'm providing grit and oyster shell. I usually just pile a hand ful of grit out in the run every week or two, but sometimes I forget. I was considering getting a shallow clay flower pot and drilling extra holes in the bottom for drainage and putting the grit in...
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    Changes that boosted winter egg production from 1 to 6 per day

    Thought I'd mention a couple things I did recently for the comfort of the hens that also resulted in increased egg production -- from 1/day to 5/day and climbing. My chicken house is not well insulated and one hen was molting in early December, and I decided to go ahead and put the brooder...
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    Need a recommendation -- Polish or white sultan?

    I'm getting ready to pre-order for spring from Cackle Hatchery and while I'm mostly going for a few each from Heritage breeds, my chicken loving daughter would like for us to get a few crested chickens. I've read some place that Polish can be less hearty than other breeds, and was hoping some of...
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    Raisin Rooster: from chick to first crow

    My favorite chicken, a rooster named Raison, produced his first pathetic, strangled crow yesterday! After many weeks of watching, wondering and BYCing, I figured out out of 13 Dominique chicks I had 7 cockerels to 4 pullets-- and I only intended to keep hens and not have a roo! Found someone...
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    Advice needed for coop w/gravel floor

    My husband set me up a temporary coop w/an 8x10 metal shed. We're cutting in windows, a pop door etc, and if we end up having to use it thru the winter we'll insulate it. (We can't build the real poultry/goat barn till our other house sells -- major bummer). But here's the problem: the metal...
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    Critique my roost please

    My dad and I constructed this roost this weekend. I need to snooth the corners of the 1x4s. What is the easiest way to do that and how much needs to come off?? Also I read a post by Speckled hen suggesting oiling the wood to facilitate cleaning-- what kind of oil?? Thanks in advance!
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    Please vote: Pygmys or Nigerian Dwarfs?

    You might have read some of my ramblings here about how I'm planning to get two goats in a few months when my husband gets my goat housing built. At first I planned to get two pygmys, but then.... I read a little about Nigerian dwarfs, and started contemplating them instead... So I just don't...
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    Horse lovers: a must see video on Youtube

    A link on this topic to the head butting Nubian and pygmy led me to spend an hour I'll never get back watching home movies of crazy goat and horse antics on Youtube. Must... step...away...from...Youtube...... That site is kinda like crack. Anyhow, saw a funny horse video all you equine...
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    Mid-MO 8 swell Dominique cockerels free for pets or frying

    6 wk old Dominique cockerels: If you're seen my posts under a different topic you know I got a batch of SR Dominiques from a classroom egg hatching project and 9 appear to be cockerels. They are almost 6 weeks old now and starting to argue and get overcrowded in the tractor I built them, but I...
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    Our lap chick, Rose the Buff Orphington

    We inherited an "orphaned" Buff Orph pullet from a friend who got 3 from the feed store (well, they were labeled Buff Orph pullets anyway) and promptly killed off two by not keeping them under heat. So she brought me the last one and after sugar water, a heat lamp, carrying her around for...
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    Tricky hen or just another dang cockerel? (pls look LilPeeps-Speckhen)

    Speckledhen: so sorry to hear you were banned for trolling. Okay, I was convinced that I had acurately differentiated the cockerels and pullets in my batch of 13 Dominiques: 4 very dark girls and 9 very silvery boys. However, now that they are about 5 weeks old and their combs and wattles are...
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    Unlucky ratio of cockrels to pullets on 13 Dominique chicks?

    I got 13 Dominique chicks from a 4-H poultry contact who coordinates classroom chick hatching for our county. I think I finally caught on to distinquishing cockerels from pullets. I was hoping for more pullets since I am after laying hens. Guess I should've ordered pullets only-- live and...
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    Should I keep one or cull all my roos?

    I had posted this in "Egg Laying & other behavior" but after reading this forum I think this might be a more appropriate spot for the question... I had hens years ago and loved them. Am ready to keep chickens again and just got 13 SR Dominiques and, a Buff Orphington pullet and two SR Rhode...
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    Should I keep a rooster from my straight run chicks?

    I had hens years ago and loved them. Am ready to keep chickens again and just got 13 SR Dominiques and, a Buff Orphington pullet and two SR Rhode Islands. Although my plan was to get pullets only, by chance I ended up w/SR chicks b/c I bought from a 4-Her. My original plan was to get a...
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