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    Should I be feeding my cross beak chick grit or tiny rocks?

    I have been supplementing what ever little bits of crumble chick feed he's been able to get on his own with three daily feelings of baby parrot formula. I noticed he was lagging way behind his sisters, but since I started supplementing him, he's on his way to catching up. My question is...
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    Meet Carl, the cross beak, EE cockerel

    Carl is an Araucana, otherwise known as an EE from the local feed store. He came from the "we promise they're all pullets" bin and lucky for Carl we were hoping for a boy!! He's sweet as can be and so far so good on the flogging ;) His cross beak showed up when he was about a week old and I...
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    EE chick stumbling, holding wings away from body, not eating well

    I brought 8 EE chicks home from the feed store Thursday. I was told they were 2 days old and they looked very healthy. I choose them myself and watched carefully before choosing the ones to come home with me. My broody hen readily accepted them as always. I noticed Friday that the chick stood...
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    Willkatdawson

    Looking for hatching eggs or preferably days old chicks I can pick up, within driving distance of Marietta Georgia, to place under my reliable broody hen.
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    Lg animal vet to help me with chicken. What meds to avian vets use???

    I've got my large animal vet coming out Monday morning to give the horses their yearly shots and I think it's time for one of our oldest hens to be put down. I know she's been a little off in recent weeks and earlier in the week I removed a lot of light yellow fluid from her lower abdomen. I...
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    Chick advice needed ASAP! (adoption gone wrong)

    I have a tried and true broody who I placed 4 chicks under on 3/27/12. She always accepts them beautifully. I have another broody, who's been broody for about 30 days,(4 years old & never been a mom) so yesterday I decided to get 2 chicks to place under her. At dusk, I put them under her, and I...
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    Is there any way to sex dark brahma chicks?

    I'm leaving soon to go get some dark brahma chicks to place under my broody hen. Do you know if there's any way for me to tell the pullets from the cockerels?
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    Can a hen raise goslings?

    I've got a broody hen, and am considering placing two, day old toulouse goslings under her. Have you ever heard of this working. I have 10 free ranging chickens, and about a 1200 gallon ornamental pond in the side yard. Any advise would be great! Thanks,
  9. willkatdawson

    "Little Gem Hatchery" in Georgia?

    Does anyone know how to get in touch with them. Their website hasn't been running for quite some time, but I saw where someone bought some chicks from them recently. I've PM'd that member, but they have only posted once on the forum and who knows if they'll ever be back.
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    How to prepare quail? I need help..

    Last night my friend gave me some lovely quail her husband brought back from a hunting farm in South Georgia. I've never prepared quail before, and seeing as how they are so lean I'm sure they could do with a bacon wrap. Almost all the online sites want me to stuff the birds with cream cheese...
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    No apples on the apple trees....what's up with that?

    We normally have tons of apples, but not this year. Not even one! I've heard this can be a precursor of a really bad winter to come. Do any of you have bare fruit trees? Oh...and we didn't have any pears in the pear tree either.
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    Does a broody's body temp rise?

    There was a big debate on a UK forum as to whether a broody's body temp actually rises while incubating eggs. I would think it's possible, I mean, a woman's body temp rises during ovulation. I know it's not the same, but it's not unheard of for body temp to rise...especially having to do with...
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    My laptop will get me through football season in style!

    Here I sit, talking to you, and beside me is DH watching the Georgia/South Carolina game. Normally I would have been asleep from boredom by now. Not this year! My new laptop has brought our worlds together. He likes me sitting here, and is more than happy for me to touch base with y'all. I'm...
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    Anyone else out there who's watched "The Darling Buds of May?"

    I just finished watching it last night, and now it's time to send the last DVD back to Netflix. I watch at least once a year. Catherine Zetta-Jones was so beautiful in it, and I love her parents in the series! If you haven't seen it, set aside some time to watch it. Two thumbs up! '
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    I think it's kinda sad

    A friend of mine is constantly taking pictures of her little girls falling asleep all over the house. There's photos of them asleep while eating, laying on the dog, there's even one where one of the girls is asleep in her bath tub safety seat. She thinks it's so funny, and adds the photos to...
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    coyote sounded just like a turkey? weird,,,,huh

    Last might my sister was taking her little dog out to go to the bathroom, and she heard a turkey gobbling in her front-yard. She turned on the flood lights, and there in the edge of the yard was a full grown coyote make a gobbling sound. The same thing happened to a friend of mine a couple of...
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    thinking about getting an Anatolian Shepherd to guard my flock???

    I've been free ranging my flock for four years now, and up until now had only lost one hen to an owl. They free-range from sun up until they go in at dusk. Over the past 1~1/2 months I've lost 3 of my hens. One of them had an hidden nest in the woods, and all I found, once I found the nest was...
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    ways in which BYC forum is different (better) than Facebook

    1. different.... On BYC fourm is't perfectly socially acceptable to post pictures of poop. better... All my friends on BYC love chickens, most of my friend on FB don't understand my love of chickens
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    Frontline's not working! Rocky Mountain Spotted fever

    I live on a horse farm in Georgia with my family. My sister has a home here too with her family. One of her dogs got very sick last week and of course they took her to the vet. After several days at the vet Iris passed. The vet sent off samples to a lab and the results just came back. She died...
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    Does your local tractor supply have chicks?

    I'm so sad for my broody. I let her keep two eggs to hatch, and they were due to hatch this weekend, but the are not viable. I candled them last night, and one was totally clear. The other has some dark liquid floating around in it. I would love to find at least a couple chicks to place under...
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