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  1. JEB NC 10

    Man being fined $500/day for keeping ducks

    Here's a link to the news story. Pennsylvania man being bullied by local government. I wish some of these local leaders would truly educate themselves before passing/enforcing local ordinances out of ignorance...
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    Help with building new coop out of old shipping crate!

    Acquired this old shipping crate. Dimensions are roughly 7ft tall, 4ft deep and 4ft wide. I'm looking to built out to make a coop. Suggestions please! Leave upright? Turn longways and raise up 2ft or 3ft on posts? Any and all suggestions appreciated...
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    Rooster question

    First of all, my apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong section. As I'm trying to "manage" my flock, I figured I'd start here. My question is this - at what age should any roosters I may have start to show signs of spurs? I had a hen hatch out 8 chicks this past July 3rd/4th. I'm trying...
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    sexing older chicks

    Is it possible to sex a 14 week old chick by checking their vents or can that only be done on day old chicks? Thanks.
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    Momma hen with her new (1 week old) chicks

    Momma hen has been taking her chicks around the yard showing them all kinds of new things
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    sexing theory.....and ideas?

    So I think I heard this....female chicks feather out faster than males...can anyone speak to this and offer some advice?
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    She did it!!!***PICS INCLUDED***

    One of my Golden Comets saw it through and her clutch (of purchased fertile eggs) finally hatched. I set them under her 6/12 and the started to see our first chicks this past Friday night. 2 hatched Friday night....4 more on Saturday....and the last 2 finally arrived Sunday..... Started with...
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    They're finally here (with more still coming) ***More Pics Added****

    Everything started happening around 2:00 this morning....out of 11 eggs, we have 4 chicks with 2 more about to hatch any minute...here's a pic of the first 3. These are suppose to be Barred Rock chicks (being hatched by a Golden Comet). From their heads, can anyone give any advise as to the...
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    It's started.....here we go

    First of 11 eggs just starting to pip. Went out to change the water in the coop and heard really light chirps....looked and the broody was getting up to get some fresh water so I took the opportunity to take a peek in the nest and saw it. Broody came back to the nest and seem fasinated by this...
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    It's getting close to hatch date (I think)

    OK...I'm completely new at this. We got our first chickens at the end of this past February. Long story short one went broody and on Sunday, June 12 I put 13 eggs under her. I'm assuming we're getting close to the hatch date of July 3 or 4. My question is this - Since we're getting...
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    Broody Golden Comet

    My GC is setting on a dozen eggs. I put them under her this past Sunday evening. So far she's doing great! My question is assuming she sees this whole thing through, can I trust her to be a good mom or do I need to go ahead and make plans to step in? It's just that given the odds that a GC...
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    One last round of advice before I go through with this....

    OK...so I believe that my Golden Comet is broody - sleeping in the nestbox and staying in the coop on the nest around 75% of the day as well. The only time she's not on the nest is when I let them out of their run to roam around the backyard in the evenings for about an hour or so. I've only...
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    A broody Golden Comet?

    I know they're not breed for this, but how is it still possible for a Gold Comet to do broody. One of my hens has taken to sleeping in the nest box at night and for the past 2 days has spent most of her time in there as well. This morning she got upset when I went out and had to move her to...
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