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    Must give away seven PET chickens-TX

    I live in the county where chickens are perfectly legal. No, I didn't know that the Deed Restrictions in my subdivision were anything more than "suggestions". After all, fireworks aren't allowed by the Deed Restrictions, and off they go for hours on every holiday, and many other Deed...
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    Hard Crop in Pullet Please Advise

    My black australorp had temporary slow crop issues as a chick. She is now a large, seemingly healthy pullet. Yesterday afternoon, I noticed her huge crop while all were out in the yard free-ranging...thought nothing of it. This morning, although they've been up a few hours with access to...
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    To wash or not to wash?

    K, guys...do I wash the eggs or not??? If so, how?
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    Fretting yesterday...EGG TODAY!!!

    Today, blessedly, we found the most perfect, most beautiful, most perfectly-formed medium pink-brown egg in the nest box. I screamed, I jumped up and down, I cried. I fried it. DH and I ate it. We are content. My pullets are the best girls in the world!!!
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    22 weeks on Monday

    ...and still no eggs. What am I doing wrong???
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    Almost Time to Lay - Switch Feed?

    My girls are 17 weeks Monday. When do I switch to Layer Ration? Is it medicated? The girls are on medicated starter, still. If they lay their first egg on this feed, is it safe to eat? Thanks for the help!
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    Night Terrors & Feather Eating

    Two things: My 7 pullets are 10 weeks old today and moved out into their coop 4 days ago. At night, they are really needy. Chicks that don't really want me to handle them during the day are crawling into my lap in the evening as the sun sets. Everyone on the roost scoots over as close as...
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    DH Will Not Bury HW Cloth - PICS

    He says he would need a chain saw to get through all the pine roots in the run. The run is a 10X10 chain link dog kennel from TSC, covered on all sides and top with 1/2 inch hw cloth. We have raccoons. Will they dig under? If so, if the coop is closed up securely, are we alright? I just...
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    dlhunicorn, could you please empty your in-box?

    Diane, we need your help on this thread. You're the master with this stuff! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=65007 Mod, I hope this thread is OK. I didn't know how else to do it. Thank you!
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    Need to hear from SE TX, LA, MS on heat/humidity and pullets!!!

    I'm in SE Texas. Anyone from a similar climate - Louisiana, Mississippi, etc. - please chime in and let me know what to do about the oppressive heat and humidity for my girls who will move out to the coop and run within the next two weeks. They will be 5 weeks old on Monday. They are out in...
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    I Accidentally Pulled Out a Tail Feather! Bloody!

    My girl was running under the couch. In retrospect, this will be obvious to all of you, and to me. I held her by the tail to keep her stationary while I reached under the couch to retrieve her. (After all, it was hard-boiled egg time, and she was missing out!) Anyway, she yanked forward and I...
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    Hen-Pecked, Literally

    Betsy, the 4 week-old Australorp (whose life I saved!) pecked me square in the eye. Needless to say, I am POed at her. I will refill my antibiotic drops when the pharmacy opens in the morning. And she climbed up onto my shoulder all sweetie chick-like...
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    Can they be on shavings? Eating paper towels!!!

    They are two weeks old tomorrow. I started them for a few days on paper towel-covered pine shavings. One had a slow crop, so I put them on paper towels only, for fear of them eating shavings. Now they are eating the paper towels. I've given distracting things like dirt/grass clods from the...
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    New Chick Mommy Rescues Half-Dead Baby at Feed Store - SAD

    Went to the feed store to get more starter for my 12-day-olds. They are my first and are doing so well. At the feed store, there was a little bantam or runt chick sleeping by itself. When I reached down to pick it up, it didn't protest at all and just layed in my hand. The owner said they...
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    Please Tell Me What Winnie Is!

    This is the angelic Winnie. Picked her up from Ideal on Monday with her 6 sisters. She's supposed to be a Standard Silver Laced Wyandotte. Her wing feathers are saying otherwise, IMO. Her shanks are dark, but her feet are yellow. Her beak is mottled. I'm confused! Please tell me what she is.
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    Help Pros! 5 day old chick Hard Crop!

    This is the SLW that has worried me since day 1. Eating medicated starter and plain water. On paper towels over pine shavings. Pulled back a corner of the paper towel yesterday and played in the shavings. I don't know if they ate any shavings before I discovered it. This is the first time I...
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    My Girls Want to Play

    They are five days old. Is it too early to give them some sod out of their future pen? Are there other safe things they could play with? The EE and the WPR (white rock) are already looking up and trying to jump to the top of the brooder! I cannot believe these wild girls! I just thought I'd...
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    HELP! 4 Day Old Chicks Diarrhea. UPDATE

    I have 7 chicks. Picked them up from Ideal Monday. They get medicated starter and plain water. They are on paper towels over pine shavings. I change their water several times a day. I change paper towels several times a day. Temp ranges from 90 -100 in the brooder. They seem happy -...
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    They're Here But SLW is WEAK. Suggestions? Doing GREAT now!

    We picked the 7 of them up from Ideal this afternoon. The ride home went well. When we got them home, I dipped all 7 beaks in the water. They all went nuts, singing, eating, drinking, pooping, except for SLW. She and SBC look younger than the others. SBC came to life over the course of a...
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    Food Grade DE. Codex? Where?

    I'm ready to order. I like Custom Milling's prices, but I don't see any mention of CODEX. Wolf Creek Ranch is really informative and really expensive. Are these the same products? What does CODEX mean? I want to buy the right thing and I want to save money.
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