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    Home Made Bator Help?

    I'm working on making a "styrofoam cooler" incubator. I really want it to be forced air, because I made an incubator years ago that wasn't and only got 2 hatched out of 36 eggs (although we did have a power outage early on, it was November, and the eggs were shipped to me, so that all may have...
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    Earlobes predict egg color?

    I was reading this article "5 Grocery Shopping Myths Busted" and the first entry was that brown eggs are not more nutritious than white eggs. It goes on to say "The color of the eggshell does not affect nutrition, but indicates the color of the bird’s feathers and earlobes. White eggs come from...
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    She laid an egg, what do I do?!

    So my pullet laid her first egg. I don't really know when, but I assume it was today because I didn't notice it before, and I have been looking for the past week or so. I just had a feeling, lol. Well, she lives together with a young rooster. My boyfriend wants to let her keep the egg and see if...
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    Question about sexing

    My chickens (silkies) are both assumed to be related and from the same batch, since they were around the same size and have been developing at a similar rate since we got them, and also the lady said "this is the mama" about one of the chickens the day my boyfriend went to pick them up. So, if...
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    Urgh! Can't Win!

    Some of you my remember that I recently got fired from my job. Well, a week or two after that, my boyfriend got fired from his job! We have money saved up for a vacation we were going to take, so we'll be okay for a few months on our rent. Luckily we had recently bought a 50lb bag of chicken...
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    I guess I spoke too soon....

    Well I got fired from my job...on the 4TH OF JULY!! It's because a few times my boss had gone over the rooms after I cleaned them and found a hair or two on the rug. The last time they were most def my hairs, that day I hadn't worn my hair up (big mistake!) and he saved the hairs to show them to...
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    He threw up?!

    Just a few minutes ago I was letting the chickens out and feeding them etc. Last night I had forgotten to movie their waterer from the run to the coop. I gave them fresh water and they both drank a lot. Then they started eating and jacob threw up water. Could this be because he drank a lot of...
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    I Have A Rooster!!!

    Well this morning at around 9 I heard this quiet little noise. I thought maybe it was my boyfriend's little brother crying, but he lives next door and we've never heard him cry before in our apartment. Then I heard it again, and it had more of a pattern to it. So I went outside, and I guess I...
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    Sex my chickens?

    I have two silkies who are both about 12 weeks. I think the blue is a roo and the white is a hen, anyone else? Full body: Head Shots: Full body: Head shot:
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    What should I make for dinner?

    Ok BYC friends, tell me what to make for dinner!! I've started a new tradition that whenever I have the day off from work, I will go all out and make a delicious home cooked meal for my boyfriend and I to share. He was so happy last night when he got home from work early and saw me in the middle...
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    Raining!

    Usually when it starts to rain there's thunder, so I get forewarned and I can get the chickens in their coop. Today it just started raining hardcore and I didn't notice until I heard the rain on the window. I don't *think* the rain can get to them in the run, it's covered. Is it ok to leave them...
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    A silkie video

    Here's a video I took of my boyfriend feeding our Blue silkie (who we think might be a roo) Jacob. Also with a cameo from Claudette the white silkie who was sitting in my lap while I filmed.
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    I got a job!

    I had been unemployed for a year and a month. 3 weeks ago after I really buckled down and finally started getting interviews, I got hired at a bed and breakfast. Now I'm a housekeeper It's definitely a good job for me. Not too far from the house, I can listen to my mp3 player while I work, I...
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    Scared silkie

    For the past 2 weeks one of my chickens, Jacob, has been giving me a lot of trouble when it comes to getting him out of the coop to go in the run. It used to be that both he and Claudie would sit in the front of the coop so I could lift them both out every morning and put them in the run...
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    Silkie Cam!

    I set up a chicken cam on Justin.tv. The link is http://justin.tv/vanilladotexe I'll bump this thread whenever the chicken cam is live, which it is right now! The cam is set up in their feeding area and I just fed them, so if you want to see my chickens live, check it out right now!
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    My how they grow!

    I would like to share with you some pictures of when we got the chicks last month and from today. Then: Now: Then: Living in a kennel in the house because they were too small to be in the coop Now: Living outside in their coop and run. They're still pretty small compared to what they will...
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    The chickens are in the coop (and run built)

    We'd been keeping our silkie chicks in a large sized dog kennel in the house, and though they were quickly outgrowing it, the door to their coop is latticed and they can still fit through the holes if they squeezed hard enough. Boyfriend's mom to the rescue, she found a bunch of screens on...
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    Where's the Benny Hill theme when you need it?

    Today I took the chicks out for play/bonding time. They were both perched on my arm when all of a sudden Jacob sees the cat and flies off of my arm......to chase the cat. So the cat is running with Jacob chasing her and I'm chasing Jacob and holding Claudette. This went on for a few minutes...
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    Bath time?

    How do you give your chicks baths if they need it? My little fuzzy ones definitely need it. I was thinking of filling the bath tub with a few inches of lukewarm water and using a tooth brush to gently scrub them. What kind of soap can I use? We have Dr. Bronner's liquid soap which is organic and...
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    Teaching the dog?

    Do you think we would be able to train the dog to leave the chickens alone? I thought maybe when they get a little bigger we can let him look at them while they're in the cage to get used to him and praise/treat him when he's calm or if he starts ignoring them. Any other suggestions? We'll never...
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