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    what breed rooster does she need? help pls! :)

    My sil has black sex links. She wants to add a rooster so she can get fertilized eggs and hatch her own chicks...but she wants those chicks to be good layers and meat birds for future eggs/meat. What breed roo does she need to add to her flock? Is the blk sex link a mix with a barred rock...
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    trip to Cancun, Mexico...passport info?

    Dh has decided to go to cancun for our anniversary. In 2 weeks. He's already got th trip planned and whatnot. We would leave the 8th in the am. Soooo what about a passport? How long does it take to get them? Kind of a big deal, right? Do I go to sec of state? Thanks in advance!
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    sand floor in my coop...can this be their "grit/oystershell"?

    It would be convenient! Otherwise I bought oystershell...its so big! Or at least it seems like it...how do ya'll make it for chicks? Hammer/rock is taking FOREVER! Advice please
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    PLEASE - need serious help with my chicks pecking eachother!

    I'm so confused. I don't know what to do! Here's the backstory... I had all of my chicks in one brooder. as they got older I moved my 8 BRs in with my ducks. The BRs pecked at my ducks so I separated them and moved the BRs into their coop as it was just finished. I also moved my ISA browns and...
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    why do they pluck eachother??

    It started with my duck. They plucked out tail feathers. I got her separated and bandaged up...now more than half of my chicks(older ones) are outside. The younger ad bantams are still in the brooder. Went down this morning and overnight someone plucked at my BO chick and her tail is bleedimg...
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    chicks first night out! mamas nervous...

    So they're outside! Yay well most of them. The bantams and a few younger ones are still in the basement. I have a heat lamp set up for them, but its supposed to get down to 37 tonight. Will they be ok? Babies are growing up
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    how do YOU hang a brooder lamp in your outdoor coop??

    Chicks are outside! Well, most of them. I want to have a heat lamp for them still. So how do you hang yours? I cannot post pics, but my coop is 8 x 12 and pretty much basic. I have two large branches for roosts and the at the moment. I don't even have nestboxes yet. Can't figure out how to hang...
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    3 quick questions. please help fast response..

    Ok so I posted before about my chicks pecking at my duckling. I have 3 questions... 1 will the other ducks peck at the red if I just use neosporin and not bandage it? 2 how long til her feathers come back? 3 how old do the ducks need to be before they do not need a brooder lamp? Thanks!
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    help with my coop PLEASE - how to hang feed/water??!

    Ok I am putting the sand into my coop today. Below the sand I have pavers and hardware cloth. Now I need to figure out the feed/water. How do I hang it? I can't even visualize this! I'm stumped! I want the chicks out TODAY! What do I do?? Then I need to do roosts...that I think I can figure out...
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    chicks pecking at my duckling? now shes got a sore spot...help?

    Just noticed this, my indian runner duckling(about 4 weeks maybe 5) has a raw spot on her back above her tail. Its about quarter size and not bleeding, but pink. Are my chicks pulling feathers out? Will they continue to peck at her? What should I do? They are caged together in my basement and...
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    help!! im a horrible mom..what do i do?!

    I was taping my chicks feet for the third night in a row trying to fix her curled toes. Decided to put cardboard underneath this time I had it taped and went to trim it a bit because it was so big and I didn't realize her back toe(which wasn't taped at all) was hanging in the way and I clipped...
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    run wire/fencing

    What do you use for your run fencing/wire? And why?
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    CHEAPEST most STABLE run...advice please!

    Ok, silly phone did NOT post right...we will try again... We are building a run to our coop approx dimensions 16 x 20. I found some wood at menards that is 2 x 2 and 8 ft long or 1 1\\2 x 1 1\\2 8ft long at 1.09 a peice. Would this be adequate for a base structure? Hubby thinks it wouldnt be...
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    how long do i leave feet taped?tryi

    Trying to fix curled toes....how long should I leave her taped? Thanks!
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    how many of you let your chickens free range...and have a dog??

    Id really prefer to let my chickens free range than to keep them in a run. 1...I bought too many chickens, and the run will have to be huge. This = a not happy husband! We have about 2 acres of a backyard. That is surrounded by woods on all 3 sides(not the 4th...that's my house) then the road...
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    how big should my run be??

    I started with 16 chicks. I've almost doubled...lol. here's what I have: 8 barred rock, 8 ISA brown, 5 EE's, 1 RIR, 1 aust, 1 SLW, 2 BO, 1 black sex link, 6 bantams and 3 ducks.(2 rouen, 1 indian runner). Ducks will not be in the coop, but they will be in the run. I plan to let the chickens...
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    breeding rooster to dofferent breed hen?

    I was just wondering...if you bred a rooster to a hen, but they were different breeds what would you get? For example...a barred rock rooster to a buff orpington hen? And what kind of crosses do you need to officially make an easter egger? or would that simple different breed cross create it...
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    crooked and taped feet..should i separate?

    I am just worried the other chicks will peck, and then they will develop that nasty habbit. Will she be ok or should I separate them? Thanks!
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    chick with crooked jaw?

    Just noticed one of my porcelain d'uccle's has something funky going on. Her lower jaw hangs off to he right, like its crooked. Dislocated? Broken?! she acts overall ok...not lethaargic at all. She did drink and she can cirp although I haven't noticed her eat yet. I will keep a close eye. She...
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    hubby has given me a timeframe to move chicks.....advise please!!!

    He never sees them...never goes in the basement...and somehow he still says they got to go! I don't like when he's all I prefer him all so here's what I need to figure out... Were building the coop this weekend. It will be fully enclosed and safe, I will make sure of that. I think I can...
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