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    Starting an Egg Only CSA? Management? Anyone know of an existing model?

    Hello, I have been a chicken owner at my own residence for many years. I recently was introduced to someone in my community who is a part owner of a 13 acre farm in the city. She is wanting to start developing the property and include community members in those efforts. There are currently a...
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    Name for my suburban "farm", if you could call it that!?

    Hi all, I have read several posts regarding naming your property/farm/etc. I love reading all the posts on BYC and have learned so much from all of you. This is my first year of poutry and I am loving it! The posts with farm names are wonderful and I really want to do the same as many of my...
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    To bag or not to bag it's head during butchering?

    My dear BF and I have a dilemna as to how to kill a meat bird. I have killed and processed a turkey and a young rooster earlier this spring. My brother-in-law helped me. I held down the body and my brother-in-law streteched the neck of the bird out and chopped it off with an axe. It was not...
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    Need a friend for Lonely Chick (colorado)

    I just completed a hatch and only one lone chick made it. On day 22 and no movement formthe other eggs. :-( Not holding out much hope. I need a friend or two for him as his stuffed moose is ok, but not much real company! I have looked on Craig's list and have not been able to find him one...
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    How long until turn off bator? Day 23....24....25?

    How long do you typically wait after a hatch to determine when it is time to turn off the bator. I am on day 22 and still have 4 really good potential eggs to hatch yet.
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    4 silver button quail + 1 lonely little blue andalusian - Day 22

    This is my first hatch, I was so excited and recieved the eggs in the mail, no breakage. I had a mix of 5 silver button quail eggs, 4 blue andalusian, 4 speckeled susix, and 4 silver spangeled hamburg's. I let them sit for about 12 hours and put them into the incubator. I candeled on day 14 and...
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    Can Chickens Taste their food?

    I know my girls have prefrences like hard boiled eggs, etc. They also go for things like worms when offered two or more choices. This brings to mind are their choices/prefrences based on color of the food alone or a combination of color and taste? A curious mind, Marva
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    What to do with my new Tom Turkey (Bronze)

    This evening, I picked up 4 beautiful BO's from a local woman who will be moving back into the city and can no longer keep her hens. They are really pretty and I look forward to some fresh eggs soon! Yumm! My 9-12 week olds will not be laying for some time and this will be an early treat for...
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    Incubating Newbie - Adjusting temperature - Help

    I recently got my first incubator... I am so excited. I set it up late this afternoon, plugged it all in, added water, checked the egg turner, inserted the hygrometer/thermometer, etc. It is a still air hovabator with a heating element in the lid. It has been warming up since 4 pm and 6...
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    Is my Cuckoo Maran named Max or Maxine?

    The chicks are nearly 10 weeks old and there is one we cannot figure out jsut yet. It's comb developed early and first compard to it's siblings, however they all have the same darker coloration. She/he is a bit bigger than the other siblings, but her I understand that cuckoo maran roosters are...
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    Wanted Local Hatching Eggs - Near Denver Colorado

    I am new to the chicken addiction, but I definietly have it now! I recently purchased a wonderful incubator from another member of BYC. I am now looking for some hatching eggs from a local source so I can hopefully better chances of hatching. I would prefer some pure breed chickens, either...
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    Selling cockrels? 6 week old bantams

    I got some roos in some straight run bantams. Unfortunately I need to find them new homes. How much do roos go for? I have seen anywhere from free to $10 on craig'slist Just curious. I need to find these guys homes as code inforcement told me they had had problems with a few previous...
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    Getting chicks into the hen hosue at night

    recently put my 8 week old pullets out into the newly completed run (hen hosue enclosed in the run) on Sat. night. I placed them in there the first night just before bed and no problems. It has been fun watching them explore their new surroundings. I have had difficulty getting them back INTO...
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    Would like to get an incubator (Colorado)

    Hello all! I am certainly new to chickens, but now have the following ranginin in ages of 6-8 weeks old: 2 Rhode Island Red pullets 4 Ameracauna pullets (1 white) 2 Mille Fleur Old English Bantams (one is a rooster) 3 Buff Sebrights (possibly 2 roosters, not sure yet) 2 Gold Sex Link pullets 1...
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    Need help identifying a chick - greenish feet and all white

    I was sent a white chick, it developed feathers first and has been one of the larger chicks since the beginning. I thought that since it had tail feathers first, then it might be a roo. At seven weeks it still has no comb and has greenish feet, similar to the ameracaunas. Any ideas?
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    Broody hens

    I am new to this and curious about how to introduce chicks to a broody hen. I live in Colorado and have ordered some day-old chicks froma hatchery which will arive in early May. I have heard that a good way to start the chicks out is to find a local broody hen and when the chicks arrive...
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