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    Introducing our chicks to our adult chickens

    Hi all, I have 5 - six week old baby chicks and want to know what the best way to introduce them to my 4 older gals?? Here is our current situation. The babies are inside the house in a brooder at night and in a separate caged playpen outside next to my big girls during the day for about the...
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    3 week old with string stuck in throat!!

    Help... One of our 3 week old babies tried to eat a string and it is hanging out of his mouth. I can't seem to pull it out and am afraid to pull too hard. What can we do?? Need help fast.
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    WTB - Black / Blue / Splash Orpington pullets

    Hi all, I am looking to buy Black / Blue / Splash Orpington pullets day olds to 8 weeks old. I am in Dutchess County, NY and am willing to travel the tri-state area. If further would need to ship them. Please let me know if you have any or where I could buy a limited # of them. Looking...
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    Help! Very mean wasps having taken to living in my coop!!

    Hi all... I need some help. We have attack wasps living in the eves and possibly inside my little coop. My daughter went out the other day to collect eggs and one flew right up and stung her in the nose. Now a friends child went to look at the chickens and immediately got stung! There is...
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    Which places ship small numbers??

    Hi all, I was wondering which places ship small number of day old chicks? I know of My Pet Chicken.... But are there any others?? Please let me know. Thanks, Kim
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    Wobbly head??

    Hi all, I have noticed something a bit off with one of my 2 year old Buff Orpington gals. Her head seems to be wobbly. Very hard to explain right, so I took some videos to show you. (she is the one on the left) She is eating & drinking just fine... Seems perky. She is pooping...
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    Want to buy Black, Blue, White Standard Orpingtons

    Hi all, I have Buff Orpington Gals and just love them! I would like to add to my orpington flock but would like to vary the color a bit. I also would like to only purchase about 3 or 4 of them. I ordered from My Pet Chicken before and had a good experience with them. But I don't see that...
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    lost my first..... not sure why???

    Hi all, I am sad to report that I have lost my first chicken. Teriyaki was almost 1 1/2 years old. I have no idea what happened. She was fine this morning when I went out to feed everyone and late this afternoon she was just laying there dead. There were no wounds or anything on her. We...
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    Broody Hen on non fertile eggs (((Again))) now no feathers and raw!

    Hey all, My one year old BO Hen keeps going broody! I keep kicking her off the nest several times a day. I had her broken of it once. But she went right back to it within a few days! Yesterday I found her back sitting and found that one of the eggs was broken! She was covered in yolk and...
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    automatic waters

    Hi all, I am thinking about getting an automatic waterer. I have seen a few different kinds.... The fountain type, the trough type and the dog water bowl type. Can those of you who have each of these types (or other types) give me a review of the pros and cons of each of them?? I really...
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    Broody Hen on non fertile eggs

    Hi all, I have a hen who I suspect has gone broody. But there is no way these could be fertile eggs. We have no rooster and don't want any babies right now. So, giving her fertile eggs to sit on isn't an option. She has been in her nest for 3 - 4 days now and I don't think she has gotten...
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    Walk-a-thon... Can you help????

    Hey all, I will be joining with hundreds of people to walk 20 miles through the night in the Out of the Darkness Overnight to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I lost my mother to suicide when I was only a child, so this walk has a real personal touch for me. The date of...
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    Coughing??

    Hi all, I noticed last night that one of my Buff Orpington Hens (6 month old) is couging, I think??? Weird sound, kinda a mix between an honk and a choke. I noticed it while she was eating. She is acting completely fine other wise. Eating, drinking, behavior all normal. No discharge from...
  14. khable

    Can my kids get lice from the chickens???

    Quick question, my kids turned up with head lice... YUCK!!! Just wondering if they could have come from the chickens??? or was it just from other kids at school?? Thanks!
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    Genealogy Christmas gift idea....

    Hi all, This is not Chicken related, but my friend and I have a little side business trying to earn a few extra bucks and have come up with a great Christmas Gift Idea for those who are hard to buy for in your family. One of my hobbies has been finding people either missing or ancestors. I...
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    Yet another lighting question.......

    Hi all, I have been reading about using supplemental lighting in the winter for egg layers to continue to lay. I have also read that they continue to lay without the light.... which is it?? I have almost 20 week old Buff Orpingtons... I do want eggs over the winter... but wouldn't mind if...
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    ?? about beginner layer??

    Hi all, My almost 20 week old Buff Orpington gal started laying 4 days ago. We now have 4 eggs! She is laying an egg about every 26 hours. I thought they would start off every 3 or 4 days??? Is this right?? Also, she seems very uncomfortable for a while before she lays the egg. Takes...
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    Layer Feed??

    Hi all, I got my first egg yesterday from my 19 week old Buff Orpington. I have 5 other 19 week old BO gals who are not ready to lay yet. (combs are just now turning) So, I think they are a couple of weeks away from laying. My question is about switching to Layer feed... Do I do it now...
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    gonna lay an egg???

    Hi all, One of my gals (Buff Orpington) - 19 weeks old is acting funny today. She was very loud this morning and since has dig herself a hole in the pine shavings and is just sitting there all to herself not coming out of the coop or out of her hole. I peek in and she doesn't get up just...
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    Opinions on winterizing my coop? Picts

    Hi all, All the talk on winterizing has got me thinking about my coop. This is our first year ever with chickens. Never been thru a winter before. I have been reading alot of different versions of what to do. Insulating? Not Insulating, Heat Lamp or not... etc.... So I thought I would...
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