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    Ready for some meaties but?

    I still have a few questions that I haven't been able to find answers for in searching, there is so much good info on here that I've gathered thus far though! We've had layers for the past 4 years now and like chicken raising goes, we are ready to start raising some meat. Funny how that...
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    Whole milk mix for bottle pygmy going bad??

    I have a gallon mixed up for our one 12 day old bottle pygmy. Whole milk, buttermilk and evaporated milk(as per recipe found on here/backyardherds). I mixed it up on Monday and its about half gone right now. My question is, how long does it stay(it is in the fridge)? Its looking like its...
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    7 week EE gender help please

    This is our first year with EE so I am still learning their characteristics and such. I think I have one Roo and one pullet, but I'd like your opinions please! This one I suspect is a roo. I was told around 4 weeks that he may be a pullet, but he's much bigger than the other one, his beard...
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    4wk Buff Orps 1 Roo, 1 pullet, 1 dunno? *UPDATED*

    These 3 Buffs are almost 4 weeks in the pics. It is VERY clear that one is a rooster! I think one is a pullet as she has a very small comb, is feathering differently and is smaller overall. The other one, however, is keeping me guessing. He(my guess) is feathering the same as the obvious...
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    RIR(production) or RSL??

    These two were sent to me as hatching eggs and she told me they were RIRs. I assumed when I ordered them, they were just production strain and I am totally fine with that since my current production reds are wonderful and very pretty birds. However, when they hatched, I wondered if maybe they...
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    4 week Easter Egger Genders?

    These are our first Easter Egger chicks(there are 2) that one of our broody hens hatched. They are almost 4 weeks in the pictures. I've researched alot on here and I think I've decided that I have one roo and one pullet, but I would like some expert analysis. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the...
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    I feel like a kid on Christmas morning!!

    Ok, so this is our first time with hatching eggs, we got our first batch of chicks in the mail last spring so this is all new! We have a sweet Colombian Wy. who decided she wanted to be a mommy so we gave her some eggs 3 weeks ago. My boys were so excited to go out this morning before school...
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    Poor little farm store chickies!

    I went to my local farm store this morning to get some more feed and of course the kids wanted to go see the babies. Three water troughs housed sweet little chickies and one had 3 cute little duckies. As I was admiring the pretty pullets they had in one trough, I realized their water container...
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    Should I toss it?

    I have a broody Colombian Wy. that has been setting on 11 eggs. This is a first time experience for both of us! Last night we were at about the 11 day mark and I decided to candle. I had candled them a few days ago, but only a few just to see if I could see anything. I just used a cheapy...
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    SLW genders??

    These are supposed to be pullets, but I am having a hard time judging my Wyandottes! They are 6wks. Thank you! Clementine Perdita Perdita(L) & Clementine(R) Sorry, I'm not the best chicken photographer and those little buggers manage to stay still only until you are actually ready...
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    Dominique gender??

    I do believe I've got the breed correct, it was my free rare exotic. I've assumed all along that he would be a boy because he was the free one, but he has been very slow to develop any wattles or comb. He is 6wks and is the smallest of the bunch by far. He did have a bout with cocci a couple...
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    Showgirls...never even knew!

    Went to a flea market this weekend and learned something new! I'm pretty new to chickens anyways, but there were little Turkens with crests and feathered feet so I figured they were a mix of Silkies(he had Silkies right next to them) and Turkens. Woohoo! I was right! After talking with the...
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    I need help sexing these BLRW, please! LOTS of pics!

    I have three 4 1/2 week old BLRW that were straight run. I have found it to be much harder to try to figure out what gender pea combs are! Any thoughts?? Bird #1 again... again... and again... Bird #2 again... again... again... and again... Bird #3 again... again... again...
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    Sulmet only in pill form at local farm store...

    So I ended up getting Corid. I would have rather had the Sulmet, but $55 for pills that I would have no idea how to break down/dilute/give to chickens, I passed and went with the less invasive(and far less expensive!) Corid. Hoping it will work! Correct me if I'm wrong here, but yogurt, milk...
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    Thinking it may be Cocci...

    We had one chick die at 9 days and now at 4wks another one is sick. I didn't think anything of the first one having cocci as there were no signs other than extreme weight loss, not wanting to eat/drink, lethargy. No poo problems. I had all my chicks vaccinated at the hatchery(McMurray) for...
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    Seems pretty silly to ask, but...

    Maybe this being my first go with chickens and all, I might be calling it too soon. These RIR's pullets came sexed, they are 2 1/2 weeks and I am almost certain one is a roo. Its just too obvious, but then again, I'm no expert so maybe, just maybe he's a girl?? Here are the presumed girls...
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    Playsand for grit?

    I was at the farm/home store the other day to get some chick grit and they were all out. I looked to see if they had any parakeet grit and they did not. I ended up getting some playsand. My babies are a week old today and have been eating it along with their food. I wanted to make sure they...
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    Lime in the run?

    The dirt work that we did to prepare the site for our coop consists mainly of limestone dust/dirt. The gravel roads out here are all limestone and we live near the quarry. When the ditches get full of limestone run off the county digs them out and we had several loads dropped off out here a...
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    Will I need different kinds of DE?

    Ok, I think I understand well enough that the DE keeps things dry, keeps worms out of chickies guts, and keeps pests(fleas, mites, etc.) away. According to Perma-Guard's website, "Fossil Shell Flour" is the food grade DE. They also have a DE available for dusting pets it is labeled D-20. My...
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    Newbie!

    Hi all! I've been poking around BYC for the last couple of months gathering some of the immense knowledge all you pros have to offer!! I am new to chickens, though last year we had three ducks. Being new at duck rearing and uneducated to say the least(my thinking was, "how hard is it to raise...
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