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    Can egg shell color change?

    My EE had just started laying last week. First there were 2 small green tinted shell colored eggs but today and yesterday the eggs have changed to slightly larger and a cream colored light brown. Is this the same chicken laying? I have only 1 EE, 1 mixed bantam, 1 mixed chicken, a silkie and a...
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    Can they eat cesear salad?

    I have a lot of left over salad from a gathering so can the chickens eat it? There's lettus, cheese, dressing, and crutons. Thanks!
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    Senior Project-Help and Advice Please....

    So the project needs to have 3 components, a product that has a min of 40hrs put into it, a presentation of 15 mins, and a portfolio. This project is suppose to challenge your abilities and knowledge. I wanted to do it on raising your own backyard chickens and how this enables you/family to know...
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    Tsunami alarm

    So once a month, the tsunami alarm goes off as a practice. Today was the first time my babies heard it. Along with the dogs, they freaked out and ran under my chair. Even the chicks that hate me came and squeezed against my feet. The alarm is loud and you will hear every dog in the neighborhood...
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    How can you tell a silkies gender at 1 month or less?

    We are going to a local breeder soon to get silkies. We only want girls and the lady said they were around 2weeks to 1 month in age. Just to make sure we are getting girls, I want to know how to determined that. They are $10 a chick so I dont want to waste my money. We plan on getting 4.
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    Do you sell your chickens/chicks? And for how much?

    I figure I will eventually have chicks and I cant keep them all (no matter how much I want to!). I will probably give them to my grama but I began thinking about making money off of my chickens. (Just to pay for feed) I have a silkie, EE, cochin and 2 mixes hens and a cochin, and 2 mixes...
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    Easy but strong coops for a non-carp exp family??

    My Mama wants to build a coop but our family has no building experience whats so ever. We want it to be big enough for about 10 chickens. A flat roof, because my parents think a A-shaped roof would be too advanced. Time is not an issue, we already plan on taking a few months to make it. We...
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    Take chick away from mom?

    Is it ok for me to take the chick away from his mom so he gets use to being handled?
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    Mixed chickens, trying to figure out what made them.

    Ok so black ones: single comb, dark legs/feet, light ears(tannish), light colored skin, 4 toes, poofy head and they squak small ones: pea comb, bantam, light skin, slate grey feet, pink and white ears. What are they?? Thanks!
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    Sick or Healthy? Stray Mama and Chick....

    Backround- My friend saved a chicken from a dog attack, she had 6 or 7 chicks and only one survived. The hen lost an eye, lots of feathers including on her head and tail and a few toes. The chick looks a little funky to me, so please help and tell me what you think. I have only been feeding them...
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    Stanky Poop!!!

    I have recently added 6 chickens to my gang and I have noticed that the coop area is soo much more stinky. Before, my silkie and EE never smelled as bad. I figured it was poop when one of the new ones pooped on me and as i was cleaning it I took a whift and whooooo STANK! Is it something in...
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    Mama and Baby making babies in the future?

    Ok I forgot whats that called, interbreeding?? Brain fart, lol. Ok so I have a mom and her chick is a boy. Im trying to tell my parents that we cant keep the boy because he might mate with his mom in the future and thats not good for the babies. Am I right? Could someone give me more information...
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    Injured Hen and chick, what are they?

    They were attacked by a dog so Im homing them right now. What breed might we have?
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    Horrible Smell

    I have a mother hen and chick that was attacked by a dog and I adopted them. But they have this horrible smell, just plain stink. And when I handle them, it doesnt come off my skin with soap and water. So I stink all day! What do I use to get rid of it??
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    Bday gifts

    My friends papa breeds chickens so she gave me 4 for my bday. 3 of them, Adobo circling them like a shark from outside Doche and Beastly No name Mimi Idk what to name him yet So what is theyre breed?? She told me the small ones are banty and the big ones get poofy heads
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    can you use food grade de on chicks?

    I found a mom and chick that look infested, should i use food grade de?
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    Mother hen attacked by dog?

    A friend gave me a hen she saved from getting attacked by a dog. Several of her chicks go eaten so there is only one left. She has lost an eye and has back feathers pulled out. I think she might also have a tick/mites infestation. Will post pics ASAP. What should I do? Currently she is in a dog...
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    Getting new chickens to add to my flock of 2...

    My friend who lives on a pasture has a ton of chickens. She has offered to let me catch some to add to my flock of 2, we use to have 3 but she is no longer with us. Her chickens are pretty wild, so any tips on how to catch them? And what should I look for in the chickens to make sure they're...
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    RIP Ugly Betty :(

    My fave chick of all time was snatched by a stray cat today. I guess my flaws in the coop and run could have been the problem. How many chickens have you lost to preys in your first 2 months of raising chickens? I have lost 3 and Im thinking about quitting, its so sad to lose a life. Theyre...
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    What do you use for ticks and lice? And how do you apply it to your. .

    What do you use for ticks and lice and how do you apply it to your chickens. I suspect that one of my small silkies have lice but I dont know for sure. So I would like to clean them and theyre area just to be sure. Thanks!
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