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    Q about Silkies with Pic

    I ordered Silkie hatching eggs, and I got these 2 lovely little babies. I have been reading about Silkies, and from what I understand they should have 5 toes and black skin...what does that mean for my little black baby? It only has 4 toes and yellow skin. :( I think she is precious and I...
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    Brinsea Mini Advance Turner Question

    I searched before posting this and could not find an answer. Should I actually SEE this thing turn the eggs? How can I be sure it is actually turning? I left it on the factory settings and it is on auto-turn. The little "/" thing is flashing, so it is supposed to be turning. Any other...
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    "Educational" Incubator success??

    My son's 7th grade science class is trying to hatch eggs. I purchased the fertile eggs from a local farm and they were set on April 10th. They purchased the incubator this year from a school supply catalog. It is made of styrofoam and the temp seems high to me (sometimes at 105), of course...
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    McMurray "Mystery Chick"

    Any opinions on breed or sex? It has grey skin and feathers. It is 25 days old now.
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    Our Mystery Chick

    Any ideas or opinions? 25 days old now, it has grey skin and grey feathers.
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    Chicks from Murray McMurray 2-18 hatch

    I did my research, I have been preparing for weeks...and they have finally arrived! My phone rang at 5:19 am, and I was in my car by 5:24! What an exciting day! I had myself all stressed out because I had been reading about the tragedies that can happen with shipped chicks. I ordered 25...
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    Play Practice in the Chicken Coop

    One afternoon the chickens were anxiously waiting to be released from their coop, as they know when Mom is home from school it is time to free range. My ten year old daughter asked if she could go outside to read her script for the school play, I replied, "Sure, go read it to the chickens."...
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    CLOSE call with neighbor dog

    I was on the computer a little bit ago when I hear my 14 year old daughter yell, "Luke (the neighbor's dog) is in the chicken coop!" The dog is usually in a fenced area, but we don't have a fence. My ten year old was chasing the dog, that had the chicken in his mouth around our yard when I got...
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    So stinkin' exciting!

    I was in 4-H when I was a kid and I did Poultry Judging. I learned all about chickens and eggs, but there is NO way that my parents would have even considered a chicken living at our house...so I had no idea how much fun and rewarding this could be!! The 1st one started laying about 2 weeks...
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    is this a dustbath??

    Is THIS a dustbath, or is there something wrong with them?? It looks crazy to me...
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    Laying at Night?

    I have read time and time again that hens lay in the morning. I even read that article that someone posted on here the other day that said they rarely lay after 3pm. Now I will add that mine have only been laying for about 2 weeks now, BUT I have one that has laid after dark 2 days in a row...
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    Limit their tomatoes??

    We have recently discovered that the girls LOVE tomatoes! They will eat as many as the kids will feed them. I have been letting them feed them a couple every evening, but my mom said, "Won't it give them diarrhea?"...I was like, "uummmmm...I don't know" Do you think that I should limit...
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    Message from my neighbor

    I received the following from the guy 3 houses down today: Melanie, before someone calls the Codes or Health Department, you might want to get rid of those chickens. Sound like a threat? He later replied and said that they don't bother him, BUT that was only after I sent the following reply...
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    Help me figure these out please...

    I THINK that they are (from L to R) Barred Plymouth Rock, White Leghorn, Buff Orpington (? see additional photo), Rhode Island Red, and the little black bantam I have NO IDEA what she is (additional photo below) I thought this one was a buff orpington, but she has these weird black spots around...
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    What do you do for fairs?

    This fall will be the 1st fair that we have been chicken owners, and my children want to enter them. I am not even sure what that involves. My only point of reference is when Fern took Wilbur to the fair in Charlotte's Web..LOL
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    Not sure where to find out...

    I have searched all over the internet and I still don't know if my chickens are legal. We have had them since April, and nothing has been said (so far)...we live in a subdivision, but there is not a neighborhood association or anything. If anyone can help, we live in Ringgold, GA (Catoosa...
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    Hello from Ringgold, GA

    I am going to use the suggested questions for my intro... (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I was involved with 4H as a middle school student, and I participated in "Poultry Judging" with that, but my parents would have NEVER allowed me to have a chicken of my own...
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