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  1. dannifer

    Black copper marans roos?

    Could you update on this: did these turn out to be boys or girls? :) I have a BCM I'm hoping is a pullet and looks very much like your first picture.
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    Pecking :/

    So this Forco stuff - I'm assuming it's safe to give to chickens (and your neighbors dogs you said) even though it's a horse supplement? I had starting reading about protein deficiencies maybe being the cause of too much fighting but wasn't sure what to add to their feed. I'm giving them black...
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    Pecking :/

    So I am having the same problem only mine is a young rooster thats getting pecked by the hens (mean girls!). They had his beak and foot bleeding. I'm a newbie and have no idea what to do about it or how to treat bleeding injuries. Will it stop on it's own and heal without any help from me? I...
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    Blue orpington breeding

    So I have a question.. being a newbie to this breed. When I read "blue x splash = 50% blue, 50% splash" Does it matter if it's a blue roo over a splash hen or the other way round: a splash roo over a blue hen?? And does it matter what color those 2 came from? Also, this may be a stupid...
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    Buff, BBS, Lavender, Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons KO Shamo RSL pullets

    I sent you a private message about the orpingtons but haven't heard back.
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    Nest box for a broody

    Here's the situation. I have an a-frame portable chicken coop with a small nest place in the top so it's off the ground pretty high. My hen is broody and I really want her to hatch some babies. I've been reading about where or what type of nest box to move her to so she can be ground level...
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    How to help chickens survive the HEAT?!?!

    This is the second summer in a row that I have lost hens to heat! The temp is over 100 with heat index around 110!! Other than putting ice in their water, providing shade and a fan - is there something else I can do?? Where/how do you provide them a place to lay in heat like this? I do the...
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    dianatous earth food grade

    http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/defaq.html Dawg, I disagree with you. And your link really only told people's opinions on a forum (who were probably not using the DE the right way). It does work as a wormer. Food grade DE is FDA approved to use internally. Check out the link I'm posting.
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    Dumb dog won't stop eating chicken poop!

    So I guess it's nice to know I'm not alone in this - since I was mortified to realize what my dog was doing. And I guess I get it - it's normal. but...but... IT'S JUST SO GROSS!! I'm a bit in *shock* at those who consider it a help for the dog to keep the chicken poop licked clean. LOL I...
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    Cold Weather Answers

    Thank you so much for the info and encouragement! I like the cardboard idea for the drafts and the plastic sheeting for the run. I think I'll leave the heat lamp in until I can get those 2 things done and then I'll take it out. btw, what are the signs of frostbite on their combs? - just so I...
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    Cold Weather Answers

    Yeah, I took a look at that link before I posted (someone else had posted it too) but there was so much conflicting info there it really isn't helpful to newbies. We DO get snow (moisture) and winds and temps can stay down around 5 degrees. So are people SERIOUSLY saying that a chickens...
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    Cold Weather Answers

    Ok, I've been reading all this about cold weather cause this is my first winter to go through with mine. So let me just ask for my situation: I have a small a-frame portable coop with just 2 birds (RiR and Black Java), both about 25 weeks and just started laying. Since it's an a-frame, the...
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    Predator mystery/ coyote question

    hmm.. so that's two people who thinks it sounds like a coon - what about it makes you think that? Wouldn't a coon just climb the fence instead of crawling under? Something definitly went under. I thought it was just too coincidental to have the coyotes back so much right after this happened...
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    Predator mystery/ coyote question

    So I have a little bit of a mystery.. or maybe just a question about coyotes. lol A little first about my coop: I have a portable a-frame coop that only houses 2 chickens. One night last week I went out to turn on the heat lamp after dark and noticed a hole in the chicken wire of the run...
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    What food treats do you use for chickens?

    so I read all these posts here about treats and had to laugh because my chickens wouldn't eat any of this stuff! Tomatoes out of my garden - nope! Green beans - nope! scraps from our dinner - nope! They "turned their noses up" at all of it and it sat there and rotted collecting ants until I...
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    Java breed basics?

    I'm trying to find info about Java chickens. There doesn't seem to be a lot on the internet just by googling. And I have run across a couple threads on here about them, but they are really hard to search through! I'm wanting to know the basics about the breed - how good of layers they are...
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    Pullet or Cockerel - opinion please!

    wow, so that looks just like mine.. only bigger. So not only did this guy lie to me about it being a RiR and a pullet, but now it also appears that it's younger than what he told me too. nice. lol well, live and learn. So I posted on another area of this forum my next question, but I'll...
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    buying pullets from two different places?

    I recently bought two chickens for my backyard coop and that's really all I have room for. But now I am pretty sure one of them is a cockerel instead of a pullet so I am going to have to get rid of it. My question is, is it ok for me to keep the other one and go get a second pullet from a...
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    Pullet or Cockerel - opinion please!

    hmm... well I was wondering if it really was a Rhode Island Red like the guy said. I hadn't ever seen any this light red before - or with the mixed colors. Anyone else think it's not a RiR either? And if not, then what is it??
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    Pullet or Cockerel - opinion please!

    So I'm fairly new to keeping chickens and in the past I've only had full grown already laying hens. This is my first attempt at buying pullets. But I'm starting to think my gal may be a guy. It's a Rhode Island Red approx. 10 weeks old. I've been doing lots of researching online and here's...
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