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    Do Chickens have Night Vision?

    Keep in mind that they are ultraviolet sensitive and pre-dawn or during dusk they still might be able to see fairly well simply due to UV rays adding more "light" compared to the light we experience. I imagine once the neighborhood birds sing their predawn songs, they're ALSO seeing more UV...
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    leg color genetics?

    From what I understand I think the answer is no. There is no "yellow" gene. Yellow is an expression of 2 different genes. You're not breeding out yellow (y) because there is no y. The mother carries 2 different genes (I think they said blue and willow?) and it expresses yellow, and the white...
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    Review by '' on item 'Rosecomb'

    I got a batch of 8 banty eggs, barnyard mix, and hatched out 6 of this breed. The 1 boy has red ears so perhaps he's mixed breed, but he has the size, comb, and classic lines of the photos with red point feathers around his collar and saddle, some feathers on his legs, and holds his wings like...
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    15 week old has episodes of wobbling, loss of balance

    It's a few weeks later, and Chip seems fine. I had isolated her part of the day but the wobblies went away after a few hours and some yogurt-soaked mash and water. It might have been something to do with weaning -- many of the chicks were pretty upset because mom had been with them so long. I...
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    Quail vs. Chickens

    Hi, Not looking for a war about quail and chickens. I want facts about the differences between them. For example I just saw that quail hatch in 17 days instead of 21. And they start laying in a single digit number of weeks (7-9?). Wow. Also apparently the chicks are more frail (more...
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    Mixed Breed Chickens!

    I got a "barnyard mix" of banty eggs and now they're 13 weeks old. I'm absolutely clueless what these mutts are. 7 birds, 6 are black -- one black is a cockerel. Then there's the oddball "Chip" who was born with distinct chipmunk markings, has 5 toes, dark legs, and no feathers on her legs...
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    15 week old has episodes of wobbling, loss of balance

    :( How's she doing now? Another thread had a silkie who had this issue (a couple years ago) and I'm wondering if this is a "silkie thing"? :/ I came to the thread because I have a 9-week old silkie mutt (I think -- barnyard mixes! but she has the 5 toes) who started wobbling this morning...
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    When do roosters start to crow?

    I'm on my 3rd brood of chickens. The former 2 were Rhode Island Red + Bantam mix and the boys started crowing* at 8 weeks. This one is a backyard mix of banty eggs I got from a guy who had a ridiculous amount of chickens and other fowl (there were a pair of peacocks in the chicken pen....)...
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    New Roo in quarantine... Help me identify him?

    He could certainly be a crossbreed or mutt. I noted the japanese banty-shaped wings, so I can see that. The guy thought he had some old english bantams and he may have, but I liked this pretty boy more, and I don't see that breed in him.
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    New Roo in quarantine... Help me identify him?

    Please help id "Dinky Roo" we got him today. He has short feathered legs & toes, guy said he's 3 years old. Thank you!
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    Help! Need advice on coop roof---Edit: Coop is almost finished--Chickens are installed! Now Chick

    If you can, install some trees or bushes along the fencing just outside the run. I have trees and forest margins here in NY and that's where you can find my free ranging chickens, all day, every day. They avoid places without sky cover, don't spend as much time there. They are, by nature...
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs week of Feb 4th..anyone else?

    Wow! Good luck little gosling! You're in good hands!
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    Alternatives to wood shavings?

    Sand provides thermal mass, so you can use it for passive solar heating...i.e. if the sun shines on the sand in the winter (southern exposure windows, and the proper overhang) it will help warm the coop. Also, the sand will retain heat from chicken feet if they stand still...or warm up if you...
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    Alternatives to wood shavings?

    Why are you cleaning their feet? I love my birds, but that's a little much.... my birds now have mud in their run at times (winter) and when they go up into their coop, they walk on sand or whitewash or pine needles...the mud dries and falls off never to be seen again, packed down into the...
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs week of February 8th!! Who's joining me?

    That's out of my experience....I'd search the forums...
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    Alternatives to wood shavings?

    I use sand for my chicks from the moment they come to the brooder. They peck at it, but by the time they digest their yolk sac, they have no trouble telling grit from food. Cleaning sand is so easy, I clean the brooder daily and I know my chicks won't be walking in a mess of poo...it's...
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    Alternatives to wood shavings?

    Perhaps the "dust" is from the chickens bathing in it....molts and their itchy dry skin etc. Chicks make considerable dust in the sand, but then they're constantly growing and molt like crazy....and ground chicken feed...
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs on 2/8/13 Anyone want to join me?

    Thanks...my girls have been laying eggs for months, pretty consistent in size and shape, so I guess it's ok then... the 11 healthy chicks think so too lol
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    Alternatives to wood shavings?

    I don't do DE on the sand, my chickens love the earwigs....if they have any problems, I know to add it...but I guess that the sand discourages most insects....
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    Hatch-Along - Setting eggs on 2/8/13 Anyone want to join me?

    Oh? Ok, this I know nothing about...my girls were born memorial day last year...was I not supposed to hatch their eggs? like 8-9 month old hens.... One had gone broody in November, and would have hatched her own if I let her....
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