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    d'ulcce chick with a squeaky chirp?

    I have a pair of 8 week old d'uccle chicks and the female, Gracie, has a squeaky or horse chirp. The roo is just learning to crow so of course that is the only time he really has a squeaky voice. But other than that, Gracie's everyday chirp is squeaky and horse almost scratchy sounding. Is...
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    What is the best breed to raise and sell for dual purpose?

    I'm new to the 'world of chickens'. I had wonderful luck hatching an raising a variety of bantams and I'm ready to move on to large fowl. I would like to raise one particular variety of large fowl only to sell as dual purpose birds. I'm going to be selling of all but a select few of my bantams...
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    Assorted Bantam Mix Chicks

    Need some more beautiful, lively chicks to add to your flock? Or do you want to start a new flock? I have way too many bantams. They really need some new homes. My son and I hatched a couple of batches over the summer and boy did we do an awesome job! We had not anticipated the amount that...
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    Is this a growth or what on my ducklings toe? (*PICS)

    I just noticed this on my 3 week old rouen's toe. None of the others have this. It looks like it has tendrils on it almost like a growth. What do you think? Anyone ever seen this? There's no kind of discharge or anything and she/he doesn't see to act like it bothers him/her. The first pic...
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    Bantam mix chicks

    My 13 year old son has some of his bantam mix chicks up for sale. This is his first time hatching chicks and he has been so excited about it. The mixes we have look like silkie, cochin, serama, & sebright. For those he is asking $3.00 each for the 3 & 5 week old chicks. If your...
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    Silkie chick born with a bad foot/leg. How do I fix it?

    I had a silkie chick hatch last night with 5 toes on one foot and 4 and a half on the other. I didn't notice it until this morning when it would try to follow the others to the water dish. It walks on the bend in its leg with the foot off the ground. When we pick it up, it can straighten the...
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    Any idea what this is?

    I have a chick that hatched last night. This chick had a very difficult hatch and I'm surprised that it made it through. Anyway, it has a yellow discharge from its rear end. I tried to clean it up because I thought it might end up with pasty butt. Well, it was very runny behind what I...
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    Help!!! Barred Plymouth Rock Chick Terrorizing Brooder Mates

    I had to be the mean momma yesterday... I went to the carport to check on our 3 week old chicks and noticed one was missing ALL of her tail feathers to the point of blood. This had happened within an hour of checking on them before hand. I removed her, sprayed her with some "Hot Pick" anti-pick...
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    Noisy Brand New Egg Turner???

    I 'm new to the egg hatching addiction...but yesterday my egg turner came in before my incubator. It's a Havo-bator. Just standard for hatching chickens. And of course, the eggs came in today. So, I plugged up the turner just to keep the eggs moving. Well, this one Pops very loudly when it...
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