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    Lost our first bird - trying to figure out what happened

    Thanks, JackE! I will definitely check out the website as we will be starting their yard in the next couple of weeks if the weather will cooperate. Appreciate your input!
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    Lost our first bird - trying to figure out what happened

    Thank you all for your replies and condolences. There was absolutely no evidence of the kill except the pile of feathers. No tracks, no blood, no carcass, no sign of a struggle - nothing. After doing some more research and speaking with some locals, we've come to the conclusion that it must be a...
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    Lost our first bird - trying to figure out what happened

    Hi all, Day before yesterday, we lost one of our beloved Barred Rocks to a predator and I'm not sure what happened. Our girls are free range and are usually very good at hiding and coming back into the coop at dusk. I was not home Monday evening and left two of my boys in charge of closing...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Our last Easter Egger, Willow, joined the ranks this morning. She laid us a beautiful lavender egg! It's the lower one in the photo next to Hazel's cream colored egg for comparison. The pic doesn't really do it justice! My girls are 24 weeks now.
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Our first dozen!
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    Pullet with sudden swollen foot, limping/not using it

    Thanks PoultryGirly. My gut is telling me it's some type of sting although when I inspected her foot, I didn't find a stinger, but I'll take another look to be sure. She doesn't want to stand, but she did hop/limp to get out of the sun when I took her outside. Right now she's laying on the floor...
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    Pullet with sudden swollen foot, limping/not using it

    I have a 10 week old barred rock pullet who was fine this morning when I let the girls out of the coop. She came running out with the rest of them. We went to the store for about an hour and when we came home she was back inside the coop laying on the floor in a corner. I tried to shoo her out...
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    Got sand? You should!

    I've been using sand in the brooder and I like it so much that I wanted to use it in the coop as well. I just picked up a ton of gorgeous river sand right from the Little Tennessee here in town and we got it all shoveled into the coop on Wednesday morning. It was mildly damp at the time, so...
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    Sex of this 5 week old barred rock

    Oh that's great! Thank you guys!
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    Sex of this 5 week old barred rock

    I have three hatchery barred rocks that I purchased from our local feed store for our first ever laying flock - mixed breeds include the barred rocks, black australorps and easter eggers. I started noticing that 'Buttercup' doesn't look the same as her sisters and after reading various other...
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    How long to separate two "offenders" from the rest of the flock?

    Both. The picking goes on whether they are inside or out. They are just mean. The chicks are 4 weeks old and don't seem unhappy with their brooder. Once I separated the offenders from the rest of the group, everything was calm and peaceful. I am wondering how long I should keep them...
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    How long to separate two "offenders" from the rest of the flock?

    Hi aart, They are in a huge 3x4x3 range box for their brooder giving them 1 sq. ft. per chick. They have lots of roost space in there as well and they all seem to go around doing their own thing - some will be eating, some will be sleeping, some will be dust bathing and scratching, etc. And...
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    How long to separate two "offenders" from the rest of the flock?

    I have a mixed flock of 12 four week old chicks - 6 ee's, 3 barred rocks and 3 australorps. Just in the last week one of the australorps started pulling feathers and eating them from four of the six ee's. She seemed to leave the barred rocks alone and her fellow australorps. Now, one of the...
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    Help! One of my chicks is pulling feathers!

    Hi everyone! I'm hoping for some quick advice on how to nip this in the bud! I have 12 chicks (pullets). There are 6 easter eggers, 3 barred rocks and 3 austalorps. They will be three weeks old on Sunday. I am using a red lamp, they are on chick starter and they have plenty of room. The...
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    Barred Rock or Leghorn chicks Scaly Mountain NC (near Franklin)

    Hi Natalie, You can also call Seay's Farm and Garden in Franklin. Roger was extremely helpful with getting my flock together. I'm pretty sure he has a shipment of Barred Rocks coming in April and he most likely will have Leghorns as well. Give him a call and ask him the dates or if you want...
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    Disinfecting the coop and question about a gravel floor

    Our chicks are only a week and half old, but I'd like to get our coop ready for them to head out there in a few weeks. Our coop is a converted shed with the front half for storage and supplies and the back half is the actual coop - 8x10. My question is - obviously because it was an older shed...
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    Best Bedding To Be Used With Baby Chicks????

    We are using sand in our brooder. Peeps are 4 days old and seem very happy! It's easy to scoop out and keep clean, stays warm under the light and the girls are already scratching and dust bathing in it!
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    Hello from The Smoky Mountains!

    Greetings from beautiful Franklin, NC! We are new to chickens and our adventure officially began on Monday with the arrival of our peeps! We have 12 - 6 Easter Eggers, 3 Australorps and 3 Barred Rocks. I appreciate all the info I have gathered from this site over the last four months in...
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