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Oh, Just a hop n skip up the road. Hi!

I live in De Soto Missouri (about 1hr south of St Louis) with my hubby, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 3 adult hens and as of today 10 baby chicks.

Thanks all! The whites are not runny or translucent. I have not waited for a two week period so I’m going to try that. I do boil then put in an ice bath but I’ve never waited 10 minutes so I’ll try that to. You’ve all made me feel better about this though as I’d hate to be missing something...

We’ve been raising chickens a few years now but lately I’ve noticed that the eggs we get seem “off”. When I boil a egg, fresh or not, they don’t peel at all. The egg white seems almost under done despite how long they boil. I just purchased a doz eggs from the local store () and those eggs...

Three dogs, 4 cats, 10 chickens and now 2 ducks. Love the country.

Hi all, I've been off the threads for a bit but back in again. We live in De Soto, MO just south of St Louis. We started with a few chickens 4 years ago and just got a set of Khaki Campbell ducks to add to our flock. Having our flock just never gets old still.

Thanks, the store couldn't tell us any real information on them so I just did some researching. The adult pictures of Khaki's are so beautiful so I'm considering myself real lucky.

Hi all, we went to the feed store to get some chicken feed and came home with these babies. Just too cute to pass up. Anyway I jumped right on this site for information and just love this thread! Thank you all for being here. We think they are 4 days old and Khaki Campbell would you folks...

Thank you all so much ... our chickens have lots of room (we spoil them) so I guess that works in our favor. Elf (mom) seems to be happy and content so I will watch them for now . I am a firm believer in letting nature do it's thing if I can. I will post photos as soon as I can...right now...

We are soooo excited...and worried. Our little sizzle was so broody that we got her eggs and they hatched yesterday!!! She is now mothering 3 chicks and we are wondering if we should let her stay with the other chickens with her family or separate them. So far everyone is doing great. Can...

We are newer chicken raisers (this being our first year) and can't tell you how much we appreciate threads like this one. Our flock is only 7 months old and we now have a little frizzle girl who shows all signs of this wet pox. Wasn't sure until I was able to research and see the photos. We...

Yikes!! Should I be worried about the resulting egg sizes if they get mixed up? I mean I am sure there won't be a problem if a small roo somehow catches a large girl but if the reverse happens...... P.S. Love your lama clip - it is great!!

I'll have to tell you how it goes at my place...my hubby is the primary flock tender and i think he is more anxious than I am. hehehe

I know this is a little late to think of this but... we have a mix of silkies, sizzles, cochins and wyndottes. Love them all and so far they all get along great (17 weeks). My question is will the smaller silkie roos naturally match up with the smaller type hens and vs/vers for the larger...

Congratulation!! Amazing how excited we can get over our chicks huh... I am still waiting at 17 weeks. Enjoy your moment.

Hi - I was glad to see your post as i am also wondering when I will see the first egg from my little flock. I have been trying to be patient and not ask the "when will my" question I am sure this site has seen oh so many times But now I can anticipate with others in the same situation. Oh...

All mine still sleep on top of each other and they are about 16 weeks. We have roost of three different heights but they seem to sit on them only by chance during the day. None of mine are interested in the nesting boxes yet so I guess that is a good thing. I'll be watching this post to see...

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Thank you for the link...I read it and the sudden death seemed to fit up to where it said it shows at about 3 wks of age...my birds are 4 months. I am bookmarking the link for the future tho as it had some wonderful information. I am getting some vitamin e today to see if that might help. i...

About two weeks ago we found one of our hens dead in the coop with no obvious injury and no prior warning of illness. Now I have a hen (same breed) who is found twice now on her back and she seems like she is stuck there. When we turn her right side up she seems a little wobbly at first then...