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    What is the strangest thing your chickens ate? Mine just ate crawfish Monica and aligator tail

    One of my ladies tossed back a small, live mouse, swallowed it whole. I really wish I had a photo of that!
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    what chicken is laying?

    I'm just finishing eating my first two eggs - they are 30 weeks old. I have two Americaunas and one Gold Laced Wyandotte. The eggs are light tinged blue. One of the former has been squatting when I touched her the last few days - I had no idea that was a sign! I hope you're as excited as I am -...
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    Best recipes to showcase super fresh eggs

    At the ripe old age of 6 months 4 days, my ladies laid their first couple of eggs. Wanting to showcase them, I'm baking them with a little aged emmentaler cheese. Would love to hear recipes you use to show off your eggs.
  4. First backyard egg breakfast: shirred (baked) eggs with antique emmentaler cheese and sea salt.

    First backyard egg breakfast: shirred (baked) eggs with antique emmentaler cheese and sea salt.

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  5. First backyard eggs! Laid at 6 months 4 days.

    First backyard eggs! Laid at 6 months 4 days.

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  6. Kaia (an americauna) keeping cool.

    Kaia (an americauna) keeping cool.

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  7. Sue, Amelia and Kaia exploring during the infamous Colorado rain of September 2013. My neighborhood was unscathed.

    Sue, Amelia and Kaia exploring during the infamous Colorado rain of September 2013. My neighborhood was unscathed.

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    Lowell Farmette

    This is my first foray into chicken husbandry. In residence are two americaunas (Amelia and Kaia) and one gold laced wyandotte (snuggly sue). This is our journey together.
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    Lowell Farmette

    This is my first foray into chicken husbandry. I have two Americaunas (Amelia and Kaia) and a gold-laced Wyandotte (Snuggly Sue). This is our journey together.
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    Wildfire smoke - should I be concerned?

    Wildfire season has begun in Colorado already, and for the last day or so the smoke has been bad, along with the heat. I found helpful threads on how to manage heat for the chickens but nothing on whether I should be concerned about the smoke. I assume that like many other wilder birds their...
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    Those of you in the heat - do you change your feed? Cool your coop?

    Found this great blog post on how to take care of hot chickens yesterday - we in Denver are already dealing with a string of 90+ degree days. I've tried so far the ice water and the cold melon both of which went over well...
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    Chicks for the first Time

    The gals have been spending time outside with the warm weather (with the exception of the foot of snow we got two days ago which is now all gone!). I just put them in the dog crate and they dig and jump and cheep to their hearts' content. It's so adorable. Also - I figured out why one was a...
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    Chicks for the first Time

    Regarding chicks growing into roosters... I volunteer once a week outside Denver at a raptor rehab facility. Not to be gruesome, it is the cycle of life, but they are always looking for food for the birds of prey. The one I volunteer for is the Birds of Prey Foundation. There might be one near...
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    Chicks growing at different rates - how to handle move outside?

    My three gorgeous chicks are growing differently. Two are getting bigger and feathering out much more rapidly than the third. When it comes time to move them outside in a couple of weeks, how do I handle that? Do I keep the third inside longer, wait til the last one is all feathered out, or move...
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    Colorado front range chick owners - idea for what to do with roosters

    I volunteer once a week at a Boulder-area birds of prey rehabilitation organization (Birds of Prey Foundation), one of the more well-regarded such organizations in the country. I don't want to offend anyone who considers their chickens to be pets... but I know that people living in cities with...
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    Chicks for the first Time

    Does sand work as grit or do I have to get something in particular?
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    Chicks for the first Time

    My three chickies are two weeks old today - and I had to upgrade their accommodations. I lined my unused bathtub in plastic, then in an old sheet, then a layer of cardboard and the shavings last. It's a pretty deep tub so I'm convinced they'll be happy there until I can get my hands on the old...
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    chicks with diarrhea

    Thanks for the poop link and the discussion. One of my chicks has runny poop this morning (I found out the hard way when she was crawling on my pants) but is otherwise in good shape. The photos of normal poo was hugely helpful!
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    one of my chicks is a runt!

    I have three new chicks - almost a week old now. Two are growing like mad and have sprouted pretty complete baby wing feathers and are growing tail feathers now. The third is growing a bit but not nearly as much and she's only got a couple of tiny feathers starting to poke out. On the other...
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