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  1. HappyKat

    Best type of chicken for kids to raise...

    I'd suggest talking to the people who live close to you that bought from the same hatchery you are going to buy from. So many chickens are so different, depending on the lines. I have 6 industrial laying red hybrids. 4 are awesome with me and my 3 young kids. They are carried around, taught...
  2. HappyKat

    Dog eats chicken poop! Yuck!

    My dogs like the chicken poop - I have had to divide my yard to keep them away from it. After 5 days of nasty nasty liquid poop and keeping the dogs in the kitchen (linoleum MUCH easier to clean than carpet)...I have built a small fence to keep them out of the chicken area. Too nasty for me...
  3. HappyKat

    Little red spots on comb that bleed

    whoops....great minds think alike (or do fools seldom differ???) You beat me to it ddawn!
  4. HappyKat

    Little red spots on comb that bleed

    Here is Nifty's thread on how to post photos: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=504
  5. HappyKat

    Feathering Issue with one chick - pics included

    I have 6 ISA Red chicks (commercial layer hybrid) . They are just over 6 weeks old. They were all developing comparably from day 1. We went away, and missed their 2.5 week - 3.5 week development. When we returned, one chick seemed WAY behind the others with respect to feathering. Her growth...
  6. HappyKat

    What is wrong with this chick? (pics included)

    I am not feeding Dumor brand feed. And all the chicks are getting the same food. The other 5 are stunning (and very comparable in feathering). I know that the chick is behind in feathering - but the feathers that are coming in are so odd looking compared to how the other girls feathered. Any...
  7. HappyKat

    Brooder light wattage???

    I used a 100 w bulb inside a terra cotta plant pot and saucer. Not fancy - but it needed to be small for my 6 chicks!
  8. HappyKat

    How much can chicks take?

    I have three kids 7 years old and younger. They are wild kids. Crazy, running around, tree climbing, knight-playing, busy busy kids. I have a zero tolerance policy with any sort of non-desired behaviour with the animals (any of them - from my horse to my chicks - heck, even the fish have...
  9. HappyKat

    What is wrong with this chick? (pics included)

    Hi there. I have 6 chicks. They are 5 week old. They are red sex linked laying chicken (ISA Red). They are all (supposed to be) girls. They were all developing comparably. We went away, and missed their 2.5 week - 3.5 week development. When we returned, one chick seemed WAY behind the...
  10. HappyKat

    Just wondering--what got you started into raising chickens?

    I have been interested in them for a while. I thought it would be neat for the kids to see where food comes from. I also think birds are beautiful!
  11. HappyKat

    How QUICKLY do chicks get their feathers?

    Most of mine have tons of feathers - just some fuzz on their heads and necks. They are 5 weeks old now. One of them has no feathers. She has down or bald spots still. Any ideas???
  12. HappyKat

    My chicks don't seem to eat other food...

    Thank you so much. I guess I was worried that I had done something wrong (though what in the world it could have been - I have no idea). I will stop worrying about it. They are out during the day when it is nice on grass (when it is raining, and at night, they are in a solid bottomed dog...
  13. HappyKat

    My chicks don't seem to eat other food...

    I have six 4.5 week old red-sex-linked hens. (super sweet - my first chickens) In all the books I have read, and all the people that tell me about chickens, they all talk about how chickens eat their scraps (apple cores, carrot peels - basically composting stuff). My girls won't eat any of our...
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