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    My dog killed my whole flock

    I trust my dog with my chickens. One I trust 100%, the other, more like 80% because while she does chase on occasion, and I worry she could hurt them if she got too excited, as she's still pretty young. However, I don't ever leave them alone with chicks, because they are just too small...
  2. I've been meaning to get rid of this since we moved here, but the chickens have taken to it.

    I've been meaning to get rid of this since we moved here, but the chickens have taken to it.

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    Chicken Furniture

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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    We lost over a dozen chickens in a short period of time about a year or two ago. When we finally caught an animal, it was a raccoon. Did away with it, and the losses stopped immediately. It's hard to believe a little raccoon could do so much damage.
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    training a dog to leave chickens alone

    We got chickens well after my dogs were grown (around 9-10 years old) and they never chased my chickens. I was probably lucky, but when I was having predator trouble (turned out to be a raccoon) I put my dogs in the pen with them for a week while we worked out how to secure the area better...
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    Chick with deformed leg (over a week old) Added pics

    I worry that it is too late. I didn't realize how bad her leg was (my husband tends to the chicks mostly) until recently, and it wasn't until yesterday that I started reading up on it and seeing thing could be done. I wish I had been more proactive. Kicking myself now. Could I still try, or...
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    Chick with deformed leg (over a week old) Added pics

    Here are a couple of pics. The camera scared her and the flash really freaked her out (I say her, but I actually don't know the sex, I just default to female with my chicks for some reason). So the pics aren't great. In the first you can see her on her on her good leg. In the second you can...
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    Vote For NEW "Chillin With My Peeps" Shirt Colors!!

    I don't wear black because I always end up with white critter hair or some mishap and it is very pronounced on black. I'd buy any of the other colors though! Blue is my favorite.
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    Chick with deformed leg (over a week old) Added pics

    I think I will keep her. She get's around okay. Not fabulously, but she stays upright and gets to her food with no problem. We have older chickens, so I'm nervous about integrating her with the rest, but we've got a little while before that time comes. Feels sort of silly just raising a...
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    Chick with deformed leg (over a week old) Added pics

    We hatched some chicks a week or two ago and one of them was born with only one leg working. I figured at first it was just taking more time to adjust than the rest. Then we discussed culling it. I didn't look at it closely, myself, which I regret now. I decided we'd just leave it be as long...
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    My experience with McMurray

    That's terrific! Glad they all sound so healthy. :)
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    My experience with McMurray

    I ordered from them once. Only one was DOA, but others dropped off fast. I was frantic trying to keep them alive. It was awful. I was having nightmares about dead and dying chicks. The ones that made it did well though, and the ones that weren't meat chickens are healthy and good layers...
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    Are my chicks pecking/pulling feathers?

    I have been planning to give them more perches. I hadn't considered that as an issue though. Thank you for the suggestions. I will try all of them. :
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    ALABAMA!!

    I'm not exactly new, because I posted in this thread ages ago, when we first moved to Northern Alabama and hadn't even started raising chickens yet. Then so much went on that I didn't end up posting much here. But I should have, because we have been through so much trial and error! Now that...
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    Chick raising days are upon us! Show me those cute little fluff balls!

    OMG Ducklings are insanely adorable!!! Telling myself "No! You don't need ducks right now!" Loving all the chick pictures. I love baby chicks.
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    Are my chicks pecking/pulling feathers?

    I apologize if I missed it. I'm sure it's here. But my search didn't turn it up. I'm still learning a lot of the terminology here and the set up. There is so much information and experience here it's a little overwhelming! You guys are really amazing here!
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    Introducing my dog to my new three day old chicks?

    I don't even let my most docile dog alone with my chicks. I think chicks trigger the "eat me" instinct in dogs, lol. I leave her alone with the grown chickens all the time. I've even had them share a pen for a weekend here and there. My pup still chases the hens when they free range though...
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    What is your wean off heat lamp schedule?

    I'm still learning myself, and we are only on our third set of chicks, but I'm going mostly by instinct/intuition and what I vaguely remember being told and it's worked out so far. :-P I'm watching my chicks behaviour around the lamp and waiting for adult feathers. I think by watching them...
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    Are my chicks pecking/pulling feathers?

    This is our third time raising chicks, our first time raising ones we hatched ourselves. Most of them are mixes, as we have one rooster and 4 breeds of hens. They have reached that awkward stage where they are about half adult feathers and half down. Well a bit beyond that now. (They grow so...
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    First time and the suspense is killing me!!

    We just hatched our first. We didn't really do much but fly by the seat of our pants and it worked out pretty well, thankfully. I was convinced none would hatch and we have 14 chicks now. One tried to hatch but something went wrong on hatching. I don't know, because it a fully formed chick...
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