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  1. grandmaduck

    Moulting behaviour

    My girls are done with molting, feathers are almost filled out again, acting normal, eating normal, light on early in the morning in the henhouse, and weather has not been exceptionally cold yet. But they have stopped laying!! They are between 19 and 21 months old. I have 33 girls and we are...
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    Easter egger? Roo?

    Thanks for the link. Can you tell me if my birds coloring is what would be called duck wing? I am not familiar with that. I have a little one that resembles the 6 wk olds pattern but in a silver color. I am starting my own little chicken farm and have bought all different breeds and planned on...
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    Easter egger? Roo?

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    Easter egger? Roo?

    These are supposed to be EE's/Aracauna/Ameracauna, 6 weeks old today. They look very different but I understand that can be normal. Both with tails, no tufting but the one has what looks like a lions mane forming (reddish colored). The other has some thicker feathers at neck. Is this what is...
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    Chicken math

    Our TSC had marked Silkies down to 50cents so I bought 5 and 1 of anotherbreed I wanted and gave 3 Silkies to another family. I gave $1.50 away, made another family's 3 kids happy, and I got two Silkies for a $3.00 investment.
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    Chicken math

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    Chicken math

    We probably have the same TSC coop kbowman123. Mine holds my 12 5 week olds when they are out during the day but there is no way it would hold 8 full grown birds. They would feel so packed in there. Your TSC story sounds like mine except I think I got all pullets which I wanted, just did not...
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    Chicken math

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    Pseudo Brooder Heater 'Plate'

    Auto off features do not always work as our family found out a couple years ago when our grandsons bedroom was on fire. A Sunbeam humidifier that was supposedly auto-off when it runs out of water did not shut down but instead ran without water, overheated and caught fire. The children lost their...
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    Chicken math

    The pics above are out Brooder Room. Started with a 40 gallon Rubbermaid thing, bought a 100 gallon tub and split the chickens based on age. Next we brought in a metal washtub for the new chicks. This week we got the antique wooden playpen and now have 5 wk olds in it, 3 and 4 week olds in the...
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    Chicken math

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    Chicken math

    What are you using for a heat source? We have a TSC coop with pen that we had planned on using until chicken math caught up with me ( we are keeping it as an isolation pen for the future). I was planning on putting the oldest in there until our real chicken coop is finished but it is so small...
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    Chicken math

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    Chicken math

    If your brooder is too full--just start another one!! I now have four in my laundry room in the basement. One is an antique wooden playpen we have modified to accommodate our 5 wk olds. I will try to get pictures on tomorrow. Our problem is--chicks are getting so big and crowded and weather has...
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    Chicken math

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    Chicken math

    This is not a typical feed store to begin with. It caters to the yuppie type crowd, not the southern states type. They order from the same hatcheries where I would order for the rarer birds but in a quantity that makes it more affordable for us. I just saw it on their list for tomorrow so I am...
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    Chicken math

    Hi guys!! Remember me from last week? I am the old lady who had chicks 50 years ago and decided to do 6 or so for the grandsons to watch grow and eventually get some eggs. Our new coop that will hold 6-8 will never work for we ended up with 15!! A week later and I now have 24 with 6 more...
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    Basement?

    Mr Dad I have 15 chicks I am raising in my laundry room in the basement. I read that if you put a sprinkling of fresh pine shavings in the brooder each day, on top of the previous day, you can go without a complete cleaning for about a week in the beginning more frequently later. My chicks are...
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    Chicken math

    I think I am the only person with animals in our neighborhood. I have three teens around me so will ask them if they want to make some extra bucks. We also have 3 small dogs but take them with us on vacation--we camp so that they can go along. Forgot to ask--with this many chicks and as chilly...
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    Chicken math

    I raised 6 chicks every spring as a child til about 6 weeks when they all turned into mean roosters--every year roosters!! It has been 50 years since those days and the memories of a school classmate telling me how wonderful my chickens were for Sunday dinner !! I thought my dad took them to a...
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