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    I have been wanting chickens for a very long time now. Back when my kids were growing up, I thought it would be so nice to raise chickens, and have fresh eggs every day, as well as teaching the kids the responsibility of taking care of them. Believe it or not, my mom convinced my husband that...
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    Anyone ordered birds from TSC before?

    We ordered our very first chickens last year from TSC(they used Mt. Healthy hatchery), because it was so much easier then, and we were so new. We ordered 25, because we had the room for them, a mix of Cornish X, Plymouth Rocks, New Hampshire Reds, and Gold Laced Wyndottes. They sent 28, and all...
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    Will chickens peck electrical cords?!!

    Thanks for the replies! Hubby will go with his original plan of running the cord through PVC pipe then.
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    Will chickens peck electrical cords?!!

    Hubby bought an electric waterer for our chickens, so that they can have water all the time, and makes it easier on us too. He is trying to figure out what to do with the cord. Normally we have their water hanging, but can't figure out what to do with the cord. Would it be better to have the...
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    Chickens possibly ate mouse poison- help I am so distraught

    Just wanted to update everyone....we had one hen die overnight, she was the smallest and one of the younger ones. As of today 5 days later, all are alive, and seem to be perfectly healthy. I started loading them up with Kale, Collards and Spinach as soon as I could, then found out that it is...
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    Chickens possibly ate mouse poison- help I am so distraught

    I am so devastated right now, I am hoping someone can help us. We have been letting the girls and the younger chickens out for a few hours every afternoon now to free range before dark. We've been dealing with a fox who comes by occasionally and a hawk who has got quite bold in the last few...
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    Foxes....our first loss. :(

    I should have known yesterday something was around. Our male golden retriever kept barking towards the woods wagging his tail. He normally only barks at squirrels and vultures, never wagging his tail. Right before dusk last night, the chickens were making a racket- very unusual for them. They...
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    What am I doing wrong? Chicks + hens....

    I cannot seem to get them to like each other. I had posted weeks ago, and took the advice to wait until the chicks were older and close to the same size as the hens. Most of the chicks are now pretty much the same size as the hens. There are 12 chicks(9 weeks) and 22 hens. I haven't even...
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    Putting 6 week olds in coop with 18 week olds?

    I have to get these little babies off my covered patio!! They are sweet and adorable, but they are getting out constantly. I have had them in a separate temporary run right next to my big girls, during the days. At night I am putting them back in their brooder box. I'm not worried about...
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    Dog chewed through the brooder

    Oh my it's so hard with dogs and chicks..... I have 2 golden retrievers and my male I absolutely trust with them, as a matter of fact, whenever I pick one up to show him he runs the other way! My female though, I was sure I could not trust her, still don't 100% but we've had 2 incidents with...
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    Waiting for an attack to happen :( dogs

    Last Thursday the 2 Rottweilers that live down the hill from us got loose, went into my garage and killed my daughters pet rabbit. The same day they attacked a dog in their own neighborhood. They spent the morning wandering the woods behind my house, and in my garden. No one could find them...
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    My new pups!

    Quote: Oh I will do that! Their dad is a big fluffy golden too!
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    My new pups!

    MomtoSyd&Emma : I swear I will one day rescue an OLD Golden Retriever. I think the puppies are adorable, but when I see a white faced/gray muzzled old dog it just grips my heart. I know exactly what you mean! One of my favorite pics of my Golden that crossed the bridge 3 years ago, was taken a...
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    Just got a pup....half Great Dane and half German Shepherd

    Jovi is adorable! Have fun with her, and just remember this: if she loves being on your lap now, she will love being on your lap as an adult!
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    My new pups!

    My golden retriever Bonnie had her puppies on July 10. Her first litter was 5, so I was thinking 8 or 9. Imagine the shock when out came 13!! We have a set of twins too, that shared a sac, both girls. All 13, and mom, and dad, are doing well. We are supplementing with a formula, just to make...
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    Motherhood isn't for whimps!

    What beautiful pups! And mom too! I like your post title, too true! That means us human moms too you know! I mean us moms of pups, lol! We bred our two golden retrievers for the same reason as you. This is our 2nd and last litter. They are definitely worth it, at that cute stage right now-...
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    pasty butt that won't go away in 3 week old chicks

    I had this problem with my first batch that came in April. When my second batch arrived 3 weeks ago, I started to put Bragg's apple cider vinegar in their water, because I had some weak ones. I had one pasty butt and that was it..... I am wondering if the acv really did the trick? It's worth a try!
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    Setting up a Heat Lamp?

    I had the same problem! Because I use large cardboard boxes for my brooders I didn't trust the strength of the cardboard to hold a pole across the top with the lamp clamped to that. So what I did with my first batch of chicks was go get an old floor lamp out our attic and put that in the box...
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    New chicks, dying one by one :(

    Aww, I'm sorry you lost another one. 3 out of 9 is not good. I've decided too that I'm not ordering by mail anymore, that's why I so hoped this batch would be healthy so that I could have a couple of roos and just raise my own. I have read that sometimes if the sickly ones make it, they will...
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    New chicks, dying one by one :(

    I'm going through the same thing with my new chicks.... 16 chicks arrived on Friday morning, I now have 12 left. The remaining chicks look and act fine, are eating, drinking and pooping. But, the one that died yesterday afternoon I thought was fine too. It's so unusually hot here this week...
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