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    LOST Roos...2 Died, and about to lose a third. On eye gets cloudy/pussy/swollen...?????

    Hi there. So about a month ago I lost a Mille Fleur Roo to some sort of eye infection it looked like. It got swollen, pussy and cloudy until it sealed shut and was gooy. About 3 weeks ago, I had a rooster get the same symptoms until I put it down the other day bc it just wasnt eating. now I...
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    Cornish X problem

    completely normal. wait til their 5-6 weeks old, they sit around and try to stand, but normally just wobble back down. if you dont want to fatten them up so much, pull the food every 12 hours, but beware of monsters ready to eat your arm off when you go to put the food back after 12 hour...
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    I understand the business analysis, but man cornish x feel wrong!

    i think what you fail to think about, is that the chicks are hatched, and they can be with someone you do not know how they treat chickens, they can be in the 'industry' in crap covered floors of Tyson or Purdue, never seeing a bit of green grass or sunshine, or they can be in my coop or...
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    How do you prevent preditors from eating your birds?

    do skunks eat ducks?
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    2 CALL DUCKLINGS...almost 3 weeks old..time to go OUTSIDE??????

    Hi all...I am a chicken guy really, but this year we got two call ducklings. At least I was told they were call ducklings...they seem to be growing pretty big....or at least bigger than I expected for call ducks. First question is there any way I can tell whether I have call ducklings or...
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    FERTILE egss or NOT Fertile EGGS....I need help??!!??

    Ok, so here is my dilemma. Ive had hens for about a year, and recently introduced a Salmon Favorelle Rooster to the flock. They all get along, and the roo has had his fun with almost every hen in the flock. How do I knwo they are fertile, hatching eggs, vs non fertile. Ive candled them after...
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    Picking Up New Ducklings Tomorrow - Help!!!!!

    Hi everyone...I am a chicken guy. I am picking up 4 call ducklings tomorrow. They are 2 days old. I am thinking of getting a plastic tote container, using hardware wire to raise off the bottom and put wood chips below the wire. feeder and waterer. If I wanted to not do the hardware wire as...
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    Chicken resources online - please support chicken keeping!!!!!

    Hey everyone....Ive been a BYC member for a long time now, and have grown our flock to 14 hens. i am in RI wherre there are mixed laws in keeping chickens. Where I am it is ok, butt he town next to me it is illegal. On the other side of me, you can even keep roosters with no problems. I...
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    thx for the replies, and apologies for the spam. ididnt know that washow it was looked at. thx for the support.
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    love this thread. Great stuff! If you have the time...plse check out my section on Examiner.com. I am an examiner (repporter) for examiner.com, and my topic is backyard chicken keeping. Ive written three articels so far, and writing more. Id love the support. I am trying to pass the word...
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    Foraging Hens - is this ok????

    My hans free range and love foraging for works, crickets, and other bugs. I am going to write about this and other topics concerning raising your backyard flock on examiner .com. Check out link below...my goal is to continue to let people know about backyard chickens, and the fun of keeping...
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    Chicken run smelly and moldy when wet...HELP keep food off the ground!

    Quote: i have one of those also, but when I feed them, it flows over those spokes, so tey are useless....
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    Chicken run smelly and moldy when wet...HELP keep food off the ground!

    So here is my dillema...if anyone has any pointers, suggestions, or comments, please leave them. I have a run attached to my coop. see pic. it is a sand bottom (sand and earth). my problem is that i do have some drainage probs and normal rain storms make it somewhat damp to wet inside...
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    MITES Help!!!!!! Can't seem to get rtrid of them!!!!

    I am not sure what to do next??? I have a flock of 10 hens, 4 barred rocks, 2 ri reds and 4 ameracaunas. I noticed a while back that I had mites (small, gnat sized, tan colored bugs) all over the barred rocks and one of the reds. I dusted them with permetherin (sp?) poultry dust and I have...
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    Why do my hens arch backs/lift wings when approached????

    so basically my hens are horny?
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    Why do my hens arch backs/lift wings when approached????

    So silly question....but we noticed with one of our Amauracanas would arch her back and lift up her wings a bit whenever approached to be picked up. Then I nticed a couple of the other Amauracanas started doing it...now our entire flock of 10 basically all do the same thing. Just curious...
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    Fly Problem In Run???? Help!!

    Now that its warming up here in New England, the chickens are hanging out in the run most of the day. I DLM inside the coop, and it is dry, odor free and for the most part, fly free. Outside is 12x10 run attached to the coop. I have 10 hens, see signature for roll call. Anyway...like I said...
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    Coop is DONE...Run is DONE! Let me know what you think??

    We have finally finished our coop/run. I was lucky enough to find th ecoop for sale, and I made my revisions to it. The Brown shed with the star was already there. the coop is next to it. I tore out 6 nesting boxes, put in three roosts, and then built the run next to it from the ground up...
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    Most Beautiful Hen Contest

    this is one of our EE...Buttercup. 21 weeks, and my daughters fav!
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    Need EE to lay in nesting box, NOT OUTSIDE!!

    My 21 week old EE, Falcon, just layed her 2nd egg in 3 days. small blueish green. I saw her laying in the nesting box looking like she was ready, and sure enough when I came back, the egg was onthe sand floor of her outdoor run. how do I get her to lay in the nesting boxes in side her coop...
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