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    Need to re-home cockerels

    Hi all, I have at least 3 cockerels that I need to re-home. They were hatched between March and June. They are either a Rhode Island, or a Rhode Island mix. There's still 4 unidentified chicks, but we should start to determine gender in the next couple of weeks. I'm on the eastern plains of...
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    Need to know the specific type of Wyandotte

    Thanks guys. She is a silver laced Wyandotte. Despite having only 24 hours to learn about the breed, my son did pretty good. He came in 3rd place! He would have placed in a higher position if he had remembered the basics like to specify the sex of the bird, and if he would just speak up. He...
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    Need to know the specific type of Wyandotte

    Thank you. A silver laced Wyandotte is what we are thinking after visiting the fair bird and checking the SOP.
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    Need to know the specific type of Wyandotte

    Hi all, we hadn't intended to show our 1 yo Wyandotte at the county fair but as all the RIR were with chicks or sitting on nests, you do what you have to do. Only, we don't know the specifics of this breed. We don't know a lot about it and show is tomorrow the 23rd. (nothing like cutting it...
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    Dead chicks by mom's hand???

    How sad.
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    Dead chicks by mom's hand???

    We had 2 chicks hatch over the weekend much to our surprise. (I had dates written on the eggs) Then I had another 2 chicks hatch Monday or Tuesday. Tuesday, one of the chicks got trapped under the coop but appeared to be fine. The next morning, we put mom, chicks, food and water in a chicken...
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    What do you wish you knew before you built your coop and run?

    I wish I had thought to put the man door an access to the nest box on the OUTSIDE of the run. You can add a gate to the run too, but where I live there is snow, and I have to shovel a lot to get the gate to open. It would have been much easier to move the coop to the side for those ultra snowy...
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    Perpetual Dirty Butt

    I have the same issue. We dewormed earlier this year, that didn't help. Diet right now is purina 16% layer feed. We mix it up between this and some homemade food We get it specially mixed. Nothing we do seems to help. After we switched to the homemade food, we bathed her, but was dirty in 2 days.
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    How do you swap coops?

    I want to make sure the pullets will be accepted by the new flock. I've had chickens for a couple of years, but there's sooooooo much I don't know.
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    How do you swap coops?

    Hi all, This is confusing so I hope to explain it as best I can. I have 2 coops. Small coop has 14 birds which is way too much for that coop especially now that the 5 babies are getting big. The small coop has our prized cock that we use for show in 4-H. This coop has roosting bars near...
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    Injured Pullet

    Thank you for the info. It's good to know she's not sick and I don't have to worry about spreading it to the rest of the flock, though I will still use some precautions just in case. Everything seems normal. Her colors, her eyes, her beak, no mites or parasites that I can see and she was...
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    Injured Pullet

    Hi all. Sorry for the novel, but without all the info, you may not be able to help. I'll keep it short. In May, we purchased 4 australorp chicks from the local feed store. We put them in the coop under mom hen and they were accepted. As the chicks got older, they found it fun to run outside the...
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    Introducing a single chick

    HI guys, I'm sorry this is a bit of a long story but I think the history of what happened will help explain my situation. We had 7 chicks in one of our smaller coops. It's way over crowded so we had planned on moving the chicks into a larger coop with a different flock when they are about 2-3...
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    Can you mix chicks of different ages?

    We purchased 8 chicks on May 17th from a local feed store ( Australorp and Wyandottes). We placed them in the coop, moms accepted them. Everyone happy. Last week on June 14th, we purchased 4 more chicks (cinnamon queens) to put under a different broody hen. She did not accept them so they went...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    We've thought of snakes, but it's been kind of cold for them to be out and about. It's not impossible. The coop is up in the air far enough the birds walk under it. The snake would have to crawl up the ramp, get the eggs and crawl back down the ramp without being seen by the cock or mama birds...
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    Sick bird?

    Just an update. A friend of mine that has birds (but is in a different state) suggested ivermectin. The fact that she's eating and drinking, but very thin made him think our hen has worms. I gave her some ivermectin in her water but I don't notice any signs of improving. Her waste looks normal...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    We are growing our flock, we have issues with eggs disappearing out of the nesting boxes. We mark the ones the hens sit on, and sometimes it's days, other times 2 weeks, they are gone replaced by new eggs. We are considering buying baby chicks and switching them for eggs. We have a friend...
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    Sick bird?

    Yup, I know maggots. We didn't see any. The bugs are very tiny and light colored. Almost like a gnat. I almost got a picture, but it's blurry. I can post it if needed, but it's hard to tell. I can only assume it's a mite despite not seeing any around her face as I have in the past.
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    Sick bird?

    She is listless, but in a fact she just doesn't want to get up and move much. I gave her food, but she didn't eat until I put it in front of her. When we bathed her last night, hubby took the magnifying glass to her face and couldn't find anything. But 3 bugs jumped on him as he was playing...
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    Sick bird?

    Hi all, I have a little RIR hen that's roughly 5 years old. I went out yesterday and she wasn't out free ranging with the other birds. She just sat there. I wondered if she was laying an egg even though she was outside and not in the coop. When I threw scratch and she didn't get up, I knew...
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