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    Valgus Deformity?

    Our neighbor found this chicken in the Home Depot parking lot today. She has some kind of deformity, possibly valgus. Her thigh bone and joints feel fine. Her leg bone feels quite literally twisted. She is eating and drinking but having a hell of a time taking more than two of three steps at a...
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    Chocolate, Pink, Brown, Purple, and Spotted eggs!

    Love all these beautiful eggs! Five day egg count from 4 new layers (2 started this week) and 4 old layers in their third season. Still waiting for the EE to show us what color she is hiding. One of our old girls gives us brown eggs that sometimes have a full purple bloom and sometimes have...
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    USDA Zone 8 Fall Crops

    Growing my second fall garden this year in USDA Zone 8. All the guides say to put in the fall crops in September. Well, I tried that last year and nearly everything burnt up and had to be replanted in late October. Realistically, when do you put out your fall/winter broccoli, kale, cabbages...
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    Breed Confirmations on Pullets

    Our girls are about 18 weeks old and I was wondering if y'all could help confirm their breeds. There are 5 ladies. Pretty sure we have a cuckoo maran, black sex link, easter egger, silver laced wyandotte, and possibly a rhode island red. The rir just seems a lot smaller than the others even...
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    What season to cull the flock?

    What time of year do you cull your flock? I'm looking at our flock of mixed age layers and we have one that I know is not laying and hasn't laid since at least November. There are two others that are laying poorly compared to the same time last year. My husband says to give them a break since...
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    New grow out pen

    Our new chicks outgrew the brooder so we portioned off half the hutch for their grow out pen. We purposely overbuilt the size of the hutch to be able to do this. Also shown is our Decker Hunting Terrier. She likes to "help."
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    Tracking my RIR, EE, BR, SLW, BSL with pictures

    Pictures taken February 8, 2022 In order: RIR EE BR We purchased the SLW and BSL a week later.
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    Unlabeled chicks from Ideal Poultry Hatchery

    I have 2 chicks from the feed store who's name tag was missing from the pen. The feed store ordered from Ideal Poultry Hatchery. We have 5 total babies but the others were labeled. The two in question seem to have rose combs.
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