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    New breeding projects

    Hey! Somehow I went from getting rid of all my chickens last year to now having almost 30 birds again🤭I know I’ve got at least 2 Roos and I’m waiting for one more (maran) to get a bit older before I can tell if he’s really a roo or not. But my one is just a little banty and he’s a jerk and I’m...
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    Breeding mystic marans

    Hey everyone! It’s chick season and I work at my local feed store so of course I bought some more chicks! I went ahead and got two mystic marans and looking at them now I think I grabbed a roo and a hen. I know this is a hybrid breed so I’m just curious if I decide to breed them in the future...
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    Intestines hanging out of chick

    I had a quail hatch last night and it seems he pulled his intestines out a little. He doesn’t seem to be in any pain but I doubt he can live like this. Is there anything I can do
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    feed add ons

    yes they free range all day in the summer months. We just got a grandpa feeder because the rats were stealing a lot of their food but with 10 chickens they just never stop eating. thanks for the sunflower tip I did not know that
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    feed add ons

    Hello everyone, As feed prices go up and up, I've been researching DIY chicken feed. I don't have the time to grow my own feed or make it from scratch but I was thinking, there's gotta be something I can add to it, to stretch it out. For example, I get my goats a good feeding grain and mix in...
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    new quail mom-please help

    Awesome thank you! How do I know which ones are roosters?
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    new quail mom-please help

    Here are some pics. I haven’t finished building it so it’s still a work in progress. I’m going to replace the metal crate thing with essentially a wooden box but I was also thinking when I expand the run I could just put the box/coop right on the ground and they might like that better.
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    new quail mom-please help

    hello everyone! I have recently been given some quail by some family. I don't know anything about quail so I need your help. First of all, I don't even know what type of quail they are, but they lay little blue eggs with black speckles. Next, lets talk about coops. Currently I have just built a...
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    Guin-Hen

    Hello everyone, I have 2 male guineas living with my chickens so they have each chosen which chicken hens belong to them and stick by them allll day long. So the other day I saw one of the guineas breed my blue egger. I have read that this IS possible but normally it’s a chicken rooster breeding...
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    Injured hen not doing well

    Hello everyone, when I went to let the hens out this morning I noticed my barred rock acting sluggish. I let her out hoping some sunshine would make her more perky but when I checked on her a few minutes later I noticed she had blood on her head. Our neighbors rooster has been coming over...
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