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  1. VeeKay

    How cold is too cold for chickens?

    This past Thursday morning I watched in horror as my chicken shed went up in flames killing half my flock, lighting trees on fire and almost catching the house. Please, please use some other way of keeping them warm. Heat lamps are absolutely deadly. 😢
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    A very bad day

    It was very likely the heat lamps and the wind here was absolutely wild. Please don’t tell me about heat lamps though, I learned my lesson and the guilt is overwhelming. The four survivors are inside my place in a pen, a neighbor is rehoming them to a wonderful home today. I’m still having...
  3. VeeKay

    A very bad day

    Today my chicken shed caught fire and wiped out half my flock. It went up like a tinder box and was horrifying. I thought they were all dead for sure but then found one alive under the porch, then two more, then another later in the day. Somehow the meanest rooster and a few others survived. I’m...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    I would really like to connect with people in my area, NW PA but I don’t use Facebook so this is my only way. Haven’t had much luck with swapping or selling though.
  5. VeeKay

    Beekeeper version of BYC?

    Thank You!
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    Anyone with cat litter allergy experience?

    I’ve been using pine pellet bedding instead of cat litter for years now and absolutely love it. 5-6$ for a 40lb bag, urine absorbs and disintegrates immediately, feces is drained of its moisture and often its smell in minutes. It took some practice but once you get used to scooping out the “saw...
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    Beekeeper version of BYC?

    Hello, I was wondering if there is a website like BYC but for beekeeping? I’m located in NW PA and considering dabbling in apiculture.
  8. VeeKay

    My First Loss (Very long, raw, and emotional vent post)

    My first silkie was given to me by a local shop because no one wanted him. He used to come inside and sit on a bar stool at the counter and eat his dinner. He was a total mommas boy and I loved him very much. He made the most beautiful silkie babies of all colors and feather types. Found him...
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    Tell me about your anomalies

    This guy -
  10. VeeKay

    Name 3 Things You Did Or Will Do Today—2026

    Chores Making a viking funeral pyre for my first and favorite silkie, Vinny the Roo Having a bonfire 😢
  11. VeeKay

    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Sorry I just now saw this! I did sell one season of Silkies for the first time this year but I don’t know if I want to do another round next year. I lost a few hens recently too so I’m keeping a few from the last batch. Just rehomed a duck to a great place. Have three gorgeous black banty Roos...
  12. VeeKay

    There’s a duck in my bathtub

    An amazing opportunity came up for the perfect home for Mabel. She left on Monday morning, went to her new home and immediately laid her first egg! Thanks for coming along with us on this journey, it was one of my favorites!
  13. VeeKay

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    🤣🤣🤣 🐓💨 😱 🐀💔
  14. VeeKay

    BYC's 2025 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along

    Welp, my broody silkies have decided to sit on roughly six eggs for the past 2 or three weeks. However…. since this wasn’t planned the hens have just been free ranging and have mated with on of three roosters. 1. Amercauna 2. Half silkie 3. Pure silkie I’m expecting some really pretty chickies...
  15. VeeKay

    What breed and gender?

    You can still use them for laying eggs, hatching eggs or pets if handled correctly. 🥹
  16. VeeKay

    Rooster doing a weird crouch thing making a screechy sound when I approach him.

    This is fantastic information, thank you!
  17. VeeKay

    Rats🫩

    This!! Add poultry-friendly predators. My dogs, cat and Roos work together to guard the flock and get rid of all sorts of pests. The chickens handle ticks and fleas, the dogs handle other predators and food thieves, the cat handles smaller rodents. They all get along well. We live in a rural...
  18. VeeKay

    There’s a duck in my bathtub

    Great news! Mabel is on the mend, out foraging with the chickens and has an amazing home lined up for when she’s completely healed 🥰
  19. VeeKay

    Rooster doing a weird crouch thing making a screechy sound when I approach him.

    Pretend to sit where he crouched and drop a golf ball there before you leave 🤣
  20. VeeKay

    Winston (2yo) roo needs a new home - Western PA

    Beautiful strong Roo, great with hens, I raised him from a chick and handled him most of his life but he became human aggressive and needs to go somewhere else. He is EGGxellent with the ladies, not aggressive toward hens and never too rough with them when mating (even much smaller hens, silkie...
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