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    Cruel disposal of unwanted chicks?

    Well, we'll be buying a 'Fry Pan Special,' so there's a bunch of male chicks who will have a glorious life scratching, pecking at bugs in the great outdoors, doing what chickens love to do best...before we whack off their heads and eat them. What saddens me is not that male chicks are done...
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    Alaska! WTB Californian and/or New Zealand Rabbits

    Anyone know some local breeders? I don't want to have to ship up, if I don't need to.
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    hello from the frozen north!

    Welcome from the Frozener North!
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    Neighbor dogs, what do I do?

    I'd like to remind you and everyone what the one person said about a pack of pet dogs mauling an elderly lady. It could have just as easily been a little girl playing in her front yard. Or a mommy and her baby out for a stroll. A 'pack' of dogs will do things a single dog won't, wether they...
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    Opinions Plz: Durango woman’s dog shot, killed after chicken attack

    So...some people think their animals have every right to live and kill other animals and no one else has the right to protect their animals from being killed.
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    Opinions Plz: Durango woman’s dog shot, killed after chicken attack

    Wow! It's truly baffling to me. Why some people think their animals. Have every right to live and kill. But no one else does.
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    Need ideas,UPDATED WITH VIDEO!!!! Honey gave me the WHOLE barn 4 chicken pen!!!!!!!!!

    :DOh, a chicken-person's dream come true! My first concern would be to predator-proof it. Dirt floors, right? I see gaps all over the place. I think I'd lay down hardware cloth, fasten the heck out of it, pour down sand and/or gravel I salvaged for free somewhere, and maybe anchor it with...
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    Pets or Produce?

    Pets, for now. That's because we still live in city limits and are, therefore, limited on how many we can have. We have only two and they are coddled pets, because our only other pet is a snake. Once we get moved (which seems to be taking forever ) we will have a lot more chickens, some for...
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Obsessing over my Chick Order! Where should I order from? Cackle, Ideal, Belt, Pine Pride? Here's what I want come April or May: 10 Americauna Pullets 10 Dark Egg Layer Pullets (Marans or Welsummers) 20 Straight Run Buff Orpingtons
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    poop boards - whats the best and cleanest way to make and keep up with

    "chickens trying to dust bathe in the sand?" I never thought of that, but it makes that they would try. Maybe shavings would work better? I used shavings at first and the poo just wadded up. It was easy to scoop 'em out.
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    How many chicks should I order?

    Listen to Eddy. He knows excellent Chicken Math!
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    Talk to me about fencing

    Craigslist. There are several categories to look under besides Farm & Garden. Try 'Materials' and 'Free.' At least in our area, which has a very high cost of living, you can get free or very cheap building materials left over from construction sites and home projects. It may not be the exact...
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    Chicken Math?

    Yep, all I gotta do is flutter my eyelashes and croon about babies and I get all the chickie-poos I want!
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    Who saw Wild Man (I think the name) on Animal Planet last night?

    Oh, we love the Call of the Wildman! In reality t.v. there's tons of editing, because, let's face it, real life is boring if you follow it minute by minute. It doesn't go fast enough to hold a t.v. audience's attention. I think we can figure out forselves what's real and what isn't, like the...
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    Chicken Math?

    "3 BR = 1 chicken 4 silkies = 0 chickens 2 ducks = 0 chickens (ducks don't count) 2 polish = 1 chicken 1 mutt = 0 chicken.. Minus the mutt.. Mutts shouldn't count. 1 RIR = 1 chicken 1 PR = 1 chicken 1 Del = 1 chicken 1 SLW = 1 chicken 3 cochins = 1...
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    Chicken Math?

    "We use this to con our significant others to get more chickens." Shhhhh!
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    How do you decide on a coop design/plan?

    :DSo exciting for you! Chickie-poos at last. We're moving, so I get whatever shed, coop, barn, or stable happens to be there. At this point, the house we want has two sheds, a nice big one and a smaller doorless one. They'll do great for birds and storage. One day I would like to have a...
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    How many chicks should I order?

    It boggles the mind!
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    How Many Chickens Can a Bantam Hen Handle?

    From what I read about Silkie hens, she would probably try to mommy all of them, and possibly kill herself with stress in the process. I wouldn't do it.
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    How many chicks should I order?

    You'r original question was how many chicks to order. The guide I read by Gail Damerow said to expect a 25% loss and most of the hatcheries say an all-pullet order will be 90% cockerals. Okay, that is confusing and I have to wait until we move. I want a flock of twenty, so my best guess for...
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