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That's great! My daughter wants to do 4H so bad. I can't wait until she is old enough.

I teach in a public health department at a major university in Chicago and have an MPH. The mortality rate is much lower than we initially thought but the r0 (that's the rate of transmission. An R0=1 means that for every person that gets the disease they would give it to 1 other person, an R0= 2...

Forgive my ignorance but what's the green stuff in the white dish?

Just want to say thanks everyone for the help with the brooder. I was able to get the girls settled in to a safe and secure brooder. They seem happy although way more skittish than my silkies. The silkies would hop into my hand when I put it in the enclosure these Buffs run the other way...

So my silkies didn't make it. My dog chewed up the box they were using a brooder and well... I'm not sure what the heck happened. Maybe they died of freight or a draft. They didn't have any marks on them and the only reason I know the dog got at the brooder was the dog sized hole in the wall...

Have you checked out Chicago chicken enthusiast. They used to have a list of coop builders on there. https://sites.google.com/site/chicagochickenenthusi/

My backyard is a lake. That was our first big storm in this house and I am starting to doubt my proposed chicken coop site. I'm not sure that they make scuba gear for chickens.

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What a cutie!

Hard say the age but they aren't laying yet. I'm building the coop now and it should be done in a few days.

I have 2 silkies, that I took in from a friend. She got the chicks as a Easter "gift" and enjoyed them as chicks but chickens are not allowed in her town so she gave them to me. She knew I had planned on getting chickens ever since I found out my town allows them but I am not quite ready for...

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to say hello from the near north suburbs of Chicago! Just started with 2 hens and am having fun with it.