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  1. SavageSixHomestead

    👋 from the Savage Family in SW MI

    Hi! Hello! 👋 We are brand spanking new chickrents & chiblings, here! (Only previous experience we are holding onto is that I grew up on a hobby farm in Florida for most of my childhood 😊) We have been researching and discussing how to grow our little “urban homestead” for a loooong time...
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    • learning as i go learning experience new chiblings new chickrents new parents new pullets savage family urban backyard urban chicken
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    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  2. ChickenAJ

    12 Chickens: A Meaningful Number?

    My partner and I recently moved to Missouri in 2020 and finally just started our chicken family this year in 2022. As of right now, we have our first 12 chickens: 2 cream legbars, 4 easter eggers, 3 speckled sussex, and 3 splash-laced red wyandottes. We turned (are still turning) an extra, old...
  3. AzDuck

    Strange bump on duck? Please help. I’m new.

    This bump is on our 8 day old blue runner male duckling. He is by far the biggest in our flock of 5. Is this just his oil gland? Is there supposed to be black on it? He keeps preening/pulling at it. I’m sorry if this is a silly question, we are new parents and want to make sure there isn’t...
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    • duckling ducks new parents runner duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Jimsgirl

    New Baby Arrives...what now?

    My Bantam hen and rooster just hatched their first egg. The rooster seems to be nonplussed by the whole thing and is cutting mama and baby a wide path. Do I need to remove the rooster? She still has four eggs to hatch and seems to be a very attentive mother. It is very hot, baby is with mom...
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