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    Pullet found dead this morning

    I’m sorry you lost your girl.i don’t have any new theories on that. But i would like to point out the value of having a separate coop available for times when you need to quarantine or separate a bird for one reason or another. I figured id mention it for your planning, Since you have...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    I have a few chickens, got some new pullets this spring, first time i ever got hybrids. My buff orpington “Blue” is still my favorite. And my barred rock is horribly pecky because …. I figured out she is blind. I just thought she was a nut. One day i brought them water and she missed it...
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    Dark Green Egg

    I read something once that the pigment gets overlaid on the shell last thing in the egg-making process. So if it travels faster, less color is put on the eggshell. If it travels slower, there is more pigment. I have not verified this info.
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    One hen laying shell-less eggs, one laying eggs with rough bumps

    I have a hen who lays eggs with thick deposits, too. Not quite as extreme as your photo though. The thing is, the same shells are weak. I attribute it to lack of calcium in my case, or inconsistency. I feed their eggshells back to them, but I’m not very disciplined about it. Since the garden...
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    Massive incoming grain and food shortages

    Tractor supply sells fly traps called “trap and toss”. They work really well. You can just dump some dead flies and add more water a couple of times before you think about throwing it away.
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    Help please. Black Australorp or Barred Rock? Roo or Hen?

    We had 17 barred rock chicks. I didn’t do too well picking pullets out by white head spots, silver ruffs, dark legs, or chicks who run away. But when their tails grew a bit, i leg-banded all the ones with no tails. It was pretty accurate. Only one un banded chick was a rooster. All the...
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    Best Rooster Age to eat

    I ate my australorp cockerel at 8 weeks. We used him for soup but I was very pleasantly surprised at how much breast meat he had. I thought there wasn’t going to be anything. I plucked him, right there in the garden, fresh. No scalding. it was not hard at all. My plan was to skin him...
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    Which BYC member scares you?

    They eat mushrooms, too. And roadkill. And their tails are umbrellas.
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    Which BYC member scares you?

    Awww. I had a baby flying squirrel for one night. He died, but he was so cute. I think he flew into a tree and got hurt. Super duper cute
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    Which BYC member scares you?

    Yeah i felt sortof dumb when I figured out she wasn’t a man. I’m not sure what photo she used when i started, but it was something else! Or I thought …she … was…. His wife? I don’t know. I was confused. Doing chicken surgery.
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    Which BYC member scares you?

    Squirrels are nice when you prepare them decently. My first one was meh. Not too good. Second one was really nice. Worth eating
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    Which BYC member scares you?

    @Overo Mare ?!!! No way! She was super helpful when i had a hurt hen. (Although I was shocked when i finally figured out she wasnt a man! I think i saw mare and my brain read male…) And i like @aart
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    I know now what killed my bird. What next?

    Safflower seed comment was interesting. Ill test it out next round of ratfighting. Squirrels are useful as “other food” for predators. There’s less reason for a hawk to go for a chicken if there are squirrels at the birdfeeder
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    Australorp 5 weeks male or female?

    The same cockerel, with yellow arrow, at 11 days old
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    Australorp 5 weeks male or female?

    Cockerel on the right. Almost 5 weeks. Edited age (younger than I thought)
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