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Quote: WHAT? You must be a friend of hers and this is her next attempt to get rid of my roosters. It isn't going to work, I own, she rents, she can move to the city!!!! Thanks for covering my back while I was at work 4H kids, Sunchick, & Jsto . I can't believe someone would get on here and...

STINKY! Even changing their bedding 4 or 5 times a day didn't help. It just cant be healthy keeping chicks in the house and with 2 kids and a husband to worry about out they went. They are now taking up residence in my garage. They are cozy and happy and my house doesn't stink YAY! I...

awwwwwwwww!! so cute!!!

Here is a black (bearded), blue and my two reds.

I moved my chicks outside for today to see how that works out. They were in a 10 gal tank since saturday and i moved them into the 65 gal tank on my back deck with the same heat source they had in the house. I don't have the heat on right now, the chickies seem really content to bask in the...

You put a chicken coop with Roosters in it right next to your neighbours house and you're mad at HER for complaining??? I'm as much of a chicken lover as the next gal, but how can you not understand where she's coming from? In her position i can't say i wouldn't have taken things into my own...

I was just going to fence off my veggie patch to keep the dog out and let the chickens do their thing because the patch hasnt been fruitful (unless you count the weeds), i figured a season of chickens would do it good and i would start over with the veggies next year. But, after looking thru...

Thanx everyone for the wonderful advice!! Babies are home and happy *i hope*. All they do is sleep, peck, poop, and peep. *peep peep peep* It's been a wonderful experience for me and the children. I put shavings under the paper towel, it has helped. As for the waterer, within half an...

and it can't come soon enuff!! My friend raises chickens and invited me to place an order with her and we pick them up saturday. My chicks are bantam silkies, mixed colours, 10 chicks. There will be no whites as they sold out a while ago. mixed gender as well. I chose this breed as my...

Thank you!!

I'd like to know the answer to this question too, i have 10 silkie chicks coming on saturday. I've heard you pretty much have to wait for the roo to crow, i'm hoping i'll be able to tell before that....

I found this website with some region specific ration recipes for laying, breeding, starting... http://www.birdfarm.bravepages.com/starterx.html

Wow, what a great website you have. You take wonderful pictures, and your birds are STUNNING!! Your mum must love you LOTS!!!!! It would be very hard for any mother to say no to investing in a pair of quality birds for you, you are so obviously very dedicated to your chickens and see...

i'm gonna say lab. if you get it from a pup you can train it not to eat your chickens. instinctively when they retrieve fowl they do NOT pierce the skin at all, a trait that i think would make them a good chicken keeper. If chickie goes where they mustn't the dog can retrieve it and put it...

Quote: the labs with the "big blocky bodies" are most likely male english labs, they seem to have a lot, and i mean A LOT of loose neck skin which i affectionately call a waddle. they are a very sturdy dog that grow to be 85lbs, the females are slimmer (60lbs) but still very stocky. The...

you for posting this info. I have yet to get my chicks but my eggs will be here soon and my biggest concern is feed. I see so many sites saying put molasses in the water, feed them medicated food and give antibiotics and extra vitamins and supplements and on and on and i was thinking to...

wow! cute chicks. Dyed by injection? thats cold. I had heard they were dyed with food colouring, i assumed it was just brushed or sprayed on their feathers ..... what a horrible horrible business to be in!!! In all fairness i would have picked up a a dozen dyed birds for my kids at...

thanx guys all the information you have given me, along with some research on sex-linked chicks has helped me decide that sex linked chicks are not the way i wanna go. i'm not big on hybrid anything, just a personal preference. I must say tho, that it is a very VERY cool way to do...

Hi all, newb here. Im so newb that i don't even have chickens yet. Before i get my chicks in a few weeks i am trying to learn as much as possible so i can be well prepared. I will be keeping them in an urban setting so its CRITICAL that i don't raise roosters. I know chicks can come pre...

There was a great episode of "The Dog Whisperer" that covered exactly this. The dog was a Lab owned by the author of "Marley and Me" and had killed quite a few of the couples chickens. While Cesar was holding the hen in his arms the dog got close and startled the bird. The hen made a squawk...