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    Top 5 questions for local chick breeders

    Also, maybe it’s a minority of chicken keepers to have quarantine areas set up, but for keepers running breeding & hatching operations I would expect they have that infrastructure. And for keepers adding to their existing flock they need that as well.
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    Top 5 questions for local chick breeders

    I’d say it’s totally the breeder’s prerogative. No-one can rightfully make risk-based assessments and decisions for others. But dogs and cats being free of communicable diseases is based on what...
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    Prolapsed vent - chicken screaming

    What is her diet?
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    Prolapsed vent - chicken screaming

    Epsom salts do much more that soothe inflamed tissue. Mere warm or hot water can do that! The magnesium and sulphates are absorbed through the skin, benefiting hundreds of physiological processes. https://epsomsalt.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ReportsofBirmingham.pdf...
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    Top 5 questions for local chick breeders

    Why is it bad to accept returned chickens? With dogs and cats it’s a good sign should the pet adoption not work out.
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    My first $3000 egg !

    Congrats! I just got my first egg on Sunday. I know who mine is! She’d been making noises like she’s having contractions :pop
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    Fermenting?

    I found American-made fermenting crocks and bought the 1-gallon size. There’s a matching ceramic top keeps anything from getting in the ferment. I’m feeding Scratch & Peck mash and most days I add 5 scoops and (2) 16-oz bottles of water, stir, and let sit about 24 hours.
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    Hot weather Coop design - Is this enough ventilation?

    Sounds like you got things figured out but I was just going to add that if the roof absorbs heat all day and radiates it through the night, you could build another roof above it to block the sun. Leave 6”-12” open on all sides for dissipation of the heat. I live in a van and have to deal with...
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    The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

    I’ve been told the Welsummer/EE has crested cream legbar. I think he’s an olive egger. I don’t think he has any Ameraucana or Aracana stock unless it’s through CCL. Do CCLs have peacombs? My dominant roo is huge - comb & all.
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    The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

    Yes
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    Today I lost my Rooster

    I’m so sorry. What did he die from?
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    The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

    Welsummer EE x BCM EE What should I expect?
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    Working Full Time and Baby Chicks - Doable?

    Any grocery store will have a giant melon box. If you’re near any furniture stores Lazy Boy chair boxes are the same size. That’s what I used. Also I prefer small animal water bottles for always clean water. Figure out where the brackets & nozzle align, then use a pointy scissor to to make...
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    Need help incubating egg

    It gets really confusing for new chicken keepers to understand the stages that developing eggs go through. At the storage stage I don’t think they need to be turned as the development is halted. The eggs do need to be turned when they are incubated up until the lockdown stage.
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    First egg! Now what?

    How long can fertilized eggs be stored for? Got my very first egg yesterday! My first choice is to keep hatching them out under broodies until I have 25 layers but my 2 pullets have zero broody inclinations :rolleyes: I have an incubator but I live in a van. Midwinter is a very difficult time...
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