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    Those Almost-Good Photos...

    You know the kind of pics I'm talking about. The ones where everything is in focus, the sun is lighting things perfectly, the birds pose for you and look at the camera, and then...someone has to go and make it weird right at the last minute. I know I'm not the only one with these. Show me...
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    Growing my little flock

    I badly need a rent-a-Rahab right now! Instead I've got Sasquatch and Coco doing some kind of bad-broody-club thing that's stopping Sasquatch from fully un-broodying. I'm legit having trouble managing the brooder temperatures for my poor Ameraucanas in the dingy weather my area is getting...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Two inquisitive pullets
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    Gravity tube feeders

    It's not just tube-type gravity feeders that have this kind of risk. I actually had trouble with condensation forming above feed level and dripping down on the first bucket-port feeders I built. I think it's because the lids were too tight fitting. Even though the feeder was completely...
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    Growing my little flock

    Yeah...it was going to happen at some point. I promised my husband not to let it put me off mail order pullets since the remaining five are doing great and we were planning to get in line later this year for some exhibition-type BO pullets for next spring. Meanwhile...the silly factor is...
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    2 Week Old Chick Eye Swollen Shut

    Injured chicks can end up becoming the runt of the batch pretty easily, and it's not unusual for them to be wary of other birds while healing. She may still receive unwanted attention from curious other chicks on her bad side that keeps her in defensive mode. Especialy if she ends up partly or...
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    Growing my little flock

    Sad turn of events...I lost the chick that I had hoped was just dehydrated. ☹️ It had much more serious issues than that lurking under the surface, including a herniated cervical air sac that was getting gradually worse and interferring with its crop. I was able to drain about 3ml of air from...
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    Growing my little flock

    Aaaand it'll be brooder babies this round. That's ok; it was what I'd figured on to begin with. Sasquatch just isn't accepting them properly and it seems like 6 was too many for her. Although she didn't hurt any so far, it could have escallated easily. Her comb is bright red this morning, very...
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    Broody not into eggs but broods everything else

    Ok experiment ended…chicks are back in the brooder. She is not sharing food and pecks at the babies if they come out from under her too much. The pecks are accompanied by angry noises so I don’t think she realizes those are the same babies as the ones under her. I notice her comb is back to red...
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    Broody not into eggs but broods everything else

    Not the best results so far from this hen…she seems to tolerate most of the chicks but isn’t happy when they start wiggling a lot. Lots of wiggle still makes her do angry noises which I’ve not seen in my good broodies. There is also zero tidbitting going on; she just eats in silence. Chicks have...
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    Growing my little flock

    Oh this is going to be a long night...Sasquatch and her nest and stuff are in my bedroom so that if anything crazy bad happens in the middle of the night (like heaven forbid a rejection of the chicks), I can just jump out of bed to deal with it immediately. Well, good thing I did that, because I...
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    Growing my little flock

    CACKLE BABIES ARE HERE Two more than I was expecting! Fingers crossed they all do well and that Sasquatch accepts them later today. One chick was having a bit of a rough time compared to the others shortly after going in the brooder. It's perked up more now, but I had to sit with it for a...
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    Poll: Do high-value treats turn your chickens into savages?

    I must distinguish treat time from banana time with my birds. Treat time is moderately polite. But pecking order completely ceases to exist when banana is on the line. There is no time for peck. There is no time for order. There is only the desperate snapping of beaks that do not yet have banana...
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    Not a dot, not a bullseye...?

    This pic shows the chick’s partial herterochromia, which is also associated with chimerism. That’s not the light reflection - top and bottom halves of the iris are different colors. Pupils and light response etc is all normal and healthy in both eyes.
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    Not a dot, not a bullseye...?

    Oh lord...if you turn it upside-down that is exactly what it is. 😂 I'm not going to be able to un-see that now.
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