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    Chicken oddities: what’s something you wish your chicken/chickens didn’t do?

    Lord have mercy, I wish they’d stop eating the insulation foam on the exterior of the house
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    What special care do you give your flock?

    My girls go nuts for the insides of cantaloupe. Dido usually grabs a huge piece and scurries off, then swallows it one gulp. It’s hilarious and horrifying. Sometimes I shop for produce with them specifically in mind 🫣 And then this isn’t really a special treatment tip, per se, but I have a hen...
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    Any artists out there?

    Oh my goodness, thank you! This feels like getting a compliment from a celebrity—I’m always in awe when I read your comments re: genetics!
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    Any artists out there?

    How fun! I love seeing everyone’s work. I paint using gouache. Primarily commissions of people’s homes and pets, and sometimes pleinair:
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    What pronoun do these chicklets use? ;)

    I have no wisdom to share here, just wanted to say that I’ve been dying to make this joke :)
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    20 years in the waiting…it’s happening!

    Congratulations!!! How very exciting that you finally get to have your very own flock ◡̈ keeping chickens has easily been the best decision I’ve ever made for my mental health. Keep us updated on your flock!
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    How many duck eggs did you get today?

    2, and the ducks decided to lay their eggs out in the open today 🙄 they free-range but typically lay inside their covered run. Goobers.
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    Natural breeding thread

    They’re behind her in the video!
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    Do you have (occasionally) chickens or other poultry in your house?

    Only when I’m brooding chicks and nursing a sick bird. Fiona is the warden of the hospital wing, with pendulous crop and then frostbite this last winter. Here we are watching The Sopranos together:
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    Natural breeding thread

    It was recommended to me to put everyone on chick starter if the flock is mixed!
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    Natural breeding thread

    Update on mama: she’s showing the babies around the coop! Thanks for all the advice!
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    Late-quitting twins *WARNING: GRAPHIC*

    Whoa! Thanks for sharing—SO cool that gimmie birdies hatched twins. I was shocked at how formed these two were, just fused at the center. Did you suspect they were twins when you candled? I had no idea, and this one didn't seem to weigh more than the others in the batch.
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    Late-quitting twins *WARNING: GRAPHIC*

    I found this fascinating and wanted to share—apologies in advance if this upsets you! Today was hatch day and I suspected this egg was a late quitter. I opened it up to investigate and to my surprise there were two nearly fully formed chicks! Can anyone shed some wisdom on the likelihood of...
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    Natural breeding thread

    Oops! Sorry, that was confusing. Some background: I've only been hatching Ameraucanas this season, and my rooster was an Ameraucana. I decided to let my Polish hatch an Ameraucana egg and one of her own eggs, which is a cross between her and the Ameraucana rooster.
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    Natural breeding thread

    Thank you! I'll be resisting the urge to check on her the rest of the day although it's so hard to do! I let her have one of her own eggs, the only Ameraucana/Polish cross I plan hatch. Can't wait to see how that crested goober looks!
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