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    Hello from Denmark

    Hello, I’m an expat living in Denmark. I have had chickens for just over a year now and a few weeks ago increased my flock from 3 to 7. I’m looking forward to learning lots from you all.
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    Cuckoo marans or barred rock and brahma

    I have 2 cuckoo marans or barred rock. Can't tell. And one brahma. Located around bean station tn. Message me with an offer if interested. Thanks
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    Rooster sitting on eggs?!!

    Hello, I have one of my chickens who is around 5 years old and it stopped laying, except it rarely does lay an egg. This hen always used to come to other hens who are broody and force them to leave then sits instead of them for a few days then also leaves when it was younger. Anyways, now it's...
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    Free to a Good Home: 3 Male Chickens (Yonkers, NY)

    Looking to rehome 3 healthy male chickens free of charge. Looking for home where they can live peacefully. If anyone would like to take them in or has any information on how I can help them please respond. Yonkers, NY.

  5. Predator Protection Program Suggestions

    I am an amateur poultry keeper, keep ducks of various breeds, chickens of various breeds, and some pearl guinea-fowl. One of my guinea-fowl pullets just got nailed by a hawk whilst the others were sounding their alarm and hiding in the bushes. My giant cochin rooster & other roosters couldn't...
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  7. Blue Partridge Project

    (Question at the end) I'm posting this to keep track and keep y'all updated on this long project. You guys know, I raise Wyandotte bantams. I have partridge, white, and now black. I am wanting to make the UK's blue partridge. That is basically blue and partridge together. Here is a picture of...
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    Sick baby chick

    So my mom brought me this americana pullet who’s around 3-4 months old. She brought her to me because she was sick, she was just on the floor laying there looking dead and I noticed when I picked her up, she had her legs tucked in behind her head which was weird, i’ve never seen that before. She...
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    School looking for hens or pullets - Grayson, GA

    I am the agricultural engineering teacher at Bay Creek Middle School in Grayson, GA. We are looking for hens or pullets to start our farming program. Our students have designed and built the chicken coop and just need egg layers to fill it. Thanks!

  10. A poem to my chickens

    A poem to my chickens I love my chickens it's true and many say they understand but I'm not sure they do how many chickens do you have I ask and they say just 1 or 2 and they ask how many I have and I say feels like 200 but maybe just 22 but chickens seem to multiply every time you avert your...
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    Incubator temperature

    I recently bought a 12 egg incubator and this will be my first time using it but the celsius on the screen keeps going from 38.0 to 37.7. I’ve had the incubator on for about 3 days and every once in a while, the incubator keeps doing that. I have two hydrometers inside and one marks 97.6 but...

  12. Initial Necropsy Report

    Attached is the preliminary necropsy report for my white wyandotte cockerel. This is only what they found visually. They are running multiple tests that should be back later this week. A few things that stick out to me: - Green/gray lung - right pectoral muscle has a focal hemorrage: I think...
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    HOMESTEAD

    Why do people say they have a 'HomeStead' just because they have chickens? Im not being negative, im truly curious.

  14. Trio of Hookbills

    Goodmorning everyone I'm selling a trio of hookbills to cover the price a necropsy for one of my birds. One grey male, one grey female, and one dusky grey female. I'm in Nashville, TN but I will be driving to Hopkinsville, KY to drop off the deceased bird at a laboratory. Please send me a...
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    Hen acting strange

    Hi everyone! This morning I came out to take care of the girls and let them out and I noticed Rose acting funny. She didn’t want to leave the run to free range and once I coaxed her out she just lays down. She seems not as active as she usually is and lately we’ve been battling soft shelled eggs...

  16. What Greens do chickens like?

    Hi again, I’m just wondering what fruit and veggies chickens like to eat. Mine are being a bit picky. We’ve given them lettuce, silver beet, spinach, carrots, cucumber, apple, broccolini and sweet corn and they don’t seem to want any of it. They are sometimes interested in the cucumber and...

  17. Accidental Chicks! But the best ever!

    A few mornings ago my younger sister tore into the house and proceeded to tell me that Mohawk and Jenny my two silkie girls had a chick under them! Later that day more hatched! It is now day three and I have 12 happy strong chicks that came by accident. They are a wonderful blessing, and what a...

  18. 2024-2025 Show Season

    I'm going to use this thread to post my show experiences and wins this fall. I will be posting where I'm showing, what I'm showing, and my thoughts throughout the process. Fall show season officially starts tomorrow! It's the "Davey Classic" in Lawrenceburg, TN. It's technically a fair show...
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    Young chicks in need of a good home

    I’m looking for a GOOD home for 1 rooster, 1 hen, 9 half grown chicks. Preferably to someone that has room and indoor/outdoor safe environment. Elderly couple unable to take care of them and are moving. Please contact me ASAP. Libby Montana area. Thank you!

  20. Spraying chickens with vinegar to integrate new members

    Hello Friends, So I have a question for the chicken and duck people. My grandma and my mom use this trick to integrate new chickens into the flock. When they buy new chickens they spray the whole coop, the old and the new birds with vinegar water before sleep and then they just put them...
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