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We ordered a surprise package from Cackle Hatchery! They are shipping it Wednesday!

How do we prepare? What will we get? How many will we get? Has anyone here done that? After talking to the hatchery all they will tell us is. We need to separate brooders one for the dry fowl and…Continue

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Advice needed. I"m not sure what I should do or if I should do anything? 5 Replies

I purchased baby chicks in Feb. and thought I had a rooster with them but we sexed it wrong and so I ended with 15 girls. I Have a mixed flock of both large and bantam (more large)My boyfriends…Continue

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I'm curious as to why my 3 chickens perform a "fake chest-bump" right after I let let out in the morning. Is it a form of greeting or other ritual?

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Considering backyard chickens? Read this first! 2 Replies

In true unvarnished and awesome style, Erica at Northwest Edible Life has written this informative post:…Continue

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Comment by Aliza Ess on June 2, 2011 at 12:10pm: Ah, good luck! Hope you will be enjoying the little chickies soon!

Comment by rachel whetzel on June 1, 2011 at 8:40pm: Congrats, Erin!! I love my hen hatched chicks!! Such a huge difference.

Comment by Erin Mitchell on June 1, 2011 at 8:16pm: Hey, Aliza! No, she's part of a newer mated pair that we've been taking care of so we're hoping they're fertile, and we get chicks! So, supposedly 21 days we'll have new babies (give or take, lol)

Comment by Aliza Ess on June 1, 2011 at 2:55pm: Erin- I'm guessing she is broody about unfertilized eggs? If you don't want her sitting on the eggs, we've found that it's effective to put the hen in a separate enclosed area for 3 days to a week, which calms her down and she's no longer broody.

Comment by Erin Mitchell on June 1, 2011 at 1:10pm: So we have a hen with a clutch of eggs and she's been broody about them... Day 1

Comment by Cathy & Rick on May 17, 2011 at 2:49pm: Just getting into raising chickens. Got 5 Production Red pullets and 1 cockeril(?) about 3 weeks old yesterday.

Comment by Erin Mitchell on May 17, 2011 at 2:15pm: Anyone else feel kinda sad that the chicks are big enough to nest? Sure doesn't seem like they are that old, lol

Comment by dawn hughes on May 11, 2011 at 3:57am: Does any one know where to find vets that take care of chickens? I live in Plymouth, MA and I really would like to have a vet all lined up should I ever have a chicken to get sick. Anyone in the area that knows where to find a good chicken vet please chime in. Thanx.

Comment by Aliza Ess on April 28, 2011 at 3:31pm: p.s. sorry, i know that's a double-post of the video link! the new one will be up shortly :)

Comment by Aliza Ess on April 28, 2011 at 3:07pm: Aw Meredith, sorry to hear about the young broody hen but new ducklings are a great consolation prize! These little peepers make my day every day. So adorable! They grow so fast though, they're barely two weeks old and already have changed from round little fuzzies to duck-looking fuzzies. I tried to take their photos this morning and this one was one of the better ones:

A group shot taken with flash:

A video is posted on the blog for anyone who is interested (I have another one I want to load soon):

http://www.baltimorediy.org/2011/04/newborn-ducklings.html