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Great responses, thank you so much!

I am planning on hatching eggs from my chickens in the spring. What type of incubator does everyone recommend. I may try 10 eggs at first. I only have 4 hens and two roosters so I am getting only 2-3 eggs /day now in the cold, Michigan. Do I need to let then rest 24 hours like you talked about...

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Bogtown, that is what I was wondering. Was he just protective or is he mean? I had 3 roosters and butchered one and then this one became mean. They were both bright red headed too if that means anything. The black headed guy is mellow and never attacks people. So if I butcher this guy can I...

He pretty much jumps their bones then ignores them for a bit until next time.

Both. he is quite aggressive toward the hens.a couple have no feathers on their back

I have two nhr roosters one is nice and docile but the other is similar to yours. I have to fend him off with a stick and icannot turn my back on him or he attacks

Will it help if i put golfballs back in theMB's?

My NH reds are laying eggs in my Pete moss bedding instead of the wood chip nesting boxes. Any ideas?? They layed for weeks in NB's but now in a single corner in the bedding.

How long before they could fend for themselves?

Mine are 9 week old NH Reds, do I need to worry about my barn cats bothering them when they are out foraging? I haven't let them out yet?

appreciate all the helpfull input. They are a week old now and it's hard to tell what they will be like in 7 more weeks.

read it in storey's guide to raising chickens p 238 They said : "at 8weeks pecking will get serious and sexual activity will start. If you haven't already done so, it's time to separate the cockrels from the pullets. Select the best cockeels for breeding and cull or butcher the rest." I would...

In reading it says separate your cockrels from the pullets when they are 8 weeks old. When do you reintroduce the grown roosters to the flock? Can you have more than one rooster or do you cull any extra ones so you only have one?

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