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    Hen adopting chicks?

    Hi All... I got five day-old chicks two weeks ago.... Our barn where I normally brood chicks was full of hay so I didn't want a heat lamp in there, so I moved a chicken tractor into our chicken coop to brood the chicks there.... Now one of my hens won't leave the coop and has quit laying...
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    Attacking hen

    :( Our almost 20 week bantam cochin has gone from being a lap chicken to attack chicken in a week... She was so lovely and sweet and would crawl in my lap a couple weeks ago. She now puffs up and attacks me (or my 2 year old daughter) whenever we go in the coop or the enclosure. I don't know...
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    17 week polish hen??

    I have thought that this bird was a hen since it was 8 weeks old, but since the last molt, am starting to have doubts. It doesn't have a crazy hairdo like my obvious male of the same age/coloration, but it doesn't have the refined do of my female polish... Can you help? Ignore the obvious...
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    Somebody is Crowing... Who is the culprit? Bantam Cochins... 16wks

    Somebody decided he needed his voice heard..., but whenever I am around decides he better keep his trap shut! I think I know who it is (Culprit 1), but am new to this so am having trouble knowing who my gals are. Can you help me sex these chickens? My nephew (after 7 years of 4-H chickens)...
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    Australorpe 4 Wks... Gender?

    These were supposedly sexed as pullets when I got them (day old at the feed store)... Now, at 4 wks, I think the 1st one might be a roo because of the larger comb, late feathering and thicker legs... especially compared to the three others which look like the second pic... What do you think...
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    Will My Free Rangers mix with my neighbors free range chickens?

    I am thinking about allowing my small flock (6 hens, 1-yr old) to free range on our 2 acres... Our birds are currently in a 15'x60' run on bare dirt/mud right now so would like them to be able to free range during the day, but worry that they might mix with our neighbors free range flock (8...
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