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Thank you! This is so helpful. Our pullet seems timid right now, she’s always hiding under her brothers. This leads me to believe she may have a tough time, but we’ll have to wait and see. We put the three young ones in the coop with the older flock and things went alright. One of the hens was...

Thanks for the warning. Do you think it would be best to find a pullet flock her age if possible to rehome her? I guess we run the risk of having a lone pullet in every batch of chicks we get. So maybe we’ll have to make the best of it.

Thank you for your responses, this is really helpful! @Sussex19 @SueT And thanks @CloverTheRabbit for clarifying some chicken terms for me!

Hi friends, A little bit of background: we have 5 hens that are about 3 years old. This year we decided to add three more to the flock. We got chicks about 9 weeks ago and have since found that two of them are roosters, which we are not allowed to keep in our neighborhood. This puts us in a...

Thank you for these helpful ideas, I’ll report back with success I hope!

Hi everyone, I’m a new chicken owner in a suburban area, so this may be a dumb question. We have 6 chickens that are 6 months old today! About three days ago we switched out their smaller waterer for a large bucket with nipples that can be heated so it won’t freeze in the winter. We have not...

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I hadn’t thought of that, good idea!

We have a beautiful 7 week old barred rock rooster that we arent able to keep, because of zoning, that we will be giving to a sanctuary/farm about an hour away. My question is: what is the best way to transport him? I know it will be stressful for him, is there a way to help him with that?

These are all such helpful ideas, and make me feel better about leaving them to settle in at night. Thank you!

The chicks are almost 6 weeks old and we had them in a brooder in the garage with a heat lamp. The coop is plenty warm at night, so that’s not the issue, maybe the light? I heard they can be afraid of the dark 😂

It's our 7 chicks second night in the coop and they were peeping very loudly after putting them away the first night, same thing tonight. We sat outside for a little bit and they quieted down. This morning they seemed happy and were very quiet. I'm assuming the peeping/crying is normal? We...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New to chickens and loving them! Our chicks are about 6 weeks old. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 7, (3) What breeds do you have? 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Australorps, 2 Barred Rocks, and 1 Salmon Favarolle (one of our...