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Sounds good! We are going to give him so more time. Elizabeth pretty much allowed him up on her today and the other girls ran. Later I had to check another hen b/c I thought she was limping (they are all very tame of course) but she gave a little protest when I set her back down and Hank...

It's nice to have him because we live outside of town and have fox, hawks, owls, etc. So when I'm home I let them loose in our yard but I can be in the house and whenever he does the warning call I run out. I'm also wondering we have a big Silver Laced Wyandotte, adequately named Elizabeth...

So is your rooster nice his girls? Hank does give us warnings when he senses danger which is nice so we can go out and check on them...and i love him of course b/c I raised him by hand from day 2 but his sporadic attacks have us all on edge and yes I am afraid come late August when our girls...

Hello, I'm sure this has been asked before I tried to find the answer before posting but to no avail. We have a 16 week old Buff Orpington Rooster, Hank, who was raised as a chick along with 10 girls of various breeds. Hank, aka Rose, is wonderful with us. Well when he was 11 weeks old he...

Thank you for the information. Very good to know. This is our first time with chickens so we are learning a lot. We plan on eating the eggs and not allowing any to hatch and if someone goes broody we'll have to wait it out. I don't eat chicken so they will get to be old ladies but next time...

Hi, I did not. They all came from a hatchery in New Mexico. I can't remember starts with a P I think. I had Ranch Way feed get them. They seem fine just a little odd that it's the same toe on all 3 Buffs that is bent backwards. It moves in the joint and is not swollen. I'm thinking...

Hello everyone, I have 11 five and half week old chicks a mix sort and noticed this morning that all 3 Buff Opringtons have one bent toe. It's the inner left toe on their right leg ( all 3 of them). They are not swollen move in the joint well just that they bend out and backwards instead of...

Thank you everyone. Well by everyone's accounts Rose, our Buff Orpingtons is a roo then. She is so much bigger than the other two with a very red comb and hardly any tail feather growth. Well she'll be Rose the Rooster then. For the next year I'm living outside of town but next May moving to...

Thank you Chickens by the Sea. Rose the Rooster, hmmm sounds sweet. She's either a rooster or just a very big girl for her size. When do they start crowing? Rose sounds different too when making the alarm sound. Where do you live by the sea? Someday I want to live on the Oregon Coast...

Hello everyone, I tried to look for this on forum b/c I'm sure it's been asked before. Can I move my girls out to their coop at 4 .5 weeks old. I have 11 chicks, 3 weeks now, 3 Buffs, 3 Black Australorps, 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes and 3 Americaunas. We are building a 8x5 coop this week and...

Quote: Hi, I know digusting. And you do need to check and read lables. As with all pet foods and feed you have to watch for the terms "crude protein and crude fat". Crude is just that CRUDE. It's all the parts of animals along with downer cows, pigs, veternarian remains, euthanized...

When I picked up my chicks last week I started them on McMurrays Chick start which has vitamins and minerals and elcotryolytes. I also picked up some of McMurrays Immuno Charge and Avian Charge 2000 to add to their water when they are older. Check out McMurrays and see what you think? We feed...

I feed oyster shell so that their shells are nice and strong. We feed Modesto Mills Organic Feed and we have a small organic farm so they have loads of fresh vegetables. I don't feed them their own shells as this can create them eating their own eggs and this is one bad habit too hard to...

Quote: Hi, I have 10 almost week old baby chicks and they are racing around too. It's important to get the chick waterers and don't buy a large one and try to graduate them to it. They are only 2.00 at your local feed store and worth it as you don't want your chicks wet. My water fount...

I have heard that too that if the heat is too high it will cause pasty butt. I have 8 chicks and only one has it and I have noticed she gets hotter than the rest while the rest seem fine with heat and no pasty butt. I have her vent clean but I am going to soak the bottom like you all said and...

You are all great! Thank you all so much for the above advice!!! I ordered 2 of the 50# bags and Steve I'm going to get another one to be on the safe side and I could mix it with the layer if I have more! I am writing all of the info from the posts in the cover of my book Urban Chick so that...

Hello, I am new to the forum and I tried to do a search as I'm sure this question has been asked before but coudn't find the answer. Tomorrow I am picking up 10 baby chicks all heavy breed layers. I grabbed a 5 # bucket of chick start but am going to feed them an organic Chick start from...