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    Arizona Chickens

    Re: moving baby chicks outside: Thanks so much. I'm so ready to move them outdoors!!! As for a heat source, the only thing I can think of are the hothands warmers you buy at sporting goods stores. Not a fire hazard and there are some that warm for 18 hours. I'm going with that because I can't...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Question for others in Arizona - Phoenix area :) I have 6 5-week old chicks in one of my bedrooms in about a 10' x 4' area. They are quite big now and I was wondering if I could put them outside. The nights are getting down to maybe 40 degrees F. Does anyone know if that's too cold for them...
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    How to stop a rooster from flogging you?!?!

    Well, maybe. This was my stepfather's solution - he made the rooster stick and I was able to walk outside, keeping the rooster away. Side note - the rooster became stew pot later that week :-/
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    How to stop a rooster from flogging you?!?!

    Rooster stick. It is a broom stick with the broom part removed and replaced by strands of a shredded black plastic bag. Shake it at them, they will think it is a rooster and attack it instead of you. Otherwise, stew pot.
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    Any input would be appreciated

    I'm going to say pullet. However - I'm not very good at this game :)
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    getting rid of sparrows?

    We have the same problem at our house. We have a coop that is completely enclosed with chicken wire. Sparrows find a hole somewhere, or make one, and they get in. Lots of them. It's very frustrating. I like the trap mentioned above. For our coop - we are thinking about removing the chicken...
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    12 Hens...all but two have stopped laying...Please help.

    Are they molting? I have 5 hens that stopped laying and I was completely puzzled. I searched possible reasons and found out they stop laying during molting. That explained (in my case) as there are tons of feathers around the coop. That non-production lasted about 3 weeks. They are back to...
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    Breed identification?

    Thank-you!
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    Breed identification?

    Does anyone know what these baby chicks are? They are 36 days old. We bought them at ACE Hardware when they were a day old and thought they might be Buff Orpingtons (they *were* sort of all yellow at first :) But now they look like they might be Rhode Island Reds. Or Production Reds? Does...
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    Chicken problem!! Need help please.

    Sorry :(
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    Buff Orpington Hens or Roosters?

    I'm going with pullet for all except the last ones. I have Buff Orpinton hens and they look just like your pictures. I can barely pick out the tail feathers with the last one but I'm guessing that's your rooster.
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    does anyone know when my girls will start laying??????

    When we bought our first baby chicks from the feed store, they told us "4 to 6 months". We had our first egg around 23 weeks. Egg-squatting is a good sign. Hang in there, it's an exciting time!
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    Egg Eating Chicken and I am out of ideas

    I like the first tip in this link: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/six-tips-on-breaking-your-egg-eater Chickens respond very well to unpleasant things. One of my chickens discovered pecking the french door from the house to the backyard. She seemed to like the caulking around the windows...
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    First EGGS!!!

    Super cute!!!! Congrats :)
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    Hen wont come out of nesting box

    No problem, glad you found the eggs. Good luck with your broody girl. I felt awful the first time I dealt with a broody hen because she insisted on sitting in the nesting box (even with no eggs). I let her go to the roost at night, just no nesting box. After a day or two, she forgot the broody...
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