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I think it is a buff orp hen. I LOVE my buff orps! But why not get all three??

Do you know yet whether your jersey giant is male or female? I want it, but I absolutely can't take another roo. I got day-old splash and buff silkies from you in Dec, and they BOTH ended up being roos! lol I really know how to pick 'em. And I had a broody hatch 6 chicks this summer, and I think...

1) My house. My rules. 2) Nothing good happens after 11 3) Being an adult does not mean being equal. Unless you pay half the mortgage. 4) I didn't spend my entire adult life protecting you, for you to screw it all up on my watch. At college, you're not on my watch. 5) Even though you're...

I got ducks and new chicks last spring, brooded them for the usual time, then set them out to free-range with the others. But the darn ducks were much more adventurous than the ones we had years ago, and would go into their yard. The chickens followed right behind, and all 20 something of my...

Since the hatcheries ship only one day old chicks, what happens to the leftover two day old chicks? And the males? Not that I probably want to know. In fact, I'm sure I definitely do not want to know. But please tell me.

I'm having a heck of a time. My Buff Orp went broody, and after three days, one of the eggs broke in her clutch and got egg all over most of the others. I took out all the eggs and all the smelly nesting and gave her new bedding, 2 of the old eggs back that were fine, and some new ones to make...

Quote: Thank you so much for your help! If it doesn't work out with the PP, I'll give them a try.

Hi! I'm in the lakes region, maybe 2 hours from Twin Mntns. Maybe we could meet in Plymouth? I think that's exactly half way...

Hey Everyone, I really want to get a runner duckling to add to my duck flock. Anyone willing to hatch for me? We could trade... I have fertile pekin eggs, and cross fertile chicken eggs of several different breeds. If you have runner eggs, I'd give you a dozen fertile chicken eggs, or 6 fertile...

Huh? Whadya mean? If you WANT more, then you NEED more. I don't understand the question.

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The standard requirements are 4 square feet per bird inside coop space, and 10 square feet per bird for outside run space.

If it were me, I'd keep them off of it for an entire season.

Yea, that's tough. A 4x8 for 10 chickens (3 roos!) probably won't be big enough for them, especially considering they won't be able to go on the grass for a long time. Otherwise, they'll just eat up the new grass. Three roos in that space for a long time would be really hard on them, I would think.

Scratch is more of a treat, and to help warm them up in the winter. They shouldn't have it by itself, they won't get all that they need nutritionally. They should be on starter until they're about 2 months, then grower until about 5 months, then on layer pellets. If all you have is roos, I'm not...