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    New to us Chicken; Roo or Hen. What breed do you think?

    Thank you all!!
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    New to us Chicken; Roo or Hen. What breed do you think?

    A close neighbor posted that this friend had been hanging around her property for the last few weeks. As the weather is getting cold here at night I went out to do a well check, and make sure she/he was in good health. The chicken is now in my heated garage (cause I am a sucker!) I am almost...
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    Help mean hen won’t let others eat!

    We had the same issue with our two new girls and the "Alpha" hen. We did 2 things that seemed to sort them out. 1) We put in an extra feeder and threw a bunch of chick feed on the run floor just to make sure there was always an option for the new girls. 2) We ended up removing the alpha hen and...
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    HELP... Please Help me.....

    Is she having any other symptoms? Foamy poops, lethargy, is she eating and drinking? Also, where do you live?
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    Dirty butt, odd feathers, Missing feathers

    I thought about that; I will separate her out tomorrow morning and see about getting a sample from her. None of the dropping in the coop seem off. The coop is bone dry; the run is a little moist, but nothing terrible (we had a rain a few nights ago). She is eating and drinking fine, no lethargy...
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    Dirty butt, odd feathers, Missing feathers

    Good evening folks; I was out hanging out with my girls when I spotted one of the girls had a dirty butt. I picked her up and had a look at her, and noticed that no only was it dirty, but it smelled bad and the feathers didn't look right. I took her out of her run and gave her a nice Bidet...
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    Molting?

    I got my hands on a camera and installed it.... ill try to get pictures of her tomorrow and post them. Thank you for your help
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    Molting?

    Good morning, I have 4 girls who are all close to a year old. The last week or so I have noticed a lot of feathers from our Dominique under their roost. There aren't many around their run. This morning I picked up Cutie (the Dom) who is a royal pain to catch and the vast majority of the feathers...
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    Girls still not roosting, new coop!

    I dont imagine its a ventilation issue, there are vents running the top of the coop that are always open (think attic vents). I really do think they just prefer sitting on the ground over roosting, They were not able to roost as young chicks (they are now 7 months old) because their coop was too...
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    Girls still not roosting, new coop!

    It has been a few weeks since my last update, and I am still struggling to get the girls to roost. I changed out the branches for much larger branches (about 2.75 in. diameter) if I place the girls on their roosts, they will stay there all night and not move, but if I just let them go into the...
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    Girls still not roosting, new coop!

    Thank you all; I’ll try putting larger roosts in there. I haven’t put up the shutter by that window which overlooks their roosts, and it is very possible that they had a hawk or raccoon spying on them some night which has spooked them to the opposite side of the coop. Guess that will be my chore...
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    Girls still not roosting, new coop!

    They are probably an inch in diameter. Suggestions on how big they should be? There are 5 girls.
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    Girls still not roosting, new coop!

    I have just finished building my girls their new coop. They wouldn't roost in their old coop, I just figured it was a space issue. The new coop (see pictures) has plenty of room for all of them, and plenty of roosting space. For the first 4 days they roosted and loved it. I had to keep them...
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    New Coop almost ready for habitation: suggestions?

    We do have a run, but mostly free range our girls. And I am considering taking the run out altogether since they are rarely in there. We don't have a lot of issues with day predators; and our German Shepherd is vigilant on border (we have a 6 foot fence) patrol.
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    New Coop almost ready for habitation: suggestions?

    Good morning folks; I am putting the finishing touches on a new coop. I have 5 girls and am going from a coop which is about 9 square feet to the coop I built which is 36 square feet. Nothing is going to be the same in the new coop (since the previous coop is a piece of junk prefab from...
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