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    Hello from Rochester, NY

    I bought 16 (1) day old chicks from the Poultry Hachery in Seneca falls 2 years ago. Buff Orpingtons and Barred Rocks. 100% survival. Healthy birds came to my post office in a box with warmer. They are still laying well at two years
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    Found one of my girls dead

    Thank you all.
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    Found one of my girls dead

    My girls are just 5 months old. Buff Orpingtons and Plymouth rocks. Started getting a few eggs over the last two weeks 3-4 per day..today I came home from work. And collected 7. noticed one of my hens was laying dead under the raised coop. Looks like her vent is torn open. No indication of...
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    Help! Pecking Problem!

    Thanks, And yes I have separated him, blukoted his butt . I appreciate your help. I hope he's ok I love to hear him crow in the morning
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    Help! Pecking Problem!

    HELP!! I'm new I had 16 birds with 3 Roos and 13 pullets at about 14 weeks. Just removed 2 of the Roos.. It's been raining a lot here and the chicks are spending a lot of time under the raised coop. My rooster is being pecked on his butt by multiple hens. What do I do? I put bacitracin on his...
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    How do I decide who to keep Roo-wise and who goes from my small flock of 3month old BO's ?

    Hi all, I am new to back yard birds and have a similar situation, I have 16 birds (6) barred rock pullets, (7) buff Orpington pullets, and (3) buff Orpington Roos. All are 11 weeks old I figured on keeping only one of the Roos. One is clearly the boss, he is vocal and is always watching what is...
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    My birds won't come outside??

    Thank you all. I just went out to put the babies up for the night. As fast as I could get them in the coop they were back out on the ramp trying to get out. I think I have the coming out part covered. Now just need them to get the hang of going in at dark
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    My birds won't come outside??

    Hi, I'm new to chickens, and I recently built a coop mad fully enclosed run for my 16 chicks. They are 7 weeks old and I moved them out to the coop on Thursday. I left the door to the run closed for two days to let them get used to the new surroundings then on Saturday morning I opened the door...
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    Building a coop first time

    Well the coop is done, what a lot of fun I had building it, picked up some great ideas looking at others. Now I just need to build a run. I'm thinking 10 X20 ft plus enclosing the base of the coop with hardware cloth so that they can have some shade that would be 10X28. I have 16 chicks that are...
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    Building a coop first time

    Finally some nice weather so I started building a coop for my new girls. I have no idea if I'm doing it right, but there is a wealth of info on this site. What do you think? Main coop will be 8X8. With 8 nest boxes and an 8 ft by 12 ft enclosed run . Oh yeah 16 pullets .
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    Hello from Upstate NY

    Hi Gary, I'm new to this chicken thing too, picked up 16 pullets Buff Orpingtons and Plymouth rocks two weeks ago. I'm in the middle of building a coop and run. How's the weather up there? I'm in Orange County , but I have a trailer on the river in Clayton. Still kind of cold here. No fun...
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    Hello from Orange County NY.

    I'm so happy to be a pat of this chicken family.thankyou
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    New to this lovely community :)

    Hi Chelsea, Welcome!! I'm so new to this as well, but the advise and info on this site is awesome. Good luck
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    Hello from Orange County NY.

    I have the answer found one of my little ones perched atop of the brooder this morning. Time for a top
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    Hello from Orange County NY.

    Hey guys. My chicks came on Thursday, all are doing well. I guess they're about a week old now. When do I need to start worrying about them flying out of the brooder. I built a plywood box that is 3 ft by 4 ft by 30 inches high. I have a screened top for it. They seem to be growing so fast!!!
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