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    Minimal wire gauges for different predators?

    Everything would get through 2x4 wire raccoons would reach right through that no problem! Snakes Chipmunks weasels rats mice all getting through that. If they are determined enough they will get through 1/2 inch 19 gage hard cloth will keep most things out again unless they really want to...
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    11 week old EE, is this a roo?

    Could be EE are hard to tell I have three that looks very similar and had redder comb area as well that are hens though Weird part is I thought rooster but as it got older the comb color turned pink and wasn’t as red as it was for a couple weeks when this age!
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    Barnevelder gender tracking. 3 - 9 weeks

    How old in this picture I’m trying to gage against my Barnie ??
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    Barnevelder gender tracking. 3 - 9 weeks

    I’m in the same boat. I have a 7-8 week old Barnevelder and it looks not like this one but I have my suspicions as well I’m going to have to post a picture of mi e and jump in here cause I’m completely confused about 4 of my birds. Another I believe is a hen but she has an attitude if she is...
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    What’s the deal with you chicken people??

    I just starting looking up chickens everytime I saw one and I see what breed and then I read everything I could find … I still learn something new everyday I’d look up black chickens and research each one then white chickens fluffy chickens chickens with Mohawks etc etc 😂😂
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    Barnevelder gender tracking. 3 - 9 weeks

    Why do you s ay cockerel? I have Barnevelder and it looks like this but it’s female …. Curious ?
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    Gender guess 4 week Barnevelder

    Looks like a hen to me. No hackles no red comb …. Hen like tail.
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    Automatic coop doors: I'd love your input

    I’m a run chicken gal. We researched and checked and asked around and for the cost (130 but always on sale like now for 109.99) we got the battery one it has a timer you can set or it will open and close morning close at around sunset You can program time that works for you too. I’ve had...
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    Will my Amerucana rooster always make Easter Egger babies?

    No they lay green blue brown etc
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    Adding two more baby chicks to a brooder

    I had a two week old and a few 1 week old and added 2 babies. All is fine ! Now they are 4-5-6 weeks old and all is good my one girl is smaller then rest but the rest kinda caught up and she isn’t grossly smaller just a lil but she is feisty 😂 she holds her own even against the big girl...
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    When to combine flock?

    I actually have same question I have currently 7 hens that are 8 months old …. I have chicks that are 4-5 and 6 weeks old one chick was already 1 week a EE when we got her and she is a lil bigger and is about 6 weeks but a few have since pretty much caught up in size and they are a Wyandotte...
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    One chick is tiny compared to the others

    I have one like this now at 3 weeks she is finally just starting to get a lil bigger she is tiny compared to the rest but she holds her own and is thriving I noticed over this week she actually got bigger all of a sudden but I thought she was gonna get mowed over cause the others would run right...
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    What is my baby chick? Pom Pom head and feathered feet.

    It looks like a satin silkie. Mine are silkies but in is a regular silkie and one is a satin so she has feathers not fluff 😂
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    How well does this heating plate handle colder ambient temperatures? Should I get a lamp?

    How old was the polish? Honestly a lot of chicks don’t make it for failure to survive especially if young. Li hear people all the time with lamps or plates that lose a chick I’ve been lucky ( thank goodness) but even when my temps were not at 95 I had no problem … generally if a hearty...
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    How well does this heating plate handle colder ambient temperatures? Should I get a lamp?

    Me too I added suggestions on how to get it a lil warmer. I am not sure most people realize there are two settings in most heat plates
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