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    Feathers covering PTH eyes

    Greetings all, This is my 1st year keeping chickens. Started with 20 various breed in March, ended up with with a flock of 16 hens and 4 roos. One of my Polish Top Hats has feathers growing out of her face in such a way that she is blinded by them. I'm looking for suggestions on how to...
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    Still pretty new at this

    Greetings all, My birds are about 3 months old now. I have 20, 17 hens (bramhas, rirs, speckled sussex, barred rock, 1 cute little millfleur), 3 cockerels (1 polish, 1 Australorp, 1 partridge silkie) They get to free range about 40-60 hours a week and love it. They'll make a commotion by the...
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    Why wait a month to provide a roost?

    Thanks All Storrey's and a couple of places here said add roost at 4 weeks, but they do seem to enjoy it so much I hated the idea of taking it out.
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    Why wait a month to provide a roost?

    I just got my first batch of chicks two weeks ago. I got 2 silkies, 3 speckled sussex, 3 rir and 2 australtorp. They all seem to be doing well, doubled their weight in a week. The sources I've seen say to provide chicks with a perch once they're 4 weeks old. I'm wondering, why not earlier...
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    Batch culling vs perpetual harvest

    I was thinking I need to segregate a rooster and hens of the same breed so I could prevent mixing of breeds, since I was planning on having 2 or 3 breeds. I don't want a PBR cock breeding with an Orp hen, or do I? Plus, I was thinking having fertilized eggs layed in a different place would...
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    Batch culling vs perpetual harvest

    After almost 20 years of very successful keeping and raising koi, and a few years of semi-successful beekeeping, I'm about to start chickening. My goal is to harvest 4 eggs day, building to being able to send 8-10 birds per month to culinary school. My plan so far is to build my coop and pen...
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