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    Why Do Chickens Stop Laying?

    They were previously eating a feather health food (from last fall's molt), and I switched them to an organic layer pellet with 16%+ protein. I'm not super consistent about oyster shell, so I'll add that. Now that many of you have said the CCL should be laying most (she is about 2 yrs old) I am...
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    Why Do Chickens Stop Laying?

    Hi all, We have two Cochin bantams, a chocolate orpington (bantam), and a crested cream legbar. All beautiful and sweet ladies. Less than 2-yrs old. None of them have laid for weeks. And the Legbar hasn't laid for months (after just a few eggs this spring). And none of them have laid much at...
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    Poop on adult hens' butt feathers

    I have a chocolate orpington with a poppy butt too. Maybe it's a breed thing? I appreciate everyone's advice.
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    Transitioning to Range

    Thanks everyone! My girls are transitioning quite well. Now I wonder how I train them to use the egg boxes in the hen house if they have free range of the yard all day? I don't think they've started laying yet (they're just about the right age to start). But I also haven't searched the yard...
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    I have all these same questions! :-) looking forward to people's responses.
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    Transitioning to Range

    Hi everyone, I just acquired a small flock of four pullets (probably 12-16 weeks old): 2 chocolate orpingtons, one blue cochin bantam and one cream crested leg bar. I don't think they were range-raised for the first few months of their lives and they seem very nervous to come out of the coop...
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    Keeping Chickens Free Range

    Hi everyone, I just acquired a small flock of four pullets (probably 12-16 weeks old): 2 chocolate orpingtons, one blue cochin bantam and one cream crested legbar. They weren't range raised for the first few months of their lives and they seem very nervous to come out of the coop (house +...
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    OMG: do I have THREE Cockerels (my whole flock)?!?!

    Can I just tell y'all how bummed I am? We have fallen in love with these guys. To keep all three, we'd need 30 hens! And we only have space for 3 hens. And we're *totally* urban. Our kids are going to be devastated. Alas, our breeder did her best at sexing and will take them back, but I'm still...
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    OMG: do I have THREE Cockerels (my whole flock)?!?!

    Totally new to backyard chickens. Our are 12-14 weeks. After reading some of the other posts, i'm afraid I ended up with an entire flock of roosters. #1: Feathers, cock-a-doodle-doo'd this morning: #2: Honeydew, long tail feathers, most people seem to think he's a cockerel, though (s)he...
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    Cochin Bantam Rooster--to keep or not to keep, that is the question

    Others have also just said that the black & gold chick is also a rooster (cockerel). Alas!! Two out of three is not a good situation… and we're already attached!
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    Hen or Rooster?

    Oh, no! That means two of my three are cockerels!! (my white one just cock-a-doodle-doo'd this morning).
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    Cochin Bantam Rooster--to keep or not to keep, that is the question

    Hi all, We are VERY new to backyard chicken raising. We have a new flock of three Cochin Bantams, one of which we've just learned is a rooster since he cock-a-doodle-doo'd this morning for the first time (the white one, though the black and gold one may be a rooster too). At the moment, he...
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    Hen or Rooster?

    I have a beautiful 12-14 week old cochin bantam. I'm so new to this backyard-chicken raising. I think/hope it's a hen, but the tail feathers worry me. No cock-a-doodle-dooing yet... What do you think??
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    Cochin Bantam Rooster--to keep or not to keep, that is the question

    Hi everyone, My first post! We are VERY new to backyard, urban chickens, and have our first flock of three cochin bantams. We just learned that one of them is a rooster. He was the sweetest, most docile of the three…still is. They're only 12-14 weeks old. Trying to decide whether to keep...
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