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    Advice Needed: Roosters and the Flock

    What age to remove rooster from coop? We started our flock at Easter. We now have 11 egg laying hens (Easter Eggers). We hatched out some eggs from a friend and ended up with 2 cream legbar pullets and 4 legbar cockerels as well as 3 olive Eggers cockerels and 1 olive Eggers we think might be...
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    The Plymouth Rock Breeders Thread- Part Deux

    Thank you so much for responding and confirming what we suspected!
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    The Plymouth Rock Breeders Thread- Part Deux

    I am posting this here hoping the experts can help. We got some eggs from a family friend and hatched iut some chicks just almost 3 weeks ago. She said they were crested cream legbars and olive egger eggs. Another thread said the looked like barred rocks. Can anyone confirm what breed these 4...
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    It started with chickens...

    I posted better pics and new numbers here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/any-ideas.1323935/
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    Any ideas?

    Ok. i couldnt stand it. Here we go. new numbers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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    Any ideas?

    Tomorrow i will pull them out 1 at atime and photo. Have to clean the brooder.
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    Any ideas?

    All 4 blacks look like this
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    Any ideas?

    18 days old. We have some suspicions....
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    It started with chickens...

    Any idea what breeds and sex on these 18 days old? We have some suspicions.
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    It started with chickens...

    Nigerian dwarf goats probably next spring. At least 2 does. Then piggies
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    It started with chickens...

    This is 8x12. They only sleep in it really. They free range about 12 hours a day right now. We have 10 acres. We will build the perm coop when it cools down. Looking to do several in a connected row like condos that we can seperate for breeding in addition to a larger area for housing .
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    It started with chickens...

    Here's the ladies.... Here's the babies. Here's the cabin.
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    It started with chickens...

    Here's a pic of lady gaga. She's our diva. The rest look just like her. 11 EE in total.
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    Suggestions for dealing with southern heat?

    Yeah. I walked out yesterday and found the hens burrowing into pinestraw and using their wings to bury themselves like kids at the beach.
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    Suggestions for dealing with southern heat?

    I will start by saying my hens all free range on a fair bit of acreage. The outdoor flock currently consists of 11 EE about 13 weeks old. They have plenty of protein sources available and access to all kinds of shade, dust bath areas etc. We have water scattered around for them. But of course...
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