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    My rooster died

    Thank you all!
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    My rooster died

    Interesting about the darkening of the comb....I thought that the only reason for that was frostbite. Frankly, I was wondering how he could have frostbite when I have done EVERYTHING to prevent it....I have been so careful about it. I wonder if it was poor circulation that was the cause...
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    My rooster died

    No apparent reason why. He was fine yesterday, crowing, eating, "courting" the girls. He appeared fine last night when I shut them up in the coop. I did notice some mild frostbite on his comb last night and told hubby that I was going to have to google what to do about it. This morning when I...
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    Got Flogged by A rooster tonight

    Thanks! I will have Brooks do it and see what happens. He really doesn't want me to make chicken pastry with him, so he will swallow his fear and do it if he thinks it will save this young roo's life. The roo must see me as the boss because all I have to do is take a step towards him and he...
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    Got Flogged by A rooster tonight

    I have enjoyed reading this thread! Very funny stuff! Our 5 month old Delacauna rooster hasn't challenged me yet....5' 3" woman, but he has started attacking and chasing my 9 year old son. Not sure I can get my boy to stand his ground and show him who is boss because he is terrified of him...
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    Picture of a few of my girls

    I hope I can remember it's there when I go in at night to shut them up for the night. Otherwise I might be posting a picture of me with a big ole gash in my forehead! They will be 7 weeks tomorrow. I got them when they were a week old. I love those girls....they are so much fun to watch...
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    Picture of a few of my girls

    Enjoying a new make shift roost I just put up for them. I found this limb while walking around my yard and realized it was the perfect length to go across their run. They couldn't wait to fly up to it. It's amazing how easy it is to make them happy!
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    Please, everyone post pictures of your shabby and chic coops here

    We were going to use our son's old play set for ours which would have not cost much at all. Unfortunately we ended up with too much wood rot on it so we had to buy all new wood. Then it was all said and done our supplies, including the wire for the run, costs us around $400-$450.00. If you...
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    Our coop and run.

    My idea was to repurpose my son's old play set for our coop. When we started working on it we found that too much of the wood was rotten so while it still has the basic design it doesn't look quite the way I envisioned. Still I am very happy with the way it turned out and our girls seem to...
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    Pix of my chicken house and their run

    I agree...they can and will fly. My little girls are only 6 weeks old and they started roosting in their coop last week. I went out one morning to check on them and could only find 3 (I have 6). Imagine my surprise when I looked up and 3 of them were up on their roosts staring down at me...
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    Comment by 'ChickieChris' in item 'Barred Rock'

    I have a flock of 6 but only one is a Barred Rock. They are only 5 weeks old but my BR girl is by far my favorite! She comes right up to me and likes for me to pick her up. Sits on my lap, sits on my son's shoulder, makes this really cute noise in the back of her throat. I don't know how to...
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    Comment by 'ChickieChris' in item 'Barred Rock'

    I have a flock of 6 but only one is a Barred Rock. They are only 5 weeks old but my BR girl is by far my favorite! She comes right up to me and likes for me to pick her up. Sits on my lap, sits on my son's shoulder, makes this really cute noise in the back of her throat. I don't know how to...
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    Question concerning 2 week old chick

    Update: she is now almost 5 weeks old and is doing wonderfully. I started letting them out of their coop and into their run (fully enclosed and covered) about 2 weeks ago and I started seeing a marked improvement after that. She is "doing her business" just like all the rest now. Don't know...
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    Question about Winter and chickens

    Thanks all! I probably won't have to worry about the snow much. Around here IF it snows and sticks it is usually gone by the next day. Its been 4 years since our last BIG snow fall and that was probably a foot and was on the ground maybe a week. Thanks for addressing my concerns about both...
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    Question about Winter and chickens

    By the time winter comes to us in eastern NC my hens will be fully feathered but I was wondering will I still need to have a light on in the coop at night as a source of heat or will they be ok without a heat source? Also on the rare occasion we do get snow....sometimes even a lot of snow...
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