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    How long should I keep new hens cooped up?

    Well, we only have one coop so we went ahead and put them together. The new chickens were not too friendly to my older leghorns at first, my leghorns wings haven't been clipped so they could get away from the new flock by getting in the rafters. I was letting them out during the day to free...
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    How long should I keep new hens cooped up?

    I was given a few 2 year old chickens a few days ago and their previous owner told me to keep them in the coop for 1 to 2 weeks before allowing them to free range with my other hens. When I let my older hens out, the newer hens want to go out too. Do I really need to wait 1 to 2 weeks?
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    New hens, how long should I leave them in the coop before allowing them to free range with the...

    New hens, how long should I leave them in the coop before allowing them to free range with the older hens?
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    I was given this new hen yesterday.

    Legbars lay blue or green eggs. I guess I'll have to see. I went to collect eggs earlier and the Rooster attacked me so I'm waiting on my husband to get home from work before we try again. I have to enter the coop to collect eggs and I was told to keep the chickens inside for a week before...
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    I was given this new hen yesterday.

    Thanks everyone. She may very well be a mix breed. I haven't seen another one like her.
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    I was given this new hen yesterday.

    I was given this hen yesterday along with a Dominique Rooster and 3 Rhode island reds. I just cannot figure out what she is. Her name is Grace.
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    New Chicken family in Oklahoma

    My name is Cindy and my family was given 5 chickens about a month ago. We had 4 white leghorn hens and 1 white Wyandotte hen. About a week ago, on a Saturday afternoon, 3 hens went missing with no sign of attack. Not a single feather in the yard. On Sunday afternoon, we spotted a large coyote...
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