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    Typical 5 week behavior for pullets?

    Awesome, thanks! I thought it was hilarious but I didn't know if it indicated I might have got a Roo or two. Which my husband would love because we can't have them in our city and he has an issue with the number of hens I'm going to have and my loose interpretation of city ordinance. Chicken...
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    Typical 5 week behavior for pullets?

    So it takes a bit for them to do it in the clip, but they are rushing each other and chest bumping like you would see in a cock fight. They are all supposed to be females. Ok... video will not load.
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    Neighbors Crowded Coop and run

    It's probably 1/100 sq feet in the lot. Like if your lot was 13,000 sq feet you could have 130. Maybe it's available yard space they are counting. My city allow 8/lot. I'm in 2 lots.
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    Best Bedding for Brooder?

    So true! I think they are like "Can I eat this?! Can I eat this?! How about this?! Oh, you have something... I'm going to eat it!"
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    Best hatchery to order from with a minimum 3 chick order?

    I've only ordered twice, both times from Meyers. I will say that the Blue Ameraucana's I got were not "blue", but will end up being "Splash" or something. It's fine, I'm going for egg color and I am not overly upset about it not being standard, but for $20 a chick... Their customer service has...
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    How do you haul chicks outside?

    I used a deep laundry basket. Put something in the bottom so they don't slide around.
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    Best Bedding for Brooder?

    I've tried everything. Sand, straw even a towel. Best thing I've found is XL puppy pee pads. Easy to switch out and cheap. 30 for $10 at Walmart.
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    Need Advice... New chicks in the mail

    Here are some pics of my thrown together play pens in the run. I reused the panels I had after we moved my coop to our new house. I observed mama who had one chick with my others and she was only aggressive toward the yellow ones. Not the ones that looked like her chick. I separated them, so...
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    Need Advice... New chicks in the mail

    Thank you! I'm going to read them now.
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    Need Advice... New chicks in the mail

    Sorry- It's long.... So two weeks ago I got my order of chicks (9), and I had a very broody hen. I wanted to try to get her to adopt, and was introducing a few at a time. I gave her 2 and one died because (I'm guessing) she didn't show it where the water was. So I delayed a day introducing...
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    Blue Ameraucana chicks- are they supposed to be yellow?

    Thanks- I had to look that up. I'm slightly disappointed but in the end as long as they are female and lay blue eggs I'll be a happy girl.
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    What are some of your favorite names for chickens?

    My girls named two of ours today. 10yo "popcorn" 2yo "Bird" Lol. Works for me. If they make it to a laying age I will worry about it. I used to name them right away and then get upset when they didn't make it.
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    Blue Ameraucana chicks- are they supposed to be yellow?

    I got my babies in and not to sound crazy but I didn't expect them to be yellow. When I googled images they were primarily grey. Has anyone else received yellow chicks and still have them turn out to be grey as adults? I'm typing blind here, because the text window is not moving so I...
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    New puppy!

    I'm a bit of a control freak, but sometimes I back off... a little. Haha. I let Charlie name most of my last flock. So we had "Soccer", "Football", "Spot", "Snowflake" etc. Lol. Same with the new flock... "Star, Moon, Elsa and Anna" We had a beautiful EE named Oreo, but my old lab decided he...
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    New puppy!

    Awesome! Charlie informed me and my husband that "Mom ALWAYS gets to pick..." Yeah, 'cause I pick awesome names..." Lol. I'm just glad it's not "Socks" or "Blue" or something. Haha. We did almost agree on Roger though, but hubs vetoed that. Charlie has a love of Captain America, and Steve...
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