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    Case of missing tail feathers....

    My two year old Buff Orpington hen has been molting but she is not growing any feathers around her tail. She is also not wanting to come out of the coop . IS she sick? Her sister is laying and seems to have finished her molt. We have warm and then cold weather in Oklahoma.. Last night I saw them...
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    Can chickens stand the cold weather?

    This is my first winter with my Buff Orpingtons so I too am concerned about them freezing. I have to chase or bribe them into their coop at night. I have a 90 watt yellow bulb upstairs In the coop to keep them and the water from freezing. I would also like to know if their wanting to stay...
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    Do I need heat lamp in coop with the cold weather???

    I now have only 2 buff orpington hens which are finally laying. Without the roosters they are friendly and seem very happy in the coop at night. It is going to freeze here this weekend in Oklahoma and I bought a 250 watt heat lamp bulb but think that will grill them. I tried a white 100 watt...
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    Can chickens stand the cold weather?

    My orpingtons are 6 months old and well feathered. It got down to 36 last night so I put a trouble light on the outside of their coop downstairs facing the wire mesh enclosure. I went out just now in the dark and they were all downstairs milling around like it was day time. I wonder if they were...
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    Which rooster to keep?

    Thank you for the info. It makes all kinds of sence.
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    Which rooster to keep?

    I have 4, 6 month old Orpington hens ,or, so I thought until one crowed last week. Now it is obvious to me that two of the four are roosters. One is a giant and somewhat aggressive with me. He pecks at me and I backhand him. Then he backs away. He is an absolutely beautiful boy. So, he has a...
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    Home Feeding Ideas and Solutions Discussion Thread

    RATS!!! Rats are burrowing under the pavers and bricks that surround the chicken run. I am putting out one bite one kill rat poison .. HOW can I keep them from going into the run. The coop is secure and well off the ground. WE have dogs and kids. BIG CONCERN for new chicken parents.
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    buff orphingtons

    I noticed that there is diareah on the walkway and one chicken-(the one that is younger and not as developed as 2 others out of 4) is now laying in the nesting box and not communicating as actively as the others. I have never seen one of the girls laying in a box- they are 18 to 20 weeks and...
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    buff orphingtons

    what should I feed them?
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    buff orphingtons

    My orphingtons are about 20 weeks old . They all came of the same size but 2 are huge and the other 2 are far smaller . 2 have their big red combs and the other 2 do not , yet? What should I be feeding them? I have a mix of scratch and pellets but they seem to be hungry all the time. They are...
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    Tail Down, Feather Loss and laying down a lot

    My buff orpingtons x 4 are 3 months old and starting to loose some of their short white fluffy undercoat feathers and also some of their gold feathers.. It is very hot here. I have been mixing DE with the dry dirt in their run. Should I actually dust them with the DE? Any other suggestions? When...
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    Home Feeding Ideas and Solutions Discussion Thread

    My 4 Orpingtons are 2.5 months old. They have been raised on medicated chick feed and now I am mixing Nutrena All flock 18% pellets. They don't seem to like the pellets. Any idea what I should do? Mix in ?? They eat hard boiled eggs with shell, watermelon, yogurt, ground grapes and oranges...
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    30$ 7ft chicken run!

    My new one month old chicks want to graze. I happen to have some 12' perforated E D S plastic drainage pipe 4 1/2 " diameter that have 1" holes. Im wondering if I could use the smallest pvc and make arches then cover with chicken wire - thus making this a flexible chicken run that I could attach...
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    30$ 7ft chicken run!

    My month old chicks want to go outside their hutch and small grazing area badly. I either have to buy a floorless screen tent or build what you showed . Can you give me a material list? Love the flexibility and it probably costs less than the tent idea. Must make a proper chicken run with...
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    New chickens arrived last night

    The girls are doing quite well. Managed to climb the stairs to their nesting boxes last night. I was told that they will enjoy a dirt and diatomaceos earth bath which helps keep mites away? The ladies are only a month old and have not completly feathered out. Is it too soon to offer them this...
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