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    Help identifying a mystery breed?

    What are their temp requirements? I'm wondering if I'll need supplemental heat in the coop in the winter, or supplemental light to keep them laying?
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    She hasn't started laying yet so I can't say. I'll probably add a light on a timer if their egg production decreases but not worry about temperature for now (it sounds like I don't need to?). Maybe if we get a really cold snap I'll put something over the window to keep the drafts out and make...
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    Well we do want eggs, yes. I've heard some breeds need supplemental light to lay and some don't, so I guess my first task is to find out what breed that 1st bird is.
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    Help identifying a mystery breed?

    Can anyone help me identify this pullet? I can't seem to figure out what breed it is. This one is a Rhode Island Red I believe:
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    Winter is Coming! Checklists, tips, advice for a newbie

    Hi all, I live in Portland, OR where we don't get too many hard frosts and temps are generally mild during the winter. My primary concern will be making sure their bedding remains dry with all the rain! But I'm not sure how 'hardy' my breeds are and whether they'll need any supplemental...
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    Adding new birds?

    So how far away does the new pullet need to be from the current ones? A foot, two, three? I guess I don't truly understand why the insistence on quarantining. Unless the new bird is deathly ill (which seems like it would be noticeable) how would she get the others equally sick? Do all chickens...
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    Adding new birds?

    At this point I'm not able to.
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    Adding new birds?

    We have two 8-wk old birds that we got at about 1 week old. One is a barred rock rooster and the other is a unkown pullet. They're absolutely inseperable and never seem to be more than 2-3 feet from each other even when they free range in the yard. But since we can't keep the rooster, we knew we...
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    Enough room for two hens?

    We have an average back yard (for a Portland urban setting) that they will be able to run around in once they are fully grown. We have cats in the area that roam, so I don't want them going out until they are fully grown and can defend themselves. I figure during the day they'll be OK, but at...
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    Hi! Newby checking in from Oregon

    Thanks for all the welcome wishes! Great site you guys have here. It sounds like Harriet (the grey Barred Rock) may actually be Harry
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    Help ID'ing two new chicks please?

    They're not purebreds AFAIK, but the owner of their parents said the mom was a "speckled hen" and their dd was a "rhode island red". Harriet may have to change her name to Harry then :)
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    Made a dust bath, chickens aren't going for it...

    I made a dust bath for my chicks using a few ingredients I saw outlined a lot here on this website: 5gal fine, clean, dry dirt/dust 2gal perlite (fine silica sand) 1qt DE 1/2 cup 0.25% Permethrin dust (I noticed one of the chicks pecking incessantly at her backside, and saw some sores. Figured...
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    Enough room for two hens?

    We recently got 2 chicks (now at about 5 weeks) and purchased an off-the-shelf coop from Costco. Right now it's plenty big, but I'm concerned about when they get bigger. I saw their parents, and they were fairly large... The coop run measures 2'x6', the highest inside point is 2'6" and the...
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    Help ID'ing two new chicks please?

    Hi, we recently got 2 new chicks from a friend of ours. They came to us at about 2 weeks and are now 5 weeks. These are our first chickens and we're learning a lot very quickly; we don't know what breed or sex they are though. After reading through lots of threads on this site and others, and...
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    Hi! Newby checking in from Oregon

    Hi out there! After talking about it for some time, my wife and I just got ourselves 2 baby chicks from one of her coworkers. We couldn't be happier! They're great fun and we're learning a ton every day. This website has been a great resource during their first 5 weeks and I figure now would be...
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