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    Roosters living side by side.

    Yes they are separated for breeding purposes. Thank you all for your input. We want an enclosed area for both flocks so they can be out of weather when need to but most of the time they both will be in separate large pens free ranging. If need to will put up something to block their vision but...
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    Roosters living side by side.

    We are building our chicken houses. They will be side by side with enclosed breezeway in between. The question I have is the hens and roosters will be able to see each other in their houses and in their yards but will not be able to be in contact with each other. Will the Roosters tolerate this...
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    How do I add baby chicks to hen

    Thank you all for replying. I went in her coop with box of chicks and she immediately started clucking at them. I took one out and set beside her chick she hatched and she scooted it over to her. while she did that I let other 3 out and she took to them right away just like a mother hen. All...
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    How do I add baby chicks to hen

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    How do I add baby chicks to hen

    Oops I’m sorry I want to add 4 chicks 1 day old. Thanks for help.
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    How do I add baby chicks to hen

    My hen just hatched a chick. One died while hatching 2 others never hatched. I want to add 4 day old chicks to her nest. Can I do that and what is best and safest way to do that? Please help!
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    Tino just flogged my Grandma!!! Here is what i did:

    I had a sweet rooster until he turned about 2. He was around me all the time up till then. He eventually attacked me drew blood and left bruises all over my legs and was pretty traumatic for me. We kept him because we couldn’t bring ourselves to cull him because up till that point he had been so...
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    Tino just flogged my Grandma!!! Here is what i did:

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    What can I clean sitting hen with

    lol I’m in Olympia. Such a small world.
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    What can I clean sitting hen with

    Actually it is friend who has this hen. I do have an incubator and I am going to take it to her tomorrow. This is day 13. Am hoping that the hen will care for them after the remaining eggs hatch. If not she has raised chicks before. We r going to candle tomorrow also. Do you think there is a...
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    What can I clean sitting hen with

    I have a hen sitting on eggs. She has broken a few of them and I need to clean her and her nest. What can I use to clean her with? Just warm water and rag or should I use antibacterial? And if so what? Also should I clean remaining eggs? This is her first time sitting and am not sure it’s her...
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    White Copper Maran Chicks

    Hello. I have Copper Marans and hatched several incubators of Maran eggs this spring and summer. I hatched 2 beautiful White Maran chicks. In researching how this happened I found that both parents carry the white recessive gene. Luckily I have a hen and rooster so am going to continue to breed...
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