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    keeping babies with father

    I have just hatched my first two, change that to four chicks of several more to hopefully come. I have done this the way nature intended by letting my hens sit on the eggs. I am planning on keeping a few of the chicks if they turn out to be hens. My question is as they get to the reporductive...
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    removing rooster spurs

    i tried a hen saddle on one of my girls, after watching her run contantly for 10 min like a dog was chasing her and the rooster chasing her and pecking at her back I removed the saddle. when this was done she wasbreathing heavy from exhaustion for several minutes. any ideas on how to introduce...
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    removing rooster spurs

    does that help with the damaging/removing of the hen's back feathers?
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    removing rooster spurs

    Any ideas/tips on removing rooster spurs? My rooster's spurs are stripping my hen's backs to where they are completely bald on their backs. and is it the spur that is damaging/tearing out the back feathers. any tips to help the girls out. I am unable to seperate him from them.
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    featherless hen back

    I have several hens that are loosing or have lost most of their back feathers due molting and my rooster breeding them. I purchased some chicken saddles and when i put it on the first hen she ran around in circles constantly and the rooster chased her pecking at the saddle. i was concerned she...
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    vinegar as a wormer

    Earlier today I was at my local feed store buying some more feed for my flock when I ran into an older gentleman whom during our conversation about chickens told me about an interesting use of vinegar. He told me that he uses Apple Cider Vinegar as a wormer instead of the wormers purchased at...
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    hen acting like my rooster

    sorry sex link is 8 inches taller than others
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    hen acting like my rooster

    I was affraid of that. Well my other Rooster is a Red Sex Link and he stands a good inches taller then my other birds. Do you see any issues with these two living in the same flock? I haven't seen the fight each other, but then again I am not home all day to sit and stare at them.
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    hen acting like my rooster

    I have a hen, well i think she is a hen. She has been seen chasing other hens around and I have seen other hens chasing her back. This evening I witnessed her grab the neck feathers on one of my other hens and mount her like my rooster does when he is breeding a hen. During this one of my...
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