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    Unexpected rooster--happy in chicken tractor?

    Thank you all for your incite and thoughts. When I asked about separating the rooster from the hens, I meant giving him to someone that would want a rooster (not keeping him alone--I know about the flocking nature of chickens). I definitely don't want to give him to someone that wants to eat...
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    Unexpected rooster--happy in chicken tractor?

    I am a new chicken mother hen. I have just discovered that one of my hens is actually a rooster. Apparently, the hatchery made a mistake, which I understand can happen. I have two Buff Orpingtons, one Black Australorps, and the rooster is an Aricauna/Americauna/Easter Egger. I am trying to...
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    Chickens in Hot Weather..need advice!

    Thank you BarkerChickens for the photo and additional details.
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    Chickens in Hot Weather..need advice!

    Thanks so much for the additional advice. I like the ease of the plant pot saucers filled with water. I tried the frozen bottle of water and my girls totally ignored it. I already covered the top of the run with a tarp to provide extra shade and the dripping bucket of water into the run...
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    Chickens in Hot Weather..need advice!

    I have just read the advice on cooling chickens in hot weather. Today, in Kentucky, they are all panting. It is around 87 degrees. It isn't even the hot part of the summer yet. I am worried about them. I am a new chicken mother. I just went out and tried misting them. They do not want...
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