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    Adding a compost area inside the run

    Thanks for the input Owen and TalkALittle! Maybe I'll hold off on the bunny waste and keep that in a separate compost area. I only have 3 buns but I have 13, soon to be 23 chickens so not having to schlep the chicken waste across the yard will be a huge help. I will make sure my browns...
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    Adding a compost area inside the run

    I’ve been toying with the idea of composting inside the chicken run. In the summer/fall I would occasionally toss wheel barrels full of raked leaves in the run for them to play in and every once in a while I give them leftovers along with their feed so I think I am partially there already. My...
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    New Jersey

    I originally thought 4 was enough...that was 2 years, an addition to the coop/run and many chickens ago. I now have 18 and looking forward to next years additions teehee! Darn chicken math!
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    New Jersey

    If I can't find a rehome option for him I may hold out to see how loud his crow gets. If tolerable to dear hubby I may keep him otherwise he has to go back to the farm.
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    New Jersey

    Stephanie Ann - No, there are no ordinances against having roosters here in Tewksbury. My husband likes his sleep and since the coop is close to the house, our previous rooster woke him up at all hours through the night so I cannot keep them. I am also trying to be a good neighbor and not...
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    New Jersey

    Stephanie Ann - I also live in Tewksbury. Sorry that I can't help you out with fertilized eggs. My big girls are just that girls - no roosters. I just found out that one of my frizzles is a boy and it looks like one of my silkies may be a boy as well. I'll need to rehome them. If you can't...
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    New Jersey

    Not sure if anyone is interested but one of my 7 week old bantam frizzle cochin chicks started to crow. He began yesterday and I thought it was a fluke but today as soon as I let them in their run he ran out and promptly crowed 3 times. Sounds like a squeaky toy crow but a crow it was! I...
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    All Chickens bullying same hen - Suggestions?

    Update! Willow, although not the Queen Hen, has moved up a notch in the pecking order. I saw her peck at one of my Clover, one of my Marans, who pecked at her first. Willow gave it right back to her and then some. I don't ever expect her to be the be all end all hen, I just didn't want her...
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    All Chickens bullying same hen - Suggestions?

    There really isn't one "Queen B" so to speak. There are a few, too many to separate. I am noticing Willow (the picked on girl) coming out and putting herself in the flock more. I still see her getting pecked at here and there but not as much. She needs to assert herself. All of my girls...
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    All Chickens bullying same hen - Suggestions?

    I've been stepping in when I am home (I work full time) and "pecking" the others when they go after her. One day it felt like that's all I did for a full hour - fending off the attackers. But I was diligent and even picked a few of them up and held them as I walked to the other side of the run...
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    All Chickens bullying same hen - Suggestions?

    Thanks cackleberry. she is being broody at the moment but I had to kick her out yesterday so I could open the coops doors to do some work to the coop and sure enough.....she was being bullied. I let her back in and just kept an eye on her so she didn't run out and get chased by my dogs. I...
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    Silkie Guide

    Thanks realsis! I too will be getting some silkies in May and this info is good to know. I will be heading down to a local farm to pick them up. I've requested 4 but I am sure that once I see them I'll add to that number. Good thing I made the coop and run big enough to hold 8-10.
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    All Chickens bullying same hen - Suggestions?

    Cackleberrycam - I only use red heat lamps overnight when the temps dip into the teens or lower. I haven't had them on in quite a while. They do get enough protein and I have two large feeders and two waterers. I figured that was enough for 12 hens but I could add another. When I toss...
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    All Chickens bullying same hen - Suggestions?

    I have a flock of 12 birds. 6 were from my original flock and 6 were added a year ago. I know that there is a pecking order and I let them work it out. Willow is my beautiful slate blue Ameraucana and she is from the second flock. She is relentlessly picked on by all the other girls. I mean...
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    New Jersey

    Thanks Gail328 and dwgov on the silkie update! Not sure where I stand on silkies this year. I know I have always wanted the little fuzzy critters.....I may make a journey or then again, playing mix and match bantams could be fun. I like surprises - except for little Roo surprises. I have...
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