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    Too many roosters

    So, I guess I do not know the difference between cockrels and roosters. All my males are 10 to 12 months old. So how do I tell?
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    Too many roosters

    So, I guess I don't really know the difference between cockrells and roosters. Can you enlighten me?
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    Too many roosters

    I have a rooster problem. I have 2 Brown Leghorn, 2 Golden Buff Orpington, and 3 Silver lace Wyandotte roos, plus a Black Sex-link. Currently I have my 7 hens cooped because they are overwhelmed by the roos. Let me say that I once had 30 hens, but the fall of 2018 our fenced in yard was...
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    When can babies mix with adults?

    I am getting ready to put my 3 Black Copper Marans out into the big coop, but will put them in a crate in the middle of the coop so they can see and be seen. I have 17 pullets and 2 older hens in there now so with the mixed ages, I will keep the babies in the crate for a week or so before I...
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    Raising baby chicks outside with no heat in 35 degree weather

    I haven't tried that particular method of raising babies. I have always kept them in the house in big rubbermaid tubs until they are 6-8 weeks old and then putting them outside in a pen with heat lamps hanging from the ceiling, and plenty of straw and pine shavings for bedding. Of, course, it...
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    Raising baby chicks outside with no heat in 35 degree weather

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    All turned out to be Roosters - Need Help

    She definitely needs to have enough hens to accommodate that many roosters, as one or two hens will be badly mistreated by that many roosters. I speak from experience as I a battling the same type of situation. I have given roosters away, but then I didn't make pets of them so there was no...
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    All turned out to be Roosters - Need Help

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    Just how useful is a rooster anyway?

    We bought straight run chickens last year and wound up with 7 roosters. We didn't really care, as we were raising birds for fun. We wound up giving some roosters away because they were so aggressive toward the other roosters, the chickens, and finally my daughter and myself. They would...
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    Just how useful is a rooster anyway?

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    Spring Chicks!

    I am getting new chicks this spring. But I am hesitant to order them. Last spring I ordered bantam chickens. First order of 10 they sent me 12 and all died. I called the hatchery and they were apologetic and sent a new batch, out of those 12, only 3 survived. I think they go too long...
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    Chickens VS. Dogs

    I guess this is a statement, as well as a question. Previously I have been members of 2 or 3 web sites relating to chickens and ducks, and still a member of a web site for guineas. My issue is this. On one of these web sites a member posed the question "How do you feel about the practice of...
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