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How to introduce an new adult hen to another adult hen...
Hello Everyone. We have a small coop and had 2 laying hens...about 3 years old. We open the coop in the day and let them roam the yard, but they get locked back inside at night. One of our two hens died a few days ago leaving Linda by herself. I am considering buying another adult hen so...- Floyds26
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Hen or Rooster?
The Rhode Island Red is was about 18 weeks when I took this. In looking at what the Rhode Island Roosters look like at that age, I am thinking hen. I am new to this breed (well, and backyard chickens in general) and didn't realize this breed's hens often have pretty pronounced combs/wattles...- Floyds26
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Hen or Rooster?
Ok. So I am now thinking our Rhode Island Red is also a boy. He/she is making some adolescent roostery sounds and the waddle and comb have become very very Red in the last few weeks. I hope I am wrong bc he/she is my favorite. Anywho....what yall think about little Cornelia? Pullet or...- Floyds26
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Our chickens want to roost outside vs. going inside the hen house at night
I realized I never wrote back to say you all are AWESOME. Thanks you!!!! Took the advice above and also removed the really high roost that was outside....and sure enough, they fell right into the routine of going inside at night. We now have second batch of chicks that are about 14 weeks...- Floyds26
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Hen or Rooster?
So we are new to chickens. I built a coop and we have 4 chickens that are 14 weeks old this week. I have watched a bunch of youtube videos to figure out how to determine hen from rooster. We hear some adolescent rooster noises every so often, but not sure who it is (or if it could just be a...- Floyds26
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Our chickens want to roost outside vs. going inside the hen house at night
We have 4 2.5m old chickens that have been successfully move outside to the coop. The coop has both a run and hen house. Issue is that the girls seem to enjoy roosting for the night outside vs. going inside. I have the nesting boxes blocked off at them moment, per my reading here in BYC, to...- Floyds26
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