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    Integrating 8-week-olds into a single adult hen's run.

    I moved the older hen to my other run with an adult hen and four about three months old pullets/cockerels. They had all free-ranged together before the horrible massacre a couple of weeks ago. Since then, I've kept them in their respective runs - mama and four youngsters and, until Friday night...
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    Integrating 8-week-olds into a single adult hen's run.

    Thank you! I tried just putting them all together but she was resource guarding, so I added another food and water and then she started getting nasty. Now she is the one in the crate. Possibly not fair to her, but she was the problem. We shall see what happens next.
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    Integrating 8-week-olds into a single adult hen's run.

    I cannot find a thread that discusses this. If it's been posted, forgive me, but I would love suggestions. I was down to two adult hens in a single run. One of them died Friday night. I hated for this hen to be alone, yesterday I bought seven 8-week-olds (6 pullets and a cockeral). The hen is an...
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    Hi from East Tennessee!

    Where are you located? I'm looking to replace a flock that I lost to predators a couple weeks ago. Will be keeping them in coops for a couple of months, then only going to let them out when I can be out with them - at least for a while.
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    Best way to integrate two established flocks

    Would you just move the coops then turn them all out together?
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    Best way to integrate two established flocks

    I have two chicken tractors. One has a rooster, two hens and four 5-week-old chicks. The other one has a rooster and four hens. The tractors are in my pasture and have no overhead cover. They have never been allowed to free range because they are so exposed. I am going to move them to an area...
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    Broody hen sitting

    "One the first chick hatches, make sure there is food and water within easy reach, so she doesn't have to leave the nest to feed her chick." Is this food and water for the mama or for the babies? If it's for the chicks, should I put it in the coop with mama. Also, should I close the...
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    Broody hen sitting

    She was one mad mama as I took the eggs away from her last evening. I candled all 12 eggs and removed three. One was cracked and the other two did not appear to be fertilized. Of the remaining nine eggs, I could see different sized embryos that were clearly moving inside the egg. I put them back...
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    Broody hen sitting

    Tomorrow I will candle and mark them and begin removing unmarked ones daily. I do not have an incubator.
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    Broody hen sitting

    I don’t think my questions have been covered elsewhere - at least not specifically. I didn’t want to hijack someone else’s thread. Let me preface this by saying that I am a minimalist when it comes to caring for my two little flocks. I make sure they have shavings, food and water, but other than...
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    Moving chickens to permanent coop

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    Moving chickens to permanent coop

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    Moving chickens to permanent coop

    I put them in their coop last night and they hopped on their roosts. This am I opened the door and out they came. Went out at dusk and all six ladies were in the coop. It is small but it will be moved every 2-3 days.
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    How long can 12 week old chickens go without food/water?

    I moved my six 12 week old chickens (all hens) to their permanent outdoor chicken tractor yesterday. I placed them two at a time in their coop. Their food and water is outside the coop in the run and they haven't left the coop yet. They have now been about 20 hours without food or water. I don't...
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    Moving chickens to permanent coop

    Well, I needed to get them out yesterday and was a bit impatient. I crawled into their pen and picked them up and took them to the coop two at a time. They are all now safely in there. Getting ready to post another thread because they won't come out.
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