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    Duckling behavior/going outside

    Okay thank you very much, we will!!
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    Duckling behavior/going outside

    Hi all!!! First time duck owner here. We bought 5 pekin ducklings from cal ranch here in Cedar City Utah, very healthy!! They are about 6 weeks now, they are feathered out pretty good but do you think from picture they can stay outside during the day in their fenced in pin where they can go...
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    Rooster behavior

    Thank you for your words, we are thinking of some Americanas and Auricanas maybe try some roosters of those breeds?? We had Easter Eggers from Murray McMurray, they were beautiful, a few years ago but I got sick (Thyroid problem) we had rehome them😞
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    Rooster behavior

    UPDATE: March 19, 2023 I’m sorry to say, this rooster didn’t get any nicer, if fact he got meaner and attached me and my husband, hubby had to put him down today, rooster kept attacking him, had to hit him with a board 6 times before he stopped and died, so that was that for rooster. Yes, I’m...
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    Post Your Orpingtons!

    She was beautiful ❤️ !!! I have eight Buff Orpington, seven hens one rooster, we have had many Buff Orpington chickens I love them because they are just so sweet and very smart, they might have little brains but they are intelligent, predictable too. Here are a couple of photos of my Little flock.
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    Rooster behavior

    Hi there Keeper of Flocks I think your on to something, Yes, all of our 8 chickens (7 hens one rooster) have been together for 7 months. They have a nice coop with a very large pen 5 feet tall they can run around and find bugs etc. Coop has a small chicken door for them that we close off at...
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    Putting chickens to bed at night

    The sweetest things are short and sweet I just had one sweet moment watching my husband putting our chickens to bed in their coop. I’m probably not the only one who feels this way; we have two hen chickens (Buff Orpington) well, we have eight chickens total, but these two girls always jump the...
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    Rooster behavior

    He is 7 months old, yes, will give him more time, it just scares the crap out of me, heard all the stories of serious attacks on humans. 😊 thank you
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    Rooster behavior

    He is just 7 months old, I have been trying different things with him but not working so far, I don’t want to get rid of him, but might need to?
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    Introduction-New Member

    Welcome Laurie enjoy yourself here😀👍
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    Rooster behavior

    I tried to post this with other rooster articles but couldn’t find them. One day I went outside to collect eggs, our 7 Buff Orpington hens and one rooster were out pecking around as usual, the chicken coop is about 60 feet from our house, so; I’m walking and I hear this shwooosh, left side (I’m...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Hi!!! We were gifted 5 eggs from 7 hens, some days they more😆
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    Review by 'hugyourchicken' in article 'Rooster behavior modification'

    Good knowledge and understanding of chickens-roosters, explained very well!!!
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    Comment by 'hugyourchicken' in article 'Rooster behavior modification'

    Thank you Bee.... for this article. This morning I found a branch off my tree and started Rodgers training, he was not happy with me at all as he kept crowing at me and I pushed him out of the coop he would hop on the coop step and crowed at me over and over again and flapping his wings; see...
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    Aggressive Rooster

    Wow!!! This is a fantastic article, thank you 🙏🏽
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