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    Barred Rock father and Buff Orpington mother - sexing chicks?

    Beautiful Rooster - Thanks yes thats what i meant those 2 Roos are the first hatch from July for the BR and Buff cross the chicks are the second hatch from Nov. Do you think all the chicks are male? Not just the ones with the combs? I actually dont think the hen is a buff orpington now - i...
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    Barred Rock father and Buff Orpington mother - sexing chicks?

    Here are some pics of the chicks and the 2 roosters from the first hatch which look different to their father in that they are much darker - there is a pic of one of the barred rock males too. Can anyone help identify if male or female for the chicks - i am thinking the 2 with combs are males...
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    Buff Orpington girl won’t leave nestbox in dead winter

    Thank you your set up looks so welcoming and cosy, we are working on plans - really want something just like yours but a bit higher to go right over our coop and our other coop too - your roo is very beautiful - they are such magnificent creatures its a shame its so hard to keep them. Thats...
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    Buff Orpington girl won’t leave nestbox in dead winter

    Thank you for this - i would love to see more pictures of the covered area if you can - did you make this yourself? i want to put both coops inside a covered area like this. Well with the roo / hen ratio when i hatched my first lot of barred rocks myself from mail order eggs i got 5 roos and...
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    Buff Orpington girl won’t leave nestbox in dead winter

    Oh wow that looks amazing 🤩 I would love something like that - in fact just discussing building some kind of shelter for the coop to stop the automatic door from freezing shut! - do they roost out on the bars at night or go into the smaller hut? All we have is a wooden coop which does have some...
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    Buff Orpington girl won’t leave nestbox in dead winter

    I have had a Buff Orpington hatch 8 chicks on 19th Nov here in Scotland - she sat on and hatched them in the coop with the 2 roosters and 2 other hens having free access - the coop is off the ground so we made a runway so that when she brought the chicks out they would be able to get back in OK...
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    Barred Rock father and Buff Orpington mother - sexing chicks?

    Hello - this is the second hatch from this cross - the first 3 that hatched in July had 2 barred roosters (looked like female barred rocks with dark legs and feathers until around 5-6 months old) and a buff hen, this time i have 8 chicks that hatched in November - 5 are buff or mainly buff with...
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    anyone in England ?

    I'm in Aberdeenshire Scotland - i have 2 Barred Rock x Buff Orpington cockerels - very beautiful birds but they can't stay with our flock as we would have too many cockerels (their father is a heritage breed barred rock) free to good homes - would be good to go together as brothers seem not to...
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    Worried Chickens will freeze to death as not going in coop

    Thank you - yes i can easily confine them and get them when they are asleep - much appreciated
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    Worried Chickens will freeze to death as not going in coop

    I have 3 chicks that are 4 months old who have never been in the coop and roost high up in a tree which is rapidly loosing its leaves - we have already had a few below 0C nights with frost on the ground - they have been fine so far - their mum and the rest of the gang (5 in total) sleep in their...
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    Comment by 'Jaine' in article 'Getting Chickens Out Of Trees.....and into their coops.'

    I have this problem too with 3 chicks that are 4 months old who have never been in the coop and roost in a tree which is rapidly loosing its leaves - we have already had a few below 0C nights with frost on the ground - they have been fine so far - their mum and the rest of the gang sleep in...
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