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    New Chickens Bullying

    Thanks so much for replying! My run is 22' by 15'. The coop is smaller, 8' by 4', and has 6 nesting boxes. I read about adding clutter over the past week & built a tree-like roost in the center of the run. I have some treats hanging from it; they played with those, but no one has utilized the...
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    New Chickens Bullying

    Hi! I'm trying to integrate three older hens into my flock, ages around 2 years? Friends are moving out of the country & needed to re-home them. My original three are younger, 6-8 months in age. My 6-month-old BCM is fine; she's the boss of the flock. My younger EE & BO are being bullied by the...
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    Hey y'all!

    Thank you! She was my daughter's chick- Selena. She had a short life but was very well-loved during it! Thank you! You can't help but sing it when you have one named Black Betty! Ours loved to zip around the run as a chick & it seemed to fit her. Now she steals all the grapes & tomatoes and...
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    Need help in confirming

    Haha! If you can’t trust the Cooperative Extension office, who can you trust? Ah! Yeah, his comb always messed me up. Okay, thanks! When he was a chick he was very brown with patterned wings & stripes down his back. We called him our little chipmunk :) I posted another picture of him, I think...
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    Need help in confirming

    Hi! I would love some confirmation on my chicken breeds. I’m new to being a chicken momma & many I’ve had to id using Google. 🫣 List of characters: 1) Jolene- Orpington, Cooperative Extension extra (99% confident about this one) 2) Black Betty- Black Copper Marans, Cooperative Extension extra...
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    Hey y'all!

    I tried to post some photos through a Google Drive link :) Debbie292d, We let some younger chicks into the run and returned home later than anticipated. Unfortunately, they didn't follow the rest into the coop, and the raccoon pulled them through the wire fence. We are still heartbroken that we...
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    Hey y'all!

    Thanks for the warm welcome! I have grown my flock through Tractor Supply & friends needing to rehome. List of characters in order of appearance: 1) Jolene- Orpington, Cooperative Extension extra, app. 30 weeks old 2) Black Betty- Black Copper Marans, Cooperative Extension extra, app. 30 weeks...
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    Hey y'all!

    Hi! I'm Jen, a homeschooling momma to 4 kids, ranging from 17-9 years old. We also live with 3 dogs: a German Shepherd, a pit bull/hound mix, and a Basset. We are a very full & noisy household in the mountains of Western NC- it's nice to meet you! Are you new to chickens/when did you first get...
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