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    Newest Chicks

    The next morning I relocated her several miles away from any civilization.
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    Newest Chicks

    Hi Everyone, We started our backyard flock with 4 pullets back in May 2016. The post chicken math is hilariously and so true. We current have 22 in our flock with 6 week old chicks and 5 pullets. We have been up to 27 total, sold 3 pullets, had a fox get 2 young roos then lost a couple...
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    Chicken Math

    This has me smiling big time, we started with 4 hens 3 years ago with a 4’ x 12’ with the run tractor coop, since then we got a small brooder coop, and a permanent 6’ x 8’ coop with a 11’ x 22’ run. One of our first hens, a Jersey Giant went broody 2 years ago so my wife Tana had a friend who...
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    When do I start feeding chicks regular food?

    I introduced my 7 nine weeks old youngsters with 3 adult laying hens, 4 little girls and 3 Roos. What should I be feeding them? I've been mixing starter the the adult feed.
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    Young Roosters Fighting

    I put him in a smaller pen by himself last night, at lunch I let them all out together and there wasn't any fighting, I put them back in the 2 pens then let them back out together after I got home from work and no more fighting. I am proud of my little flock of chicks and 3 hens.
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    Young Roosters Fighting

    I have 7 youngsters about 8 weeks old with 3 of them appearing to be roosters, they would chest bump and bow up against each other for the past 2-3 weeks, this afternoon if found two of them going at it pecking and grabbing each other's beak. I grabbed who I thought was the aggressor and put...
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    Post pics of your chicks and chickens!

    Hi, My week old chicks and mom with their first walk in the yard, really neat watching them. This picture this afternoon, one of the chicks resting on moms back
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