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    Surprise Chicks

    I went out to our garden and found that one of our hens who is always escaping from our fenced chicken yard was in the garden caring for 9 new chicks. We want to let her raise them over there because we put them all in a little brooder tractor we have and she is so upset. If we let her raise...
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    Limping rooster

    Thanks. I’ll figure something out to isolate him. Maybe with his favorite girl? They are inseparable. We’ve got 3 ages and they stay in groups. This info. Is very helpful thanks. I want to be sure I get him set up where he can be cool. It has been miserable hot here.
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    Limping rooster

    Hello. Our rooster is limping on his right foot. It started about a week ago. My husband said he got out of the chicken yard one day and our chihuahua had him cornered. He may have gotten injured then. I’ve checked the bottom of his foot. No bumble foot. I’ve checked all of his toes and joints...
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    Expanding coop suggestions?

    Thank you. Yes. 8x8 seems like a nightmare to clean. We found some great solid pallets locally for $3 each. We’ve started to build a second coop to put In the fenced chicken yard. I think that is our best bet and will give us some flexibility if we need to separate out some of the flock or the...
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    Expanding coop suggestions?

    Ha! You have the start of one of those little chicken towns I have seen. I was seriously considering this. Today we sectioned off a portion of the fenced area for our little ones to have more space, but then we saw a hawk… so now I am looking at building a coop and a fully covered run. Most...
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    Expanding coop suggestions?

    Great information. Thank you! I will look into an open air coop. I hadn’t heard of this before. I have been looking at hoop coops too. That would be a less expensive option maybe.
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    Expanding coop suggestions?

    I like this idea. Perhaps it will allow us to keep both of our roos. Thanks!
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    Expanding coop suggestions?

    Yes. Thanks. Actually this is an older picture. I have since added more ventilation but didn’t take a new picture. I’ve got outdoor carpet burrows around the perimeter but could definitely need that up a bit.
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    Expanding coop suggestions?

    Hey all. We have a 4x8 coop with run underneath currently housing 6 birds. 1 roo will go to a new home soon. We also have 7 littles in a grow out coop. I don’t think they can all comfortably sleep in the big coop. There is just one 8 foot roosting bar. Any suggestions on how to explains this...
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    Roos mounting hens at young age

    Thank you. This roo is a Crevecauer
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    Roos mounting hens at young age

    I have a flock of mixed ages. We have 3 one year old hens. We have 3 15 week old Easter Eggers, two of which have turned out to be roos. The two roos have started mounting the only 15 week old female. It seems like they are young for this and she is smaller than them. They stay away from the...
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    Worms

    We also have 5 week old pullets in a separate pen inside the same yard. Can you use the same wormer for that age?
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    Worms

    I haven’t dewormed them. This is our first batch we have raised in South Carolina. When we raised a couple of flocks in Southern Arizona we never dewormed. I’ll go ahead and look into doing that. The fecal test isn’t a bad idea either. I need to do some research on the best dewormed to use since...
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    Worms

    Thanks. That’s what I was thinking too, but will keep a close eye out
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    Worms

    I found these worms when cleaning the coop. Not sure if they can from the chickens or if something laid eggs in the poop?? Any idea what kind? They are about the size of a long grain of rice and very wiggly. They inch around like an inch worm.
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