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    I know little about him...but Im in love

    Thanks everyone. After your input I googled and Im pretty sure he's a BB Red OEG. Boy did we get lucky with our first rescue rooster!
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    I know little about him...but Im in love

    This is Rico He is my first rescue rooster and I am smitten! He stays close to me & follows me around when I visit the coop. My chickens are free range and hes integrated in jst fine with everyone with very little muss or fuss from the big hens. Hes a little bantam something but what? The...
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    Problem hen! Little helpful advice please!

    Well I love your rule because thats how I feel. Lol As of right now her life has been spared & she may stay. After a few hours in the crate yesterday, she seemed pretty humbled when I let her out. And this morning she was not as mouthy. I think maybe she got it. Lol I did find another option...
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    Problem hen! Little helpful advice please!

    This is my first foray into keeping chickens this year. In late March I bought 4 laying hens for my farm. A month later I put the chicks in the coop that I had been raising in the house. Everything went great except for one hen who was very vocal about her opinion. One month later I still have...
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    Too cold out in Utah today for littles? thoughts

    That is really great to know! That makes me feel a whole lot better. Lol
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    Too cold out in Utah today for littles? thoughts

    Ok update....the baby chicks are in the actual coop with access to the outdoor run and & I put their brooder box in the coop also because it has a "tunnel" that they can fit thru but not the hens so they have somewhere to hide if needed. My hens are free range and they are able to get in & out...
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    Too cold out in Utah today for littles? thoughts

    That is one of the things keeping me from leaving them out is power/heat is not an option.for the coop right now. My 4 laying hens Im fine with them down in the coop...jst apprehensive to put babies out. Lol
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    Too cold out in Utah today for littles? thoughts

    I hate bringing them in & out but I dont trust my 4 older ladies yet to put them out in the chicken run/coop. Theses littles go in the goat yard during the day & the garage with a heat lamp at night...maybe its time for some tough mommy love lol. Babies will be going out... Ill jst watch...
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    Too cold out in Utah today for littles? thoughts

    Hey everyone...our temps dropped over 30 since yesterday. It was almost 80 at 4pm.yesterday and 8am today its 41... I have been letting my 8/7/6 week old chicks out during the day the last couple weeks while its been really nice. But...do you think they'll be ok out side today? It may get up to...
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    1, 2, 3 week old chicks....

    I am brand new to chickens and chicken math hit me hard. Lol. I have 12 baby chicks in seperate age ranges all in one brooder box. Its big enough they can all move around plenty, get warm when they need, cool down when they need. Ive noticed no excessive pecking at each other. And everyone jst...
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    Mom...I'm into chicks! ;-)

    Here are all the babys! Well 2 buff orps arent in the pic but you get the idea. I am watching closely but they seem to all be happy and getting along well together in the one brooder for now
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    Mom...I'm into chicks! ;-)

    And to update... I went to the feed store with my mom and they had my Buff Orps. Lol. We now have 12 baby chicks. Lol
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    Mom...I'm into chicks! ;-)

    Good Morning and happy Wednesday all! My name is Nicole and I am from a small town about 45 mins s/sw of SLC, UT. A Quick backstory, I recently moved out onto 400 acres of property and we are slowly getting started in realizing our dreams of a more natural GMO-free, sustainable living way of...
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