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    Five week mystery chick slow development

    This is Chicken Little about two weeks ago. You can see a little bit of a comb there but not much. She is a barred rock/americauna cross so I have no idea what the comb is supposed to look like but both her sibs (a hen and a roo) have combs already. She will be a pet for sure.
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    Five week mystery chick slow development

    My little one is still alive and kicking and finally starting to catch up with his siblings and he's still so darn cute! He's my favorite and will sit in my lap and snuggle when none of the others will. I'm so glad I didn't cull him when most people would have. It's like most things in life...
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    Bantams/Full-size birds, is it possible to house them together?

    I have 13 full sized birds and one silkie that have been raised together since hatching. They get along fine and the little one even challenges the bigger birds even though some of them are 4x his size. However, I find it very difficult having to size the height of everything for the little...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Built from the plans in my husband's head. Based on a Tough Shed design. 4x8 and about four feet tall at the peak.
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    Are two roosters better than one when free ranging?

    Thanks for all the comments and it is quite clear to me that the answer is at best, unclear! I will just have to wait till they mature and observe the dynamics of the group to see if they can both earn their keep. As with all things chicken, nothing is cut and dried.
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    HYPOTHETICAL DISCUSSION: What to feed your chickens when we can't buy chicken feed anymore

    I have not read all the replies but I would recommend perennial plants for chicken fodder to reduce the work needed every year. A little know plant that is excellent is Australian Pea Shrub. It's a legume and produces pods high in protein for the birds, is thorny to provide good deer...
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    motion detector light/sprinkler combo

    I have one of these to keep the deer out of my garden and it works great. I was hoping that it would work for the chicken run area at night. Anyone tried this?
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    Are two roosters better than one when free ranging?

    Thanks everyone. We have at least two young roosters and maybe a few more that are too young to tell. I will probably have to get rid of one or more of them but wanted to check here first before I made the decision. I guess I'll try to keep two and see how they get along. They will be free...
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    Are two roosters better than one when free ranging?

    Trying to decide if it is worth it to pay to feed more than one rooster. I am thinking that two will provide better predator protection/early warning than one, provided the two get along. I will have around ten hens for them to look after and we have two acres for them to roam. Any thoughts?
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    ADOR1 Automatic Coop Door?

    This guy kind of shows how he did it. But there may be more detailed plans out there.
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    Not treating coccidiosis

    Just an update for those of you who are interested. All the chicks are doing fine and are out in the big coop. No signs of bloody poop in any of them and they are all healthy. Maybe I just got lucky but I trusted my instinct and it was the right choice.
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Thanks! Glad I found you guys. I posted in the pest and disease forum about not treating for coccidiosis and boy did I get an earful! I prefer to go the natural route if possible. All my chicks are doing well and have recovered with no issues with only probiotics for which i'm very thankful.
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    I'm new here but am very interested in what everyone has to say. With such an active thread it seems like it would make more sense to have a separate forum for natural chicken keeping rather than just a thread. Has anyone suggested this? Looking forward to learning from you all!
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    Five week mystery chick slow development

    I have exactly the same issue with one of mine except they are eight weeks old and he is just barely getting feathers. Most people would say you should just cull him but I can't bring myself to, he's such a little fighter! And so adorable, he still looks like a baby, just like yours. I don't...
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    Not treating coccidiosis

    Thanks Erica, you make some good points and have great suggestions. I did not start them with medicated starter and the ones that started with the bloody stools were from the most fastidious breeder I have ever seen. None of his breeding stock or any of the chicks had ever been on soil of any...
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