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    Trying to Add Rooster to my Flock

    I have come up with a plan! I still have the feeder and waterer from brooding my chicks so I will section off part of the run to keep the rooster separate. Update and pictures to follow! Thanks guys!
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    Trying to Add Rooster to my Flock

    I knew i forgot something. I only had them meet each other yesterday. Was hoping since it was a rooster going into a space with all girls, there wouldn't be an issue. I know it was when i had some girls out of the coop due to injuries months ago. I guess i was being hopeful. Need to figure out...
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    Trying to Add Rooster to my Flock

    My hens are 14 weeks, so he's around 13 weeks. I let them out of the run thru out the day depending on if I'm outside or not. 9 Hens. The coop is 4 ft x 6 ft with 9 boxes. The run is 8 ft x 12 ft. I had the rooster outside of the coop yesterday roaming close to the run. Put the girls in the...
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    Trying to Add Rooster to my Flock

    Hello! Currently trying to add a rooster, that i received from a friend that ended up with two, to my flock of hens. Thought they would be the bullies but its him! He was so nice to her girls and other rooster. My girls stay together in a corner and every time he even moves towards them they...
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    Hurt Chicken. Toe gone!

    So they definitely lost their toes due to the metal grate that we had in the bottom of the coop (so the poop would fall to the ground) See metal below
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    Hurt Chicken. Toe gone!

    So an update. They all made it through the night. And by all I mean, yes 3 more did it. We were in the midst of running to the store to get plywood and came back to more injured babies. They are 6 weeks today. We have sepereated them for now. They are back in the brooding box. Gave them...
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    Hurt Chicken. Toe gone!

    Hey guys! One of my chicks decide to go and cut her toe off in the coop. Must have caught it on the metal grate. What do I do?! HELP!
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    Thompson’s Water Seal

    Hello! We are currently building a chicken coop for our chickens. They aren’t quite ready to go in the coop yet so we are thinking about spraying the inside of the chicken coop with Thompson’s water seal. I have no clue if it is safe or not, so I wanted to ask this great chicken community...
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