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    Please help with my roosting bar placement.

    I’ve had my coop for a year. I built it myself. It’s been great for the most part. It is 8x12 with the roosting bars on the far end 8 ft wall, the human door on the other 8 ft wall and the nesting boxes on the 12’ wall with the chicken door opposite them. The roosting bars is right in front of...
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    Broken beak on 3 day old chick.

    This is cross posted. I wasn’t sure where to post and I’m feeling very defeated right now. It’s a long story but here’s the short version. We have new chicks. 7 chicks to 3 broody hens. Today, one of the hens attacked her chicks. We aren’t sure which hen, but we have an idea, no proof ) She...
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    6 day old chick with broody mama

    I ended up taking them out. They had been there over 25 days. But there is a new development…. I ended up getting 6 freshly hatched chicks. Last night I snuck them under my three broody hens and took all their older eggs. I was wanting more chickens without having to raise them in a brooder in...
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    6 day old chick with internally rotated leg

    I have a chick that is with her mom. I finally saw her come out from under her today and she’s stumbling about. I noticed that her right leg looks to be internally rotated a bit so she’s not able to walk properly. I’m not sure if she just can’t put even weight on it or if it doesn’t function in...
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    HEY! Whats a boy doing in our flock? Now what?

    Roosters are awesome to have in your flock. Give him a chance. Yes, he will mount the ladies but if he’s a good rooster then everything just continues as normal. They are great protectors and they keep the drama down between the hens (not that you have very many). Spend time with him and handle...
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    6 day old chick with broody mama

    What behavior should I expect from a lone 6 day old chick with her broody hen? The chick is still constantly under the hen. I haven’t seen the hen teach her to drink or eat. Although that could be happened my obviously when I’m not there. The chick chirps underneath her. I have never seen the...
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    Struggling with hatching eggs and broody hens

    Thanks for your reply. We’re going to try it! Fingers crossed.
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    Struggling with hatching eggs and broody hens

    I have 3 broody hens. Between the three of them we let them keep 24 eggs. One hatched 3 days ago. It had been 24 days. We put one of the hens with the chick in a separate area (still in the coop) so she could mother the chick and have accessibility to food and water easily. The other two...
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    We have a chick and I just left town 😬

    I just left town and my 19 year old son called and said “come back we have a chick!” We have had broody hens. I know I should have been more prepared but I’m not. I wasn’t sure when they started sitting on eggs. What should I tell my son to do? When does the chick need food and water? He can...
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    Please help me modify my run floor

    Beautiful run and flock! Tell me more…what’s on the chair? Do your chickens eat suet? I saw the cage hanging. Thanks for the advice.
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    Not laying eggs right now. why?

    My hens are about one year old. They have been laying eggs like gang busters all through our frigid winter. I get about 10-12 a day from 14 hens. For the past 5 days, I have only 4 eggs. They are not free ranging currently because of snow on the ground, so they are not laying elsewhere...
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    I’m intimidated by my rooster.

    Things have been going better. I started singing. I don’t know many songs, but I do know “amazing grace”. Turns out they like that! I come in singing. I squat down on my haunches and feed them their scraps. At first I kept a see-through tin lid in front of me as protection, but it also wasn’t...
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    I’m intimidated by my rooster.

    we are so boring. His name is Roo!
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    I’m intimidated by my rooster.

    TLDR; I’m afraid of my rooster and he won’t let me close to the hens. I need to check one specifically for some health issues I am worried about. We got chicks last May so he’s almost a year. I got the rooster specifically to take care of the hens. And he does. He’s an amazing caretaker and...
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    Please help me modify my run floor

    zero flexibility! The coop is 12‘ x 8‘ and the run is 18 x 10‘. The run comes off the side of the coop, I have electricity panels in the back, front door in front and nesting boxes on the other side. When I built the coop and run in June and July, there was no mud. So this fix would only really...
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