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    Dysfunctional Flock

    Good to hear! We expect most of them to start laying within the next month or so. The coop is actually fairly large and the top roost alone is definitely enough space for all 9 hens. We initially separated it so that the original 3 had their usual space and the other 2/3 of the roost could be...
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    Dysfunctional Flock

    I have 3 hens that are 1 year and 3 months old and integrated a new flock of 6 pullets a little over a month ago when they were 8-10 weeks old. They co-exist and the chasing and pecking from older hens has lessened some, but they still act as 2 flocks that sleep in the same coop. They won’t...
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    Is our Cream Legbar a bantam?

    Oh, no. I’m so sorry!!
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    Hello! Longtime follower, new to posting…

    Oh, they’re beautiful! I love the names, too. Mine is Cookie because she looks like cookies & cream. 😊 She’s super sweet so far and very motherly to the smaller chicks already.
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    Hello! Longtime follower, new to posting…

    Thank you for all the info!! ☺️
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    Hello! Longtime follower, new to posting…

    Hello from southeastern USA. :) We’ve had chickens for a little over a year (2 RIRs - including a surprise roo - and 2 Cinnamon Queens from TSC) and will be adding our 6 new chicks to the existing flock this summer. Our newbies are one of each: 6wk Black Australorp, 5wk Cream Legbar, 5wk Cuckoo...
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    Is our Cream Legbar a bantam?

    Hi! Did your cream legbar ever catch up in size? I have one that’s at the 5-week mark and she’s still barely more than half the size of her flock mates (australorp and marans). My understanding was that full-grown cream legbars were supposed to get within 0.5-1lb of a standard hens like the...
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