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    Botched Chicken Introduction - what now?

    I intended my setup to be able to handle 6 hens. I'm going to be really frustrated if the number is 4. I looked for the coop listing and can't find it anymore, It feel silly that 2 years in I'm grumpy I can't leave a low star review.
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    Botched Chicken Introduction - what now?

    I'm near Denver, it's going to get cold. How many birds do you think I need to get to down to? 5 since that's what is sleeping in there now? Thing is I really love my buff orpington who won't sleep in there now. Maybe if I rehomed the most dominant bird (a Rhode Island red) and the silkie...
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    Botched Chicken Introduction - what now?

    It is 10.5 square feet without the nest boxes, 16.5 square feet with the nest boxes with 9 linear feet of perch. 5 girls are sleeping in there now...
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    Botched Chicken Introduction - what now?

    I am not permitted for a second coop, so I'm going to have to reduce the number of birds. Question is by how many?
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    Botched Chicken Introduction - what now?

    10.5 sq feet not counting the nest boxes. There are 9 feet of perches. It was sold as good for 6 hens. If that is the problem, how many of them do you think I need to rehome? 5 are sleeping in there now but not the ones I hand raised.
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    Botched Chicken Introduction - what now?

    3 weeks ago, on short notice a friend of mine had to rehome her 5 two year old chickens. I had only 2 chickens also both about 2 years old and a setup that was made for 6 and I thought could handle 7 so I said I'd take them. We introduced them in the coop at night. There hasn't been a lot of...
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    Injury? Malformation? What to do?

    Seriously? Even though it is in her back? Next to her wing?
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    Injury? Malformation? What to do?

    My husband did some poking at it that I was not comfortable doing. He thinks it almost feels like a muscle mass (it was not so inflated). Through the skin something that looked kinda like chicken crumbles was visible. I have no idea what to make of this.
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    Injury? Malformation? What to do?

    I have recently discovered that one of my pullets has the protuberance shown. It is located between the top of her right wing and the ruff of her neck. I have my finger just next to it here: It appears to be air filled. It changes in size as she is moved, but not in time to her breathing...
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    Pullets, when can they go out in winter?

    LanceTN, the information that it was below freezing at night here was included in the tread before you commented the first time. It was unhelpful for me to comment saying that I wasn't giving your comment much weight. I do not wish to be an aggitator. My actual hope, which was expressed...
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    Pullets, when can they go out in winter?

    The expected low here tonight is 3 degrees. I am totally confident that would kill a 3 week old chick, so please excuse me if I don't give your reply much weight.
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    Pullets, when can they go out in winter?

    I'm going to do with dropping the temp about 15 degrees a day then (60, 45, 30) before putting then outside. Since I have some worry that the hens will be trying to drive them out of the coop for windows of time, and I don't want that to be terrible for them. Thank you again for all your...
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    Pullets, when can they go out in winter?

    Thank you for your reply. I really appreciate the info. Just so you know, the temperatures I am describing are the temperature I am maintaining just under the heat lamp. The far end of the brooder is at basicly the same temp as the garage which is to say freezing. I have had to move their...
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    Pullets, when can they go out in winter?

    Ok. I have been keeping the brooder's high temp in accordance with the 5 degree rule (wk1=95, wk2=90, wk3=85, wk4=80, wk 5=75) When you said Did you mean that it is healthy to acclimate them from 75 to 32 in a week and a half? Right now I have a high of about 70 in the brooder. Can I...
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    Pullets, when can they go out in winter?

    I would really like some advice I have 5 hens happily outside in a chicken coop. They have a heating lamp because some of them still have some rubbed raw spots from overmating before I sold off my rooster. I have 5 pullets in the garage in a brooder. They are now almost 7 weeks old and to...
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