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    How to Reintroduce an injured 12wk to flock?????

    Sorry for taking so long getting back to you I am still recovering from being in the hospital. What I ended up doing was bring her in the house for a couple of days to give her some rest and monitor her picked on areas and then I sprayed Blue Kote on her and did a night introduction thankfully...
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    Swollen foot on Rooster

    Looks like he might have bumblefoot. I know that you can search this site or the net to learn how to treat it at home or you can have your vet take a look at it. Either way definately needs to be treated. Hope this helps!
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    Suggestions for a muddy backyard chicken run.

    Well I'm not an expert but we had to put in a floor for part of the covered run and placed hay on top of the boards for easy clean up. This way the girls could have some dry area when it is the rainy season and when things dry out they can still utilize the full run. Malynda
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    How to Reintroduce an injured 12wk to flock?????

    Hi all! Ive combed over the threads trying to find the best way to reintroduce my 12wk old to my flock. Background info...I have an established small flock of 5 RIR's and back in the end of February I got 6 more chicks (2 barred rocks, 2 sapphire gems & 2 buff orphingtons). The coop is a...
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    Intergrating new chicks with RIR...

    Hi All! I have a question on combining my 11 wk old chicks (2 sapphire gems, 2 buffs, 2 barred rocks) to my (5) 1 yr old RIR's. They were raised in an 'in coop' brooder and are doing well. To start the intergration we put in 'windows' so each could see each other but not touch. After a...
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    5 chickens.....1 egg a day???

    Im with you
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    5 chickens.....1 egg a day???

    I was wondering about the all flock feed! Eventually I do want to make my own but Im still doing research on it and I want to add 5 more chickens next spring . I'll try splitting up into two feeder stations and see if that helps. Thanks!!
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    5 chickens.....1 egg a day???

    So I have the commercial feed ( I get layer crumble from my local feed store since its limited on whats near me) that I leave out all day for them so that way they all get a chance to eat since BabyMama has a tendancy to hog the feeding dish. Then at night I just bring them out a plate of...
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    5 chickens.....1 egg a day???

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    5 chickens.....1 egg a day???

    Hello! I have a question about my chickens and egg laying. I have 5 RIR's that are 21 wks old and only one is laying. About one egg every day and its a little on the small side but good form and good shell and even color. I determined that the one that's doing the laying is the dominate one...
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    6 1/2 week old chicks noisy at sun-down

    H! I have 10 wk Rhode Island Reds, 5 of them, and they are all noisy when the sun starts to go down and do the whole looking up thing until I bring them inside (we have to redo their outdoor coop). I still leave a night light on for them (just no heat lamp) since they will freak out if there...
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    Updated pics of 6 wk RIR...Pullets?

    Sorry to taken so long to reply back but life and work has been hectic lately! Yes, my girls are still looking like girls and have only just started getting redness in their comb are but it still is boney looking as you can see in the picture. Im still unsure of one of them due to the fact...
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    New Member

    HI!! welcome to BYC! Im still new here too but there is tons of information and lots of people to help with questions here! I know its helped me out with some of my questions!
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    Review by 'Malynda' in article 'Romadfoxs Chicken Coop'

    Beautiful coop and thank you for some ideas of using chicken wire on the inside. I live in Oregon and we have all kinds of predators like you do. Great Job and love the roo cave!!!
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    Updated pics of 6 wk RIR...Pullets?

    HA! I knew they were trying to train me! LOL My house temp runs right at about 70 degrees and they are doing a mixture of both roosting and piling...at night they roost and during the day they pile (my coworker says they are 'special')...They do sleep at night but do get up for the occasional...
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