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    HELP with ventilation please, frostbite on comb

    I add heat lamps and try using vasaline to help PREVENT getting frost bite put it on wattles , combs, and feet
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    Keeping hawks out

    Get a few black australorps; hawks think they are crows and will stay away.
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    How heavy is too heavy for a rooster to breed with a hen?

    We got most of the chickens from a local breeder, only 13 came from tractor supply. 5 of those being golden sexlinks, 2 leghorns, 2 Cornish cross, 2 americunas, 2 buff orphingtons. My son has 56 chickens total ranging in age from 1 year to 1 month old. The majority of those being those island...
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    How heavy is too heavy for a rooster to breed with a hen?

    He was an accidental purchase when my son wanted to get some more chickens and he and 1 pullett ended up mixed in with the other chicks. He purchased 5 golden sexlinks and 5 leghorns both straight runs. And he ended up with 3 leghorns and 2 Cornish cross( one too and one pullett). The problem...
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    How heavy is too heavy for a rooster to breed with a hen?

    Thank You So far none of the girls have acted weird about him mating with them, but with the weight difference we have worried.
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    How heavy is too heavy for a rooster to breed with a hen?

    Thank You Our big guy is a gentle rooster he doesn’t bully anyone , not even the month old chicks. He is just a sweetheart, but the hens’ safety is priority.
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    How heavy is too heavy for a rooster to breed with a hen?

    Thank You for the advice I’ve seen where some people get saddles do you think this might prevent the damage if we decided to try and leave him with the hens? I haven’t looked into them much and don’t even know what they cost, but figured it was worth asking.
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    How heavy is too heavy for a rooster to breed with a hen?

    Thank you all for all your reply’s I appreciate all the thoughts and information. It really gives me a lot to think about and discuss with my son. They are his chickens lol he is 8 years old so he is really worried about his chickens. He sells the eggs to the local feed store and our neighbors...
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    Is he too heavy to breed our hens?

    We have a 5 month old Cornish cross rooster and he is now trying to breed with our smaller breed hens. We are worried he will hurt our girls, so what would be the weight limit for a rooster to breed with Sexlinks, orphingtons, and Americunas? We bought him in a group of chicks from tractor...
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    How heavy is too heavy for a rooster to breed with a hen?

    We have a 5 month old Cornish cross, still happy healthy and moving, but he is now trying to breed our Rhode Island reds and golden sex links. We are worried about him hurting our girls Any advice would be appreciated. We just want to know what should be the weight limit on any rooster for our...
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    How many chickens.............

    We have over 21 laying hens and 18 pullets we are waiting to start laying. Our 7 year old son sells the eggs to our neighbors and the feed store. We still can’t get enough eggs to keep them all supplied. So if you have a regular demand for the eggs you may need more birds than you would think...
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    Anyone seen these laying problems?

    Our girls when they started laying did the same thing. It takes them many months after laying their first egg to get on a regular schedule. Just make sure they get enough calcium and they are getting enough to eat and plenty of water.
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    Egg box training for Ameraucanas

    I agree make sure they all have enough roost space and maybe try adding a few more nesting boxes.
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    sneaky chickens!

    All our chickens are free range, but all are trained to lay in the coop in nesting boxes. When we get new chickens we keep them in the coop for 24 hours before letting them out and we keep fake eggs and golf balls in the nesting boxes at all times. Sometimes snakes get in there and we want to...
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    How to tell how old a chicken is??

    The one in the cage looks identical to the 2nd picture except she has one eye that looks like a cat eye. She was only in there because she had hurt her foot, but has since gotten better and is back to 100% happy chicken
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