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Mrs. K replied to the thread To Rehome or not? Help please!.And really with peace in the flock, don't you enjoy them more. People struggle with subtracting birds. But really keeping birds in... -
Mrs. K replied to the thread Small flock with one rooster.These are the red flags for me: He readily comes toward me with confidence. He should just move away from me, giving me a circle of...
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Integration Roadblock and Questions.Chickens hate change, but they do get over it. Do know that nothing is meaner than something scarred.
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Real world experiences with rooster to hen ratios 18 to 2?.THIS ^^^^^ One can cheat in the summer - the days are long, the chicks are little, but come the fall, one needs to subtract from the...
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Hens attack rooster.Can you post pictures of your set up? Clutter can really help, but along with the age difference in the birds, the amount of space and...
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Loss of flock leader hen.Usually within a week. However, if they were not pets before, I don't think they will be now.
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Which one?.And it is not like later on you find out you picked the wrong one. My question is - what is your space in the coop and the run? And the...
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Small flock with one rooster.Those are good signs, but not guarantees. However, if he remains like that for the next 3 months - well that is a good sign. Be very...
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Integration Roadblock and Questions.After you have added the clutter, and the run looks different. Put the older birds in the brooder coup and the chicks in the run and big...
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Small flock with one rooster.Roosters are a crap shoot, and many a darling boy has turned into a nightmare...however, not all of them. No one can predict which way...
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Rooster tried to kill other rooster.All things being equal, I would keep the younger bird. Roosters are a crapshoot, they work until they don’t.
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Mrs. K replied to the thread How long does a cracked pullet egg last?.Well I would not eat it raw, or use it in homemade mayo, but we eat them here after cooking.
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Weird sleeping behaviour.Coop size? Molting birds do like more space. You could use a piece of cardboard and some duct tape to make a mini wall and section off...
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Mrs. K replied to the thread Concern about overly anxious hen.Really, people stress about molt considerably more than chickens. It just seems so wrong to loose those feathers in the cold. However...