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    Staying out late?

    I agree with everyone here, I had to put ours to bed for about a week until they figured it out. My Husband and I were out last night and our daughters let our 3 month olds out to free range after 7pm to show Grandma and Grandpa, which made me a bit afraid when I found this out at 9:30pm and it...
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    Roo Acting Lethargic, Can't Find Crop To Check

    Thanks everyone for your replies. It's been a busy few days here, we moved the coop to it's permanent location today! The Roo seems back to himself. Was out free ranging with the ladies all day today. Sometimes got a bit quiet and hung back at the coop by himself, but otherwise was eating and...
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    Roo Acting Lethargic, Can't Find Crop To Check

    Hi All! We are newbies to the chicken world and our 3 month old Barred Rock Roo is acting different today, not out free-ranging with his girls, just sitting around. He is making noises at me, but also not putting up too much of a fight (still running away, but I can always catch him) to pick...
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    What type of chick is this and what is happening on its neck?

    Hi! This is our first time having chicks, so I am no where near an expert, but at about 4 weeks one of our ISA Reds looked the same, except I thought one of the other girls had pooped on her. Turns out, when I looked closer, it was her big feathers coming in. They start to push the down out and...
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    First Timer Here, Do I Put My Chicks "To Bed" At Night?

    Happy to hear, Bluegrass!!! I put mine to bed last night and just opened the coop this morning to find them all peeping away! I hung some Christmas lights near a window of the coop yesterday to give them a nightlight, but they all huddled near the window instead of roosting. I guess at almost 8...
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    First Timer Here, Do I Put My Chicks "To Bed" At Night?

    Thank you all so much! As it is nearly midnight and I do not have any sort of light in the coop, I'm going to leave them be for now. Tomorrow I will start being a better mother hen! I'm hoping it will be warm and dry enough tomorrow again to take them out on a field trip to our garden as well...
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    First Timer Here, Do I Put My Chicks "To Bed" At Night?

    Hi Everyone! We have 3 ISA Reds and 3 Barred Rock 7 week old chicks who have now been upgraded to their permanent coop that is set up temporarily in our garage. They have the entire annex to run around in and we keep the upper room where they will eventually roost open all the time, but they...
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    New To Backyard Chickens

    Hi! I'm new to this experience as well. We don't have our chicks yet but we bought our brooder today. I am very excited and can't wait to get started! But a good friend of mine who has had chicken for awhile is starting to get me nervous as she is telling me all about the predation in our area...
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    Hello From Western New York

    Hi Everyone! My family wants to expand our house into a homestead by adding some chickens! We have 1.96 acres, a beautiful vegetable garden and room for the birds to roam. We have lots of trees to give shade and leaves to root through, but also a good amount of open space for the girls to walk...
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