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    Bay Area California: Looking to re-home solo laying Australorp (4.5 yr old)

    UPDATE: She has been successfully re-homed!
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    Looking for coops!!

    What location or geography? I'm selling mine. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/for-sale-chicken-coop-well-built-and-solid-500-original-cost-1800-palo-alto-ca.1671717/
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    For sale Chicken Coop, well built and solid. $500 (original cost $1800) - (Palo Alto, CA)

    After a decade+ of chicken keeping, I'm selling my beautiful, custom made coop and all the run material for less than 1/3rd the original cost. It is HEAVY, needs a few folk and a way to transport. (small pickup truck). Described HERE The coop is constructed by Happy Coops in the Bay Area, and...
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    DO NOT BUY FROM DARE2DREAM FARMS!!!

    I hate to say this but defn agree about Dare2Dream, 2 of my four from D2D died randomly within the first year or two. Lost another one this year and am now left with one. My previous batch from HalfMoonBay Feed and Fuel and my friends from same place lived a long time.
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    Bay Area California: Looking to re-home solo laying Australorp (4.5 yr old)

    Hello friends I have one left of four hens bought as chicks in 2021. "Io", named after Jupiter's moon is laying an egg a day consistently for all these years but I cannot keep a lone chicken. I mean I will if I cannot find her a home. I've had hens for quite some time, this is the last of my...
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    New chick mama

    Yaaay First time Mama! Welcome. This is THE go-to forum for all kinds of things, BTW I too have 4 Australorps, raised from brooder to coop and are now 11 weeks old!
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    Integration: the struggle is real!

    Thanks for the post. I'm now beginning the stage to get them into the coop by attracting them there when the old hen is locked out and free-ranging. I've taken out the run-separater and theres enough space that they scurry away when the old hen comes along.
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    Integration: the struggle is real!

    Hello! I did read your post, every word because Im in a somewhat similar situation, except I have one old hen and 4 10 week pullets separated by a temporary partial pop-open barrier. The barrier separates the run into two portions. After 7 days of partial supervised visits, the chickens and the...
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    Complicated two way introduction - 8 week

    Okay so they got on JUST FINE with the new chick. Looks like taking out the cockerel and replacing with the new pullet that same day, within hours helped. I also threw them a snack to keep busy after I put in the new peep in the cat panel! Tomorrow they will move to the new extension with a...
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    Complicated two way introduction - 8 week

    omg this was easier than I thought! They assimilated right away without any issues. I think removing the cockerel and replacing with the new one on the same day might have worked.
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    7 week Australorp - pullet or cockerel?

    Okay so Eric is being exchanged today. Instead of complicating this thread, I've posed another question here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/complicated-two-way-introduction-8-week.1448659/ Feel free to weigh in!!
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    Complicated two way introduction - 8 week

    Hello, I have a complicated situation. - One old Aracauna, about 8 years old in the main coop. - 4 Australorp chicks inside the house in a brooder now spending daily time in a closed cat panel structure in full visibility of the old hen. - Old hen occasionally free ranged and around the cat...
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    7 week Australorp - pullet or cockerel?

    thank you all! yeap, ill call D2D Monday and take him back. Do you think a new pullet now would assimilate or I should just leave it at 3 and be done ..
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    7 week Australorp - pullet or cockerel?

    Hello! Im a second time chicken momma and convinced that one of the the Australorps is a cockerel! Can some of you experts confirm? The chicks are about 7 weeks old and Dare2Dream will take him back if a roo, but should I get an exchange? Will a new 7-8 week pullet be accepted by the other...
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    In which there was an egg hunt !

    What happens when you forget to open up the pop door after a cleaning! Nature is resourceful. Read here. https://paloaltochickens.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/in-which-there-was-an-egg-hunt/
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