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    Injured Leg or Something Else?

    I had (what I think) is a really good idea! My nesting boxes are huge. I wired over the entrance inside the coop, and put Samson in there to keep him isolated. I can open from the outside to give him good & water, he can see his ladies and won't be lonely, and he won't be crowing and smelling up...
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    Injured Leg or Something Else?

    My Favorelles Rooster, Samson, is around 9 months old. Last night, my husband commented that he noticed that he was acting funny. Kind of staggering all over the place, could mate with a hen, shaking his head, and didn't go up to roost. When I expressed alarm, he added that he hadn't roosted the...
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    1st egg or 1st after molt?

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    1st egg or 1st after molt?

    When a hen resumes laying after a molt do the eggs start out smaller? Today there was a very small egg when I went out to collect. The older gals in the flock went through their first molt this fall and a few haven't resumed laying. I have two EE pullets that I expected to start laying months...
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    My rooster has frostbite

    A better shot of his comb.
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    My rooster has frostbite

    Thank you! I will move the water out tomorrow! For tonight he is hunkered down in the basement. I applied some coconut oil mixed with essential oils, based on a website I found that talked about frostbite treatment. I hope to get him back with his ladies ASAP, hopefully we get some warmer...
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    My rooster has frostbite

    Thanks. The water is in the coop. I didn't think it would add a noticeable amount of moisture to their environment. I plan to move it to the run tomorrow. The coop is 4x8 and there is ventilation around the entire top of the coop, plus in the eaves. My husband installed soffett(?) like on our...
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    My rooster has frostbite

    This picture was taken a few months ago and he has definitely grown since then. His comb is much bigger!
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    My rooster has frostbite

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    My rooster has frostbite

    Background: This is my first year raising chickens. I live in Central Maine and the temps have been frigid lately, -20 some nights. I have 9 hens and a Blue Salmon Favorelles Roo named Samson. My coop is dry, no drafts blowing directly on the birds. I changed out the bedding before the cold...
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    Molt cleanup with deep litter?

    I've read somewhere that stray feathers should be removed from the coop as they can harbor pests. This is my first year with chickens and I'm doing the DLM. At this point, if I attempted to leave the shavings and remove the feathers it would take forever. I'm interested to here what other DLM...
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    Will these pullets ever figure it out?

    I have two black giant pullets that should have started laying in September, so I'm hoping for eggs any day. My older gals are molting and I'm getting zero eggs I currently have three coops going (started in May and got bit by the chicken bug!) so these BG pullets are in with a young Roo, a...
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    Show off your chicken names!!!

    Here are my chicken names: Lucy - Silver Wyndotte Rosemary- Black Australorp Cocoa- Barred Rock Alice Blue - Easter Egger Shiloh & Marleigh - extremely shy Black Giants Mr. Big, Sage & Hazel - Ameracauna Roo & 2 pullets Sammy & Sugar - Salmon Favorelles Roo & pullet
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    Rooster question- is 2 a crowd?

    Update: I have yet to combine my flocks, since hubby and I need to combine and expand the run on my main coop. The EE Roo, who I've named Mr. Big, is pretty cocky and picks on my smaller Favorelles Roo. I'm under the impression that he's threatened by my toddler. He's crowed a few times when...
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    Rooster question- is 2 a crowd?

    Well, I picked the trio up on Wednesday. The Ameracauna Roo is so much bigger than the Favorelles Roo and he's supposedly only 3 weeks older. So far he is not being nice to the little Roo but I guess that's to be expected. He hasn't hurt him, just chases him away every time he comes close. I'm...
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