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    New chick introduction to flock question

    Thank you both for the replies! I was afraid the older girls might get over the 4", so I will probably put 2 rows of wire to go all the way up. Aart- I do get what you're saying and that sounds really cool. I have limited carpentry skills, though I do think I can incorporate some of what you...
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    New chick introduction to flock question

    H All, I am getting ready to put my 6 week old chicks in the coop as I don't have a separate pen for them and they are getting too stinky and messy for the brooder. My question is ...... I plan to partition off part of the coop with chicken wire for them, and let them hang out there for a few...
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    Lockdown tonight! I can't take the pressure! :)

    Thank you! Love these little buggers :D
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    Lockdown tonight! I can't take the pressure! :)

    Well the hatch is over. Started with 12 eggs, nine made it to lockdown. Seven hatched but one didnt make it :( but they rest are doing awesome!!
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    Lockdown tonight! I can't take the pressure! :)

    holy cow, I am beside myself. So far 6 have hatched and doing well :) I have 1 in the bator that pipped at the wrong end but has a good sized whole, so I am going to let it be for awhile and just keep an eye on it. Two more eggs are just sitting there doing nothing. I'll get some pix later...
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    Lockdown tonight! I can't take the pressure! :)

    So nice to hear good stories about shipped eggs! Well I had one hatch at 20 1/2 days, that little bugger took about 18 minutes from pip to zip to hatch! I have one that just hatched minutes ago and I think 4-5 more with pips. I cant tell anymore since Zippy (the one that hatched so quickly)...
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    coop height?

    I agree with what the other posters have said. I had a 4x4 coop the first time for just a few hens, and it served it's purpose, but boy was it PITA to clean! My current coop and run are walk-in ( I also have a lot more chicks now) and it really make life easier to clean or replenish food, water...
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    Lockdown tonight! I can't take the pressure! :)

    Good to hear that success rate! A friend of mine had only 2 hatch out of 12 from shipped eggs and I have been worrying the whole time, I'm still worried something may go wrong in these last few day.
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    Lockdown tonight! I can't take the pressure! :)

    I'm so excited my stomach is in knots, ack! I had 12 shipped Barnevelder eggs, 1 was a yolker and 2 had blood rings that I removed at day 14. The nine left all look good, I can see movement in all and the air cells are looking pretty close to where they should be. Considering what I have...
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    The Barnevelder Thread

    Love these little ones . Have a batch in the incubator due in 19 days... I think I might be addicted to Barnies!!!!!
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    Buff Orpington pullet?

    Looking like Roos to me as well. Here is a pic of my 6 week BR ( not so sure my is really a BR) for comparison. Mine has no where near the comb your baby is sporting!
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    Giving me the stink eye- Roo in the making?

    I'll try to get a better pic today, it is a pea comb but I have one of the same breed with what looks like more of a rose comb, and that one has been slower to develop than the other. If the little stinkers will hold still I'll get a few more pic later today! Thanks all
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    Giving me the stink eye- Roo in the making?

    Thank you. She sure is a sassy little thing
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    Black Copper Maran sex?

    Lefty is looking like a Roo to me too
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    Giving me the stink eye- Roo in the making?

    This chick is my favorite of the batch. Very precocious, and nosey! Gets very perturbed whenever I change the water and pecks the heck outta me. Possibly a roo? I hope so, I know most folks don't want them but I would like one roo out of my group. About 5 weeks old
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