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    Adding 2 cockerels, thoughts?

    Thank you for the information, it was a great read. The coop I have them in is about 90 square feet and the run is around 5500 square feet so they have plenty of room. In the coop there is a 35 gallon waterer and 2 five gallon feeders. There are 5 roosting bars that are all at different...
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    Adding 2 cockerels, thoughts?

    I probably should have added that the girls are just over a year old and the two cockerels I am adding are both 9 weeks old.
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    Adding 2 cockerels, thoughts?

    Hey everyone. So I am adding 2 cockerels to my flock of 14 hens. I have read the ratio should be anywhere from 5 to 10 hens per rooster. So hopefully 7 each will be about right. I hand raised my hens a little over a year ago. After some consideration I decided to add my cockerels. They were...
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    Two broody hens in one box

    Fantastic article. Thank you very much. I will have to go to town in a day or two so I will pick up a couple of crates.
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    Two broody hens in one box

    This was some fantastic information, thank you very much for the time it took to write such a response. After lots of thought I have decided to remove all of the eggs and try to break the broodiness in both of them. Now I just need to do some research on how to stop the broodiness. I have...
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    Two broody hens in one box

    So I have 14 hens of various breeds. Two of my hens have gone broody. I wasn’t going to raise any chicks this year but a neighbor’s rooster got into my coop for about a week so I figured I would give hatching a few eggs a try. I have 5 nesting boxes but two of the girls have decided to use the...
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    Waterers and what works best in the winter

    So I just saw this post and thought I would add my 2 cents worth. I have 2 coops that I built in large shed. One coop is about 30 square feet and has 5 RIR hens. The larger coop is almost 70 square feet and it houses 14 hens of various breeds. In the smaller coop I have a 5 gallon bucket with...
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    Hens laying on ground and not in nesting boxes

    I do have 3 fake eggs in each nesting box. Unfortunately where they have chosen to lay is not someplace I can easily see. So the short answer is no I don’t know which ones are laying outside the coop. I have also considered just not letting them out of the coop for a few days and see if that...
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    Hens laying on ground and not in nesting boxes

    I have 14 girls that are 30 weeks old today. I consistently get about 6 eggs a day which considering their age and time of year is not a problem for me. A few of the girls are using the nesting boxes but several of them are laying eggs in the run. Is there a way to teach them to use the boxes...
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    Golden Polish rooster or hen?

    That’s what I was thinking but I’m fairly new to chickens. And yes he is very pretty but I am not sure if I will keep him. He is so flighty and afraid of everything that he is impossible to handle. Anyway, thanks for confirming for me. Have a great day.
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    Golden Polish rooster or hen?

    Oh and it is actually now 14 weeks old.
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    Golden Polish rooster or hen?

    These are the best I could do. Out of all my birds this one is the least friendly and tries to hide from everything.
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    Golden Polish rooster or hen?

    I will get out there in a little while and see if I can get some better pictures.
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    Golden Polish rooster or hen?

    I ordered a new flock of chicks from an online hatchery. My order was large enough (16 hens in pairs of 2), that I received a free chick in my order. Great for me except they don’t tell you what it is and they don’t keep a record of what they include. It is just whatever they have extra for that...
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    How do I get new chickens to come out of the coop?

    Thanks to everyone who responded so quickly. This really is a great group of people. The door is open and they will either eventually come out or they won’t. But they are all healthy and have everything they need. Now I will just wait. Again, thanks to everyone.
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