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    We adopted 3 baby silkies!! Finally!!

    Yes. We actually had their food split up. But now we had to move Norman, our 1 1/2 year old Cornish roo, out of the run and into the fenced backyard. He was starting to chase our silkie roo around and attacking his butt. He’s doing well now having free roam of the whole yard. We initially...
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    Rooster lost his hen! How to help him

    Norm and the chicks. I didn’t even think of him herding them. That makes sense. They haven’t gone all the way into the coop yet but they’ve gone part of the way up the ramp. Our 11 year old iggy, Gavin in his pj’s. Lack of hair makes him chilly. 😝
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    Rooster lost his hen! How to help him

    Update: Norman’s found his mojo! We were continuing the slow introduction between the silkies and Norman, our roo. Because Norman has been so good with them while free ranging in the yard, we put them all together in the big run. Things went swimmingly. Norman isn’t running after us for...
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    Rooster lost his hen! How to help him

    She most likely did. Poor girl. I will just vacuum and clean it out thoroughly without water then. Thank you!
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    Rooster lost his hen! How to help him

    When we went out to get them up for the day our hen was dead. She was 11 months old. She had flies all around her butt for the past 3 days. We bathed her all 3 of those days but it seemed to do nothing. She had previously been scratched by our rooster on the back which then left a bald patch...
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    Rooster lost his hen! How to help him

    2 days ago we lost our fifth of 6 Cornish cross chickens. We woke up to her gone when we went in to let them out for the day. She was our last hen, and now we only have her bestie, a roo, left. Since she passed he has been running around the run and yard looking for her and calling to her. It’s...
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    We adopted 3 baby silkies!! Finally!!

    So, we adopted 3 silkie chicks on May 13th. (The day we brought them home We have 2 of our Cornish cross left from the 6 we started with. One male and one female who hang out together following each other around. They are both doing pretty well, active and foraging. We introduced the chicks to...
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    Cornish Cross Update

    Hello Everyone, I was planning on updating weekly on how our Cornish cross chickens were doing, but... I got caught up with my classes (I went back to college taking classes online) and family stuff and before I knew it months had passed. So for those that don’t remember we got 6 Cornish cross...
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    Best start to 2021!! Cornish layers?! 🤔

    I don’t plan on breeding them. They eat twice a day, 1 scoop using a dog food scooper, in the am, and less than that in pm. We switched their food and restricted more, and we’re starting to see the results from that now. Those pictures above were from Halloween, my babies eating one of our jack...
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    Best start to 2021!! Cornish layers?! 🤔

    What breed is the second chicken? Are the neck bald on all or were her feathers plucked?
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    Best start to 2021!! Cornish layers?! 🤔

    My girls laid an egg yesterday and two today. It seems like a lot, but then again I’m coming from not expecting any eggs. I’ve noticed three of the hens comb and wattles have been getting a brighter red and a little bigger. They were small and paler than the others. Is that typical? I’m unsure...
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    Best start to 2021!! Cornish layers?! 🤔

    Wow! That’s a lot of eggs. To me it’s a lot anyway. Lol. Do they lay every day then? Is there ever a day they don’t lay anything?
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    Best start to 2021!! Cornish layers?! 🤔

    They are quite active already but we make sure they wander around their whole run or yard everyday. I scatter their food in different places so they explore and get exercise. I figured our girls eggs would be big too, very surprised they were smaller eggs.
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    Best start to 2021!! Cornish layers?! 🤔

    Our eggs were brown. What color did you girl lay?
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    Best start to 2021!! Cornish layers?! 🤔

    We have 2 roosters and 4 hens. The two roosters are now in half of the coop while the girls are in the other half, with a wall between them. The roosters were bullying.
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