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    Fowl Pox or something more sinister

    Thanks, eggcessive! She has no other symptoms except the growth but I can only catch up with her at night when she roosts so I'll check her mouth tonight. After what I have read. I hope its fowl pox
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    Fowl Pox or something more sinister

    2 or 3 of my 7 mo Buff hens have this on the beaks...this being the worst one. My oldest at year or so has the black spots on her comb but not the growth on her beak.
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    My girls

    Pics of my Black Orp Horatio with his newly adopted Americaunas and my Blue Orp norbertbwith his Buff Orp harem.
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    Transporting chickens

    The max I have been comfortable transporting together is 8. I would bring the extra crate just in case
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    What are your rooster's names?

    Horatrio is a Black Orp and Norbert is a Blue Orp
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    Texas

    I have been saving grease from browning GB so I can...but like you said, many recipes online. What did you use?
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    Texas

    Hi all! I'm new to keeping chickens as well, just moved to Longview from Northern, CO. Couldn't have chickens or a garden and now I have both....lovin it. I have 7 Americauna hens (these were my trial run) and I just added 11 Buff Orps and a Blue and a Black Roo. Everyone lives in an 8x10 shed...
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    Want to add a rooster to my flock - need some advice

    Update - Herbert the Americauna got beat up pretty well by the Black Orp...once he played "dead" I scooped him up and we put him and a couple of his hens in a separate pen. My chickens don't like cabbage,either. He took him about 30 min to start crowing again and now they peck at the fence. The...
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    Want to add a rooster to my flock - need some advice

    Thanks! I don't anticipate an issue but have a cabbage ready to be hung in case they need a distraction....I could send the dogs out to babysit as well. I bought the extra roo since it's hard to get them out here( most folks want hens) and I will be increasing the flock again in the spring.
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    Want to add a rooster to my flock - need some advice

    Thanks Mrs. K! Their run is 64x32 and they free range outside the run so space isn't an issue. The buff hens have taken to hanging out around the cages they are in while the EE's are ignoring them and hanging with Herbert. Herbert hasn't been paying any attention to the buffs since we got them a...
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    Want to add a rooster to my flock - need some advice

    I bought 7 EE hens and a roo all 9 months old in August..everyone gets along great. Herbert is a gentleman and very protective of his girls with no aggression towards me or the dogs and cat. Last week I bought 11 Buff Orp hens that are 5.5 months old but the folks didn't have a roo for them so...
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    Moving a coop

    We need to relocate our coop closer to the house (about 1/4 mile of gravel road). Should the chicken go for the ride as well or should we take them out and cage them for transport? Thanks
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