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    My hen's a roo...I think

    I have 6 hens ( I thought when I bought them as day old chicks anyways)- 4 barred rocks, 1 RIR, and a light brahma-named Sunny. They are now 3 and half months old. It's been apparent from early on that Sunny was the "alpha hen" of the flock, and then 2 days ago, Sunny started crowing around 7:30...
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    Is there any logic to having two per breed minimum?

    Your post is interesting because out of our 6 chicks (4 BR, 1 Brahma and 1 RIR), the Brahama and the RIR always seems to cozy up together... we got them all at the same time. Out of the 4 BRs, they've gotten to the point where I couldnt' exactly tell them apart so I put some Crayola washable...
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    Different foods

    Ours will be 3 wks old this Saturday and we've been giving them yogurt and grapes chopped up. Watching them eat grapes and trying to keep it away from each other is better than any entertainment on TV. They're crazy for it-that and meal worms.
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Bradenton here~
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    Chicken Newbie!

    Hi All! I'm loving this forum! I've got 6 chicks- 4 Barred Rocks, 1 RIR and a Brahma in the house currently and am loving every minute of it!
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    Where do you keep your chicks?

    We're brand new to chickens and we started ours out in a average size cardboard box from the local feed store we got them in and then moved them to a large plastic storage tub type bins at about a week and a half. We've had a heat lamp clipped securely to a nearby piece of furniture making sure...
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