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    About roosters

    I feel so bad for the poor rooster. I keep him separate from the seven hens I have left. He's free range for part of the day and then they are free range. Never together. I stopped letting him run the group because; and maybe I am being paranoid, every time I have a rooster I lose hens...
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    One of my 6 chicks is chirping loudly and breathing heavy

    After reading all the stuff about the light the heat, I noticed the momma hen with three chicks in 8 degree weather. They would stay under momma in the nest. Then they come out for a while and eat, then back under. Kinda like humans, their have their own sense of hot and cold and how they...
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    One of my 6 chicks is chirping loudly and breathing heavy

    I don't what your set up is but... the last time I had chicks I had a large tub about 2/3rds the size of a horse troff. I put the heat light at the top on one end. Covered the majority but left about 20% on the opposite end. They would move back and forth from the warm to little cooler side...
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    To Free Range or Not

    Since I lost the two hen about two months ago, I guess you could say I went to war. A neighbor told me there were bobcats in the area. Another said foxes. I caught and released two raccoons to a wildlife refuge. I euthanized two Possums, one raccoon, and one snake. In the game camera I see...
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    To Free Range or Not

    I had an orpington, one of four hens that was brooding. With no rooster it was sad. I ended up getting chicks and she stopped. I got too many but that is a question for another day. They are cute and growing quickly. Soon I will have to decide to let these join the adult hens as free range...
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    ⠀ I cant get them to eat the layer formula

    Thank you for advice and support.
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    ⠀ this is new to me

    I haven't worked with such things before. I got an email, clicked on the link thinking I could maybe pick up something on what I could do to get my chickens to eat their layer pellets. I have been giving them oats and they liked that for a while. They still like wild bird feed. Bark butter...
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    ⠀ I cant get them to eat the layer formula

    About 2 months ago a neighbor left me with 7 free range chickens, 2 roosters and 5 hens. So much to learn. I had their existing hen house moved and added a covered pen for rainy days. What they like and will eat has been a problem day 1. Their previous owner did not say much other than they...
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    What to feed?

    Phase 2 of my life, I now have chickens given to me from a neighbor that was moving. I think I have 2 roosters and 5 hens. 2 ameraucana, 2 orphingtons, 2 australorp, still working on the last one. Previous owner said they did not like the pellets so I bought crumble. They really didn't seem...
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