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    Borrowing a Rooster

    I am a novice urban backyard chicken keeper looking to expand my flock. Assuming we can figure out the quarantine thing, a friend has offered to share her rooster with my girls to fertilize some eggs but I have more questions that we can answer so far. 1. How long would the rooster need to be...
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    Long Term Travel

    We re considering spending the 6-12 weeks in another state this year. I would prefer to take our 6 chickens with us but not sure it's realistic. Has anyone travelled with their chickens for an extended time? Any tips to making it work?
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    Opening up the Nesting Box & Separating the Flock

    Thank you! 1 - the roosts are a few inches higher than the nesting box, but not by much. Per your comment, I opened up the nesting boxes today. When I went to shut their door tonight, Rocket Ship (my 3.5 yr old named our hens) was sleeping in the nesting box. Randomly, one of the hens was...
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    Opening up the Nesting Box & Separating the Flock

    My chicks are about 13 weeks old. To date, I have blocked the nesting box off to prevent them from getting used to sleeping in them. (I have two of the backyard pre-fab coops for my 6 pullets). I have 2 questions: 1 - When do I open the nesting boxes? I have 2 spangled hamburgs which supposedly...
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    Bump under the vent

    Thank you! I think you are right based on google pictures.
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    Bump under the vent

    One of my chicks has had very minor pasty butt. When I cleaned off the vent today, I noticed that there is a hard bump about a centimeter down from the vent. Is this normal? The other chicks don’t seem to have it, though it’s hard to tell because I have only soaked the one chick’s rear. She also...
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