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    Speckled Sussex

    We have one in a flock of now 50 chickens, of which she is the smallest. She is definitely one of our favourite chickens. Very people friendly, she is always the first to try out the new water in every waterer as I'm refilling it. She's chatty. She's very resourceful and able to evade tough...
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    2 year old hen never molted, lays soft shells

    Well, our situation got a little more complicated as we noticed that there was another hen laying soft eggs. The other hen had been through tough times and a very hard molt in the winter that caused her to lose hydration and bleed until we brought her inside to recover for a few days. We...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    The merging went well, and tonight they even went into the small coop with the others on their own. They might have yesterday too, but we were in a hurry. A good picture of Adonis with one of his Buff tail feathers showing. He also seems to have more of a wide build like Ares.
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    I was able to pick up four 8-week old BR pullets today. They spent the day with the Brahma, and are now cuddling the 14 mediumlets in the small coop. She taught them how to drink and some other things already. They must have been raised inside by how they were acting. We'll see how they...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    We united the entire flock today, which went very well. All of the roosters were considerate of the mediumlets. Goldie allowed only Ares, but later also Aristotle near the smallets. Aristotle actually exhibited some very good traits to the point where he was actually dust/ sun bathing between...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    Everything is going well. Goldie has been putting in requests for more space, we might try to oblige and unite all birds this weekend.
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    We placed Goldie and her chicks in with the 14 medium chicks, and our Dark Brahma ("the Turkey") who needed a break from the roosters. She lunged at the medium ones a few times just to get the point across, but overall it seemed to all work out. Ares was very interested in the small ones...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    Some outside time today. We also had our Dark Brahma and a BR adjacent to Goldie's outdoor setup, and she seemed actually glad to see them, especially the Brahma. None of this is pictured. To be a ball of fluff that lives in a giant warm ball of fluff...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    It's basically perfection. We plan to get them set up safely outside this weekend. But Jessica isn't being broody for now.
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    It was thanks to this that Goldie is now happy and not going through a horrible breaking period. "Enabler" is right!
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    A sheltered place for the night once we put them outside, the current container is inside the basement. I was thinking something like 40-gallon storage containers with wheels, with cardboard and lots of straw bedding inside. We're probably going to let her deal with these 4 without trying to...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    The morning went really well. After turning the light on, she looked around for a couple minutes and got up to drink, then began clucking and tending to the chicklets, encouraging them to go under her. I watched for a while and she just seems happy, no issues with any of them. It took her...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    The 8 week pullets were sold out all in one day before we could get any, but we might get another chance on that in 2 and 4 weeks. Meanwhile, we just placed four JGs under Goldie, they all got quiet under her, and she kept sitting there and covering them with her wing. We did this in the dark...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    Well, one other breed they will be getting with the JGs is Buff Orpingtons, maybe we'll try to mix them up a little. Overall, adding more hens is definitely beneficial with our number of roosters. Speaking of more hens - the store also periodically gets 8 week old pullets. Our youngest batch...
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    Progeny from heroic rooster

    That sounds like it should still be plausible. Maybe we'll try it this way: Tonight she goes into the basement where it'll be cooler than outside. We'll allow her a nesting box and see if she uses it for the night. If so, we'll try introducing the chicks tomorrow night, with the added...
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