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    How do I teach my chickens to refill watering cups on their own?

    I have 6 chickens ranging in age from 5 weeks to 9 weeks. They seem to be doing well. When I moved them outside I kept their other watering containers in the run for a week or so until they started drinking out of the automatic chicken watering cups. This is the only water source they have had...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Ok Great thank you. I hope we only have one rooster because I was planning on just keeping one as long as he's not too mean and loud. Lucky is also the nicest of the 3 so I was really hoping h/she was a hen. Now I just need to try and convince my kids to change some of the names of the chickens...
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    Shipped eggs,

    I ordered 1 dozen eggs. One was cracked when I received it and after 21 days, 2 hatched on their own, 1 I helped hatch and they are all great. 1 had internally pipped but was dead and the other had dies early on. So out of 11 eggs incubated I got 3 chicks that are now 5 weeks. I've heard the...
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    I have read a lot of this thread and I am having a hard time determining if 2 of my 3 Easter Egger chickens are Roo's or Hens. This is my first time having chickens and I hatched them out of eggs that I had ordered from ebay. Can you guys please help? Here are some pictures. I tried to get as...
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