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    Any Ideas on introducing pullets to older ones?

    Dog carriers work too. You might have one already and you can usually find some cheap used. It's a trick I learned for raising meat birds. Keep a few dog carriers stacked and after a few nights being put in there they will continue to go in on their own. And for those of you that keep meat...
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    ⏰ How Much Time Do You Spend With Your Chickens Each Day?

    Too much time spent with chicken. My kids like to stop traffic walking the silkies.
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    New guy here. Need help on coop

    Just remember chickens are not that picky. They will be happy with almost anything. My first coop was a repurposed old play house from a swing set. And my new one working on uses an old Ikea twin bed frame with walls and a roof added. It's a Kura reversible bed. You can always fine things...
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    To use hardware cloth or to not to

    Predetor in my area are birds of prey, rats, racoons, and neighbors. Food and water are all outside the coop. Still working on the door for entrance
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    To use hardware cloth or to not to

    Building a new chicken coop for the babies and I have a two inch gap at the top for ventilation. Should I use hardware cloth to cover gap or do you think too small for predetor to squeeze in. Or do you believe I should be better safe than sorry.
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    Need help! Is this molting?

    Unless your chickens are in very tight quarters leaving nowhere to run when picked on it's probably not pecking as the pecking order is usually established by now. As for molting every chicken is different and will molt differently. Some only lose a few feathers and then some may be bald all...
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    Black and white spots on chicken comb

    Looks like someone is reestablish the pecking order. My BO were two weeks older then the Australorp and at the top for a while. They can get very aggressive with each other and usually result in bloody combs and missing feathers. After a week or two everything should be back to normal.
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    What does it physically feel like to cut a chickens head off?

    If you are really curious about how it is to cut a chickens neck you can always buy turkey necks and practice. That's the cheapest way to practice. Or you can buy whole chickens with head still attached at most Asian grocery store. To make the cutting easier you can also pluck some of the...
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    Fake eggs

    Most chickens don't think to much of golf balls. But my older BO would push out the fake eggs and golf balls out of the nest. So we ended up filling a real egg with sand and sealing it with hot glue gun. That one survived the nesting box until the kids dropped it. No big deal because the...
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    Silkie help

    Thanks for all your input. I was scratching my head on this girl.
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    Silkie help

    The silkie is about 20 weeks old. Does not crow or lay eggs yet. I have two other silkies one that crows and is twice the size of the others we are sure about him.
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