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    My rooster seems to be really aggressive towards my family

    Do you think that mine may calm down at a year old?
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    My rooster seems to be really aggressive towards my family

    Do you know if the black Australorp or the Dominique is a good laying breed that is docile?
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    My rooster seems to be really aggressive towards my family

    In the event I am unable to tame him and have to make chicken soup do you know other breeds that are good layers yet are better with people?
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    My rooster seems to be really aggressive towards my family

    I've been having an issue with a heritage breed Rhode Island red rooster which seems to be getting more aggressive towards people including me which he didn't used to be aggressive towards. Does anyone know any methods to communicate to the rooster to leave my family alone or should I just find...
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    broody hen had rotten eggs

    These eggs that were in the nesting box were found to be rotten They were about 14 days in I candled the two that I could see that remained of the 8 and there was some indication of darkness. I did remove the egg shells that I saw. My hen tonight had gotten into another nesting box and had 3...
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    broody hen had rotten eggs

    is it possible for a hen to remain broody long enough to hatch chicks when I've had a hen try to hatch some eggs and two weeks into laying on them she's crushed most of them and some have rotted? Or should I just give up and move on?
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    Chick having a hard time holding up it's head

    I've never used medicated feed and I haven't had issues in the past. I just have the brooder with shavings and a gravity based waterer and a feeder. I use feed from a man in town that gets non-GMO feed. I purchased the chicks from Mount healthy hatchery.
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    Chick having a hard time holding up it's head

    A few days ago I switched my 6 week old chicks back from using aspen shavings to using pine shavings after I lost 2 chicks and now I've lost 2 more and now I've had to isolate a chick from the others. This chick doesn't seem to be getting better. I've observed her this morning and she seems to...
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    Broody Hen problem

    Do you think a dog kennel would be sufficient to break my hen of being broody within 48 hours or would it take longer?
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    repair chicken coop door

    Thanks that's a good question. This coop doesn't technically have a run. I'm not sure what you would call this design. The coop where the chickens nest and roost is above and the bottom portion is where their food and water is stored. they can also more freely poop down there and the doors are...
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    repair chicken coop door

    I have a chicken coop that my wife built herself and I think that somethings could be improved. I would like some ideas. I have some experience building this now but I could use much more. Here is a video that shows the chicken coop door. https://photos.app.goo.gl/9tXVYiBYK4rFAKKa9
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    Hi my name is Matthew

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We got our first chickens on June 12 of this year (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 15 hens (3) What breeds do you have? Rhode Island Reds (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? The...
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