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    I feel like an idiot

    I dont live in a harsh climate, and my run is covered. So when it rains they are still able to run around.
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    I feel like an idiot

    I guess that's why I get confused. I built my own this past spring. I want to say it's 12sqft, just on the floor, but there is enough roosting space and I'm about to be down a rooster. So I will only have 7 pullets. I try to get them 2hrs of free range time in the backyard in the evening till we...
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    I feel like an idiot

    So I have coop, and a run the run is plenty big enough for my flock. 12x10' the coop I know isn't big enough and I am wanting to rebuild/ upgrade. Now question.. I haven't found a direct answer on this.. When I am researching coops it always pops up with the coop, and a run. Does the square...
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    When to start changing feed and do i need oyster shell?

    This is my first time owning chickens ever. I tried to search and I may not be wording it right. I have 2 RiRs, 1 BSL, 2 EEs, the 2 buff orpingtons I have aren't anywhere near laying yet. The bigger girls are about 18 weeks, and their faces are red. I am just not sure how red they need to be...
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    Rooster behavior

    Thank you for this. He's still young, so up until that day I hadn't really had a need to carry something with me. I didn't full throttle kick him, bc i never want to intentionally hurt an animal(I've sat and gotten snakes off glue traps). However, in that moment I didn't have anything to grab to...
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    Rooster behavior

    I wouldn't even say he's aggressive yet, as much as it is curious. When we had 2 roos, he was bottom of that pecking order. However, the one that got rehomed, was picking on certain hens and I wasn't having it. So he went to a huge farm that has space and time for that. I'm just a backyard flock...
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    Rooster behavior

    Well, update lol. The same day i posted this he decided to test his luck. I'm glad it was me, and not the kids. I got all the girls into the run for the evening, and he was last to go in. He decided to charge my feet. I was wearing sandals, and so i pushed him off once. He didn't take the hint...
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    Rooster behavior

    I assume I have enough pullets to my roo. I have 7 pullets, and 1 roo for my backyard flock. I've read many many threads on here, and I keep seeing where friendly roos will flip on their owners. I am still new to this. He is about 16 wks old, so still young. At what age will you see their true...
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    **Graphic image**WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA- What killed my runner duck overnight?

    Could something have gotten in before you closed up for the night? Were there any holes in the chicken wire? Are there any areas where there is more than a half inch gap where something could of been pulled back? From what I've read on predators, this looks like a raccoon(if I'm guessing). They...
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    Cant free range, i need ideas

    I may just build a grazing box. I have the stuff to do it. Just gotta make it happen.
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    Cant free range, i need ideas

    So, we have a lot of red tail hawks and I have already lost one chick to a hawk. My girls are about 8/9wks old now, out in a coop, and in a run. They've demolished their grass in the run, but im thinking of building something to move around the yard so they don't seem so bored with just the ones...
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    Americana/ameracuana/EE

    That's good to know. The others I have are RiR and BSL and they are the sweetest things. They like to be tucked in at night, and when they were smaller would scream for me to hold them. Those are 100% pullets. Definitely mommas girls, however I can't get the 2 pullet EE to be social like them...
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    Americana/ameracuana/EE

    They were sold as americanas I believe. From what I understood were essentially EE, and that those are a mix themselves lol. I'm very new to the chicken world but I am loving it so far(aside from hawks flying over and stealing one of my girls). Since the hawk incident I have since put them all...
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    Americana/ameracuana/EE

    Their build is just so different from the other 2 I got in their group. They have thick legs, big honky feet. I've seen my pullets spar but not like these 2 and since I brought them home these 2 just go at it all day on and odd. The pullets when they have scuffles are quick, they jump on each...
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    Americana/ameracuana/EE

    Sorry the last Pic isn't the greatest but shows the neck feathers well of the 2 in question lol. I'm pretty sure both are roos. I have a home lined up for them, but I'd rather rehome soon vs later. They are going to be pets one a large farm to help protect a flock. Every video of hens that I...
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