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I use the fine pine shavings from TSC..it works really well and I just pile mine up in the center of my run and let the girls do the rest. It gives them something to do and they seem to really enjoy scratching around in the middle of the pile.

The hens are just starting to lay. We got our first 2 eggs this past week.

UPDATE!!! Turns out that I have 2 Jersey Giant roosters..The bottoms of their feet is yellow instead of white. 15 weeks old in this pic.

These birds use rough branches or even rocks and swipe their beaks across them as a person might use a stone to sharpen a knife or other blade. This action keeps the beak “honed” for use and helps prevent overgrowth.

Mine scuffle and act “bad” with each other but I can tell that the older they get, the less often they do this. Mine only free range in the afternoon while I’m home because of “ neighborhood dogs” that's owners don’t care if they come or go.. but that’s a different story..☺️

Guess we’ll just have to wait and see how things go! I have another coop that I can use if needed just really hated to separate them unless absolutely necessary. Thanks for your response.

We have a smaller coop in case that happens! Fingers crossed that thing go smoothly..

Thank you for the information!

Not yet! They are only 15 weeks but the problem I’ve got,I ended up with 2 hens and 2 roo’s.. Both Australorps are roo’s.

Yes I’m sure that we’ll be increasing our flock but it makes me feel better knowing we can keep all of them together.

We have 2 Buff Orpington’s and 2 Black Australorps right now. We’re new to raising chicken but it’s addicting already..lol

Thank you! We were afraid that we were going to need to separate at least.

I’m new to raising chickens! We bought 4 baby chicks at TSC that we’re suppose to be pullets. They are now 15 weeks and appears that we ended up with 2 hens and 2 roo’s. My question is this, is it necessary to separate the roo’s?..we are very attached already and don’t want to get rid of one of...

Rainsville Al here!

Thank you!..That’s what we were afraid of.