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    Introducing Gander to my flock

    Hi! my goose lost her mate this last summer... she is almost a year old... i found a gander that is the same age as her, im picking him up today. will they be inclined to fight? my goose is in with a flock of 8 hens and to roos... whats the best way to introduce him?
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    Respiratory disease?

    ok!! that would be exciting if thats all it is... yesterday i got the whole coop cleaned out, and let them back outside. i had them locked in the coop (its actually a very small two stall barn) for the last week or so due to the coyotes getting so many of them... maybe the fresh air and cleaned...
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    Respiratory disease?

    maybe i should also add that they are in no way lethargic or acting 'down'. they seem very happy this morning and maybe even a tad bit better!?
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    Respiratory disease?

    I'm having tough luck with my batch of 25 barred and columbian rock hens.. they just started to lay this last week... and yesterday morning i noticed a rattling sound comming from a couple of the roosters, by the evening the whole flock is rattling and sneezing while theyre roosting... and have...
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    There’s a Roo in the hen house!

    Too bad! He is beautiful!!
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    Rooster or Pullet?

    exactly how i feel... very mixed messages lol🤣
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    Rooster or Pullet?

    also if he is a rooster, he would be the 3rd barred rooster... i only ordered 2, which i know they can mess up sometimed haha
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    Rooster or Pullet?

    12 weeks... and yes they are Heritage Rocks... just interesting to me, since i ordered 2 barred and 2 columbian roosters, all the rest have large combs and are very roosterish and mature looking... he is the only one that cant seem to grow a comb or other rooster features.. He also does not have...
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    Rooster or Pullet?

    so he must be a very late bloomer? lol
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    Pink or Blue?

    My guess is 2&3 are hens!!
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    Rooster or Pullet?

    so a while back i posted a barred rock chick that i was confused about. Well, I am still confused. The chick was mostly voted to be a rooster, with the idea being to post once 'he' is a little older... He was voted rooster because of his male barring pattern. So i have him beside my rooster...
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    RIR for meat?

    Thankyou! I think that is precisely the answer im looking for! I always wondered if thats how they used to do it back in the day, we surely can do it that way now too! And i love using my slow cooker, so im thinking thats where the old hens will go🤪Thanks so much!
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    Introducing a chick into older chickens

    hmm... that might be a bit small, but you could try as long as they all have enough room to get around comfortably!! do your older chickens have a run so they can get out and stretch their legs if you divided off half of your coop?
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    Introducing a chick into older chickens

    i put my younger birds in a small fenced off area in the main coup for a week minimum to a month... this gets the older hens accustomed to seeing the young pullets every day... when i remove the fence the pullets seem to know thats their area, the hens wont bother them as much in that far...
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    crowing

    very curious when does the average rooster start to crow? and if theyre not raised with another rooster does it take them longer to learn?
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