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    Are we hens or roosters?

    We have these eight and we recently went back to hatchery and got seven more in case some will be leaving us.
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    Are we hens or roosters?

    Can someone tell me if these chickens are male or female? We got them at a hatchery and they were suppose to be all hens, but even being a newbie we can tell that Kelloggs is a rooster. The kids have raised from chicks and we dread telling them some may have to go. RED SPECKLES...
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    Chicks never going outside!

    My husband started the chicks coop weeks ago, but we only have the frame built because it rains every Sunday and during the week when he is off. He works 72 hours a week and you would think mother nature could give him a break. The chicks are now 6 and 8 weeks old and I am cleaning every day...
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    Snakes with an S Graphic

    I have been bitten by a copperhead a few years back and as far as not being aggressive, not so. I was sitting in the middle of summer on a chair on the porch and I saw him come across the porch, being terrified of snakes I froze. Thinking he would just go on by I did not move a muscle. He was...
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    Chicks themselves have odor

    Thanks everyone for the help. I have five two week old chicks in a 35 gallon tub with pine shavings and I change that daily. When I take out chicks no smell, but when I put them back that is when the odor is noticed. I noticed it more with the four week old chickens, three, that are in the...
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    Chicks themselves have odor

    We are new at the chick thing so forgive me if I am asking a dumb question. We have 8 baby chicks and they have started smelling bad. At first I thought it was the living area so I would clean everyday then I realized it was the chicks themselves. Five of them are two and half weeks old and...
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