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    Chicks Suddenly Dead

    An illness wouldn't have killed them so quickly in succession to one another and I can't afford a necropsy right now. in my area they run upwards of $100. But thank you for your comment
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    Chicks Suddenly Dead

    Hello all. One of my cochin bantams became broody so we allowed her to hatch out a few eggs fertilized by our silkie rooster. She hatched three and they have been doing quite well with her out in the coop. Most days we shut the mama up in the coop with the little ones with their own food and...
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    Broody Mama Quail Hatched Babies - help!!

    I have 5 corturnix quail, 3 hens and 2 roos. They live in a tractor supply esk chicken coop we've dubbed "the quail palace" as they have a ton of room to move around. A hen apparently hid a whole pile of fertilized eggs and we woke this morning to about 10 little babies. We've given them a...
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    Rooster w/ no hens doing egg song?!

    We rescued a silkie hen and she was with them for about 2 months. We just moved her outside about a week ago so that does make sense!!
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    Rooster w/ no hens doing egg song?!

    I just told mg husband to stop picking them up when they crow for this very reason. However neither of them seem to particularly like being held. They did get moved to our spare room which is mid renovation; they were in the livingroom where there’s a lot more action. Could it be that he’s bored...
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    Rooster w/ no hens doing egg song?!

    I’ve read quite a few posts about roos doing the egg song, but mine is a mystery to me. I have two inside roos that live together, they both wear crow collars and have for several months (they were rescued together from a whole life rehab I interned at, and yes they get along). My silkie roo...
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    House Roosters

    They are Marek's carriers. No one wants them. It's either indoor life or culling.
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    House Roosters

    Hi everyone! Please bear with me while I explain my situation quickly. I rescued several roosters from becoming coyote food at a local wildlife rehab I interned at over the summer. It's illegal to keep them where I live, so I've found homes for a few of them. I still have 2 small rescue...
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    House Rooster

    Hello! how do you find the right chicken sizes from this website? i only see exotic birds.
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    2 lone bantams, can they handle winter alone?

    My Japanese bantam is significantly smaller and shorter than she is, and has never tried to mount her, but I understand your concern!!
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    2 lone bantams, can they handle winter alone?

    Hello! I have two bantams in a tractor supply coop; a Cochin hen and a Japanese roo. Will just the two of them provide enough body heat over the winter to be safe from frostbite? I plan on lots of bedding, perhaps a tarp of over the coop at night, and haybales up against the run for them to get...
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    Babies ready for coop life?

    Thanks everyone!! I've decided to put them in their carrier inside the chicken coop, covered for the first few nights, to at least get them established to the cooling weather before trusting the big girls with unsupervised overnights. Our run isn't done anyway, so during the day they'll all come...
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    Babies ready for coop life?

    I'm not 100% sure on how to tell when they're "feathered". My easter egger looks totally feathered, while my prairie bluebluebell still has some funky patches on her neck. Should I start keeping their cage outside at least? So they're together, getting used to the cold, but also protected?
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    Babies ready for coop life?

    I have two chicks, each about 7 weeks old. The easter egger is a fairly good size and ready to compete/fit into the flock, but my prairie blue bell is at least 40% smaller than her. They're bonded so I want to keep them together whatever we decide. I live in the midwest (southern IL), so our...
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    Intro - Wildlife loving new chicken mama comin at'cha!

    Please enjoy our goose, Moose!
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