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    Roo?

    Thanks all. We can’t have roosters where we live so we will need to re home. 😞 Or process, but I am not up for that. I also saw it do a little rooster body slam the other day. So cute, too.
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    Roo?

    And saddle feathers:
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    Roo?

    Hi! Help me with this mystery: Barred Rock approx 10-11 weeks old. We are guessing Roo, but the farm we bought our pullers from had sex-linked chicks and they were about 8 weeks when we brought them home.
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    Poop Management in Urban Yard

    Just a quick update - they have stayed in their fenced in area since I last posted. They really are quite fun little companions.
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    Poop Management in Urban Yard

    All three are laying now, which is very exciting! They all lay in the nesting box, except for our Wyandotte, who lays next to the nesting box inside the coop. I am not sure how to encourage her to get all the way inside the nesting box. We do have a small enclosed run, and we can keep them in...
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    Poop Management in Urban Yard

    Well, aren't we silly? Rookie move on our part. The good new is that the girls stayed in their yard all day Sunday. Yesterday I found both Australorps on top of their coop (our coop is low) ready to hop to the other side. I gave them each a spray with water and they hopped back into their...
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    Poop Management in Urban Yard

    We clipped both wings. We have two black Australorps and one Golden-laced Wyandotte.
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    Poop Management in Urban Yard

    Thanks. If we wanted to keep them free ranging in part of the yard, how high of a fence would we need?
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    Poop Management in Urban Yard

    We live in the city and have a small flock of three hens that free range in our backyard. This is our first time with chickens and they are currently about 5 months old and just started laying. We love having them, but would love some help brainstorming solutions to poop management/space...
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    GLW is a roo?

    I know, right? He is so distinct from our other GLW. I am so bummed, too. We aren't allowed to have roosters. He is so pretty too. His feathers are so stunning.
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    GLW is a roo?

    Our GLWs are almost 7 weeks. We've suspected that one is a rooster. Are we on the right track?
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    When to move to the coop

    I am not sure, but our chicks are going to be 5 weeks old on Wednesday. We have them in the garage, and turned off the light this past weekend. They have a lot of their feathers and I am thinking that this weekend or next we will move them to the coop. We had them out in the coop all day...
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    Does this little guy look like a rooster?

    Thanks! I am so new to all of this. I have been reading a lot on the forums here, and am amazed when folks can take a gues at the sex of a chicken. And then tonight I realized that this little one looks so different than the other three. Tail feathers and the comb are the two most noticeable...
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    Does this little guy look like a rooster?

    I just noticed that out of our four chicks, this one's tail feathers are coming in differently, like a fountain, instead of downward, like the others. Thoughts?
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    Checking little bums

    How long do I continue to check for pasty butt? Our chicks are 18 days old. I am checking once a day right now. Is that too seldom? When do I stop?
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