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    Confirmation on my barred rocks! How many Roos?

    My thoughts are 4 maybe 5 males in this picture but I would like a second opinion. They are barred rocks 10 to 11 weeks old. Thank you
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    Signs of a hen fixing to start laying?

    They have shown most if not all of those signs, hopefully I'll be getting eggs very soon
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    Signs of a hen fixing to start laying?

    Thank you for the help. They should be 18week old the 22nd of this month and they said that's a pretty good average age for red sex links to start laying
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    Help!! When should I add my new chicks to the flock?

    How long did it take them to start getting along? My birds have a little over a acre of yard that they like to roam around but have access to more. Is it best to keep them in a run while your trying to get them to become part of the flock?
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    Signs of a hen fixing to start laying?

    Hello, I have 5 red sex links and a dark Cornish rooster. Just the other day I noticed my rooster breeding my hens. They are all the same age so does that mean my hens should start laying soon? Or do males hit sexual maturity faster than the females? Thank you in advance for all the help!
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    Help!! When should I add my new chicks to the flock?

    It went well, it will take time for them to be accepted into the flock. I have the chicks in a large dog kennel inside the coop to keep them from being pecked. My big hens will reach through the wire and eat out of the same feeder with the chicks with no problem! I hope everything goes well
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    When to add new chicks to the flock?

    Then that is what I will do. Thank you so very much for your help!
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    When to add new chicks to the flock?

    I introduced them this evening as the sun was going down around 8:30ish and the big chickens started to get up on there perch. Just walked into the coop "10:00pm" and there were 3 of the 6 chicks on the very bottom perch. I have 4 perch bars that are about 4ft long ranging from 1ft off the...
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    When to add new chicks to the flock?

    My coop is a 10x10 with only 12 birds in it. As of right now the chicks are in one corner eating and the hens are in the other corner on there roost.
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    Help!! When should I add my new chicks to the flock?

    My coop is a 10x10 with only 12 birds in it. As of right now the chicks are in one corner eating and the hens are in the other corner on there roost.
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    When to add new chicks to the flock?

    Do you think I'll be okay putting them in the coop? Or should I wait a while? I really want them to run together as a flock in the yard! The big chickens are free range and the barred rocks are in a small coop and run for now
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    Help!! When should I add my new chicks to the flock?

    Thank you, I put them in the coop tonight with a supervised test run and they are doing "okay" should I pull them out for now or leave them. There is a peck from one of the hens every now and then but not a whole lot
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    Help!! When should I add my new chicks to the flock?

    Hello, I have 6 barred rocks that are about a month and a half old. My question is when should I add them into the big coop with my 5 red sex link hens and bantam dark Cornish rooster? My older chickens should start laying late this month or early next month. When they are all in the yard my red...
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    When to add new chicks to the flock?

    Hello, I have 6 barred rocks that are about a month and a half old. My question is when should I add them into the big coop with my 5 red sex link hens and bantam dark Cornish rooster? My older chickens should start laying late this month or early next month. When they are all in the yard my red...
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    What birds to breed?

    He is always challenging me (dropping the wing and doing the dance) when I get close to "his" hens, but yet he will grab the hens time to time by the neck when they get to close to his space while eating. With him only being 5 months old I'm not to sure what is to come. Once my rocks get old...
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