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    4 Black Australorps Gender Yet at 5 wks?

    I think 1,2,3 are pullets....4's a roo. Although my BA's Combs got red early....I compaired the leg size. Thick legs....roo. Still post again in a few weeks to be sure.
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    Desperately seeking help, my favorite hen's legs are paralyzed

    Hello, years ago one of my hens legs were like that....research botulism (above). With my girl I gave her baby liquid vitamins (without iron) and epson salt mixed with water. Within a week she was fine. I don't know if it was the vitamins or epson salt mixture but it worked for her. Hope...
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    SAND OR SHAVINGS???

    When I first bring my chicks home, I put newspaper down and paper towels. Chicks will peck at everything. About two weeks or so I put in pine bedding from TSC, the bigger (flaked) bedding. I still keep a paper towel under the feeder so they can peck at the feed that falls around it. I...
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    Just over 1 month, what do we think?

    I think #2 might be a girl.....When I let my hen hatch out eggs, my mixed breed chicks got red combs early....I thought they were all boys. In a few weeks you'll be able to tell better. Also, look at the legs....thick legs is a boy thing.
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    Boys or girls? Does anyone know?

    Three years ago my broody hen hatched eggs.....3 were boys. To this day I have them in a seperate coop and run together. I never seperated them. They did the pecking order early and they get along fine. .
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    Silver Sebright hen & Roo?

    How old are they? I would say top pic...roo. Second pic... pullet.
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    Help!!!! Rooster Attacked and is covered in maggots

    I would cut the feathers around the wounds...soak him in warm water with peroxide...use rubber gloves pull the maggots off with tweezers. repeat water mixture-tweezers till they are all off. Use Blue Kote to cover the wounds or a antibiotic ointment. Keep him warm and inside till he starts to...
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    Pros/cons of keeping a rooster?

    I have 7 roosters.....3 in their own pen/run.....3 in our green coop (they grew up together)....and 1 with my hens. I have so many roosters because two years ago I let two of my broody hens hatch eggs. All of my roosters are friendly. I can go pick them up and hold/carry them around. CJ...
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    is this stealing? should i put free range hen into my coop?

    If you kept her you would have to keep her in a seperate area because other hens would go after her and the chicks once they hatched....quarantine....1) So that would take care of the first concern of yours. 2) You would have to get her at night, she wouldn't try to get away. 3) They don't...
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    Flies are everywhere now that I put in a mister

    I have used vanilla air fresheners....they do work. I just hang them inside the coops. I'm not sure about the mister..is it in the run that connects the two coops? If the flies are in the coop...try the fresheners.
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    is this stealing? should i put free range hen into my coop?

    I say keep her and the chicks. If they really cared about her they would of come looking for her. I guess they don't care and didn't come looking for her if she has been sitting on the eggs a week now. She can be killed anytime being out in the open, unprotected. If they don't even have a...
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    Orpington - Hens or Roos?

    Hi, How old are they? Tail feathers and saddle feathers are different....Saddle feathers are the feathers on the back before the tail. Roosters saddle feathers will be pointed and have a shine to them. You can check to see if your LO has any growing.....Hold him and move the feathers on...
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    moving older hens to new coop

    Ok...Thanks! I will just have to keep telling myself when they stress out..."the new coop is bigger/nicer/the run has more shade."
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    moving older hens to new coop

    Hello, I have 12 hens and 1 rooster (ages range from 10 to 3 years old) in an 8x8 coop. My DH built a 9x10 coop. I have 6 new pullets about 13 weeks old and 3 roosters that grew up togehter. Question: I want to move the older girls and the new pullets into the bigger coop and put the...
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    Rooster or Hen, and what to do??

    I'd wait a month or two more....The legs are thin, my EE roos had thick legs....Wait to be sure.
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