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    WE GOT OUR FIRST EGG FROM THE PULLETS!!!!

    Congratulations! And she has some fierce eyes! Beautiful.
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    Roosters crow has a wheeze

    That was good!
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    Roosters crow has a wheeze

    I’ve got 2 roosters that do that. One started doing that right after he learned to crow, and has been doing it for 2 years now. The other boy just started doing it after a month or so of crowing. The vet gave them an A+ during check. So I’m going to say some roosters just do that. But keep a...
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    Roosters crow has a wheeze

    Does this wheeze sound almost like an inhale type sound? Like after he ran out of breath crowing, he had to inhale quickly and made a wheezy type sound?
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    A very bad day

    Well pin a rose on your nose! @VeeKay is looking for compassion not this “look how much better I am than you are” attitude.
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    A very bad day

    It’s a horrible situation. Most of us understand the dilemma, you worry the chickens will get too cold, especially if you have older birds, and then we worry about using heat lamps. We’ve all been there. It’s not your fault! It was a horrible accident. If you didn’t use the heat lamps and some...
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    What’s the best way to integrate 2 flocks that have 3 roosters…

    You’re definitely right about hens having their own ideas! In my head these hens will be with this rooster and vice verse, but nooo. And sometimes I’ll go into the coop and hens that’s never changed their roosting spot, has moved to the other side of the coop to be with the other rooster, a...
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    What’s the best way to integrate 2 flocks that have 3 roosters…

    So I have one main flock with 23 hens and 2 roosters. No problems there. If my primary rooster gets an ego issue, there’s a “hey! That’s my shoulder man” thing but nothing to write home about. My primary has a son, Charlie, who is such a great boy (they all are honestly), So Charlie has his...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    lol that was an illusion of a Christmas bonus. What a coincidence I had the same illusion!
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I’ve definitely seen that too. I think it depends on the rooster. My first rooster, a bantam Cochin was crazy with hormones. He was awful to his pullets. So I let my older hens school him. Hes awesome now, and has been the best roo. My other roosters aren’t aggressive with their ladies. They...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    When my roosters start mating with my pullets, within a week they start laying. Roosters know when the pullets are ready..maybe pheromones? 🤷‍♀️
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Thank you so much!
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    @The Moonshiner i thought you’d like to see my leghorns Daddy Mooney and his son Jack Moon. Jack Moon isn’t grown yet, he’s about 4-5 months ish. But don’t they look so much alike?
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    A late bloomer?

    Whew so we’re going with normal, yay!! Why in the world is her hormones kicking in, in DECEMBER??? It’s cold here! I too had a breed that never goes broody. A red sex link who goes broody every 3-4 months! And I’ve got a Cochin who goes broody, sits for maybe 10 days and jumps up “I’m done”...
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    A late bloomer?

    Hi! I’ve got a 2 year old Brahma hen. She’s nice and healthy. *knock on wood* I went to let my flock out this morning and Murphy was in the nesting box. Later that afternoon still in the nesting box, and tonight I was doing my booty count, and she was still in nesting box. After being screamed...
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