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    White leghorns hardy as heritage breeds?

    I have seen chicks hatched in the house by a hen, they were raised on laying crumbles and never had a problem. Same with guineas, but they were hatched in some bushes and not in the house. There is nothing wrong with the feed. The question still stands, are leghorns farm hardy? Are they...
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    White leghorns hardy as heritage breeds?

    I picked them up some grower today. Being free range it is impossible to restrict their diets to just grower. I had a mama hen who had her chicks foraging at two - three weeks old
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    White leghorns hardy as heritage breeds?

    Difficult to know if the chick is pooping, unless I separate it from the flock. Temps have been in the 50s at night. All the chicks huddle in a corner. Some of them have been going outside during the day. Saw several of them 30 or 40 feet from the chicken house yesterday. Everyone is on...
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    White leghorns hardy as heritage breeds?

    Location: Southeast Texas, we have had some great weather lately. In January I bought a dozen chicks - 6 leghorns, 3 delawares and 3 silver laced wyandottes. The flock is around 20 chickens of various ages and breeds + the dozen chicks. The house is 16 x 16 feet, the chicken yard is 1/2...
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    Black and brown colors, what breed

    Is it safe to say Wyandottes grow slower than other breeds? I had two silver laced wyandottes. I think a coyote got one and the other died a few days later. They had some bad habits such as feather pulling.
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    Black and brown colors, what breed

    The buff oprington rooster is kept in a separate chicken yard that is around 100 yards from where this flock is at. My wife wants to breed buffs. So ten buff hens and the buff rooster are being kept in one yard while all the others are kept in the larger yard in the pictures. My stepson...
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    Males or females?

    Impossible to tell with just pictures. Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs did an episode of working in a hatchery. In that video the people doing the sexing show how its done. You might be able to find the video on youtube or netflix?
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    Black and brown colors, what breed

    My wifes son (my stepson) ordered a frypan special from cackle hatchery. The package was 100 roosters of heritage breeds and a couple of rare breeds mixed in. http://www.cacklehatchery.com/cornishcrosspage.html#frypan My stepson thought he was getting fast growing broilers. My wife and I...
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    Brown leghorn rooster developing slow?

    My wife and I traded for a couple of young roosters. One is a buff and the other I think is a brown leghorn. They were only around 2 months old when we got them. Fast forward 3 months: The buff orpington rooster has been crowing for a couple of weeks and has started asking like a rooster...
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    Type of hedge to plant in chicken yard

    If there a good type of hedge for a chicken yard? My girls like to spend the heat of the day under an old pecan tree and has some tall weeds growing around it. I thought about clearing out the weeds and planting some kind of hedge style bush that can provide more shade during the summer heat...
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    Electric wire to keep dogs out

    My wife and I fenced in 1/2 acre for the chicken yard. Now I want to run an electric hot wire around the outside to keep dogs, foxes and coyotes out. We live in a rural area and canine predators are an issue. How far away from the field fence should the hot wire be? The hangers will be...
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    Rooster acts like his leg is hurt / or weak from heat stroke?

    Mr. rooster passed away sometime last night. He will be dearly missed. I can say while he was alive he was a great rooster. He cared for and loved his girls.
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    Rooster acts like his leg is hurt / or weak from heat stroke?

    We are getting close to 2 months, so I wanted to post an update. The rooster is able to stand up and walk, but he walks around in circles. He acts like he is fighting to keep his balance, runs forward 10 - 15 feet, falls forward, rolls over his head, gets up and goes again. Last night he...
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    Rooster acts like his leg is hurt / or weak from heat stroke?

    Could that somehow be related to the paralysis?
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    Rooster acts like his leg is hurt / or weak from heat stroke?

    The rooster is still not putting weight on his leg, nor is he lifting his wing very high. Now he has developed white pasty looking stuff on his wattles. I suspect he had some kind of stroke. When pecking at the food bowl, he has better coordination on one side than the other side. He is...
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    Rooster acts like his leg is hurt / or weak from heat stroke?

    I do not know if he has gained any weight, he feels like he has. While laying on his side in the bathtub he acts like he is running a marathon. He spins himself in a circle no problem. The leg is not paralyzed, he just does not want to put any weight on it. His crows are getting louder...
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    Rooster acts like his leg is hurt / or weak from heat stroke?

    Update Two full weeks later the rooster still can not stand. He is eating on his own, drinking, even started crowing, though his crow is very weak. My wife and I fixed him up a sling in a clothes basket. At night we lay him down in the bathtub. During the day he is in his sling. While...
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    RIR Roo or Hen?

    Looks like a hen to me. Really need to see the tail feathers.
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    Rooster acts like his leg is hurt / or weak from heat stroke?

    I picked up some rooster booster from the local feed store. Will give him some when I get home.
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    Rooster acts like his leg is hurt / or weak from heat stroke?

    None of my chickens have been vaccinated, unless it was done at the hatchery. My wife and I have 19 chickens and none of them show any signs like what the rooster is showing. Last night he was kicking himself around in a circle. He is getting stronger, just not able to stand.
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