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  1. Ridgerunner

    Please help! Bully chicken.

    Hi, welcome to the forum. Glad you joined. I assume both are hens. How old are they? What this sounds like to me is that your Bielefelder used to be the dominant hen but the one you are calling "bully" has taken her place, probably by fighting. This can happen when a dominant hen gets...
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    CHicken Run in Winter

    Where are you located? My interest is in what your winters look like. How cold, windy, or how much snow you can expect? Your location could help a lot with that. What does your flock look like? Are they all mature? What breeds or types of chickens if they are not breeds. How many do you...
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    Did I kill my chick????

    I agree with Susan, I usually do. There is a risk in handling the eggs during hatch or even just opening the incubator but that risk is pretty small. If I have a reason to open the incubator during hatch I will and take care of the problem. Usually that does not create any new problems. You...
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    To grow cornish hens what age do I butcher and when can I give them grower?

    How many times has that happened and to how many chicks? Immature chicks go through juvenile molts as they grow. They simply outgrow their feathers and need to replace them. Just think how silly a grown chicken would look if it still had the feathers it had when it was 4 weeks old. All...
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    Free range question

    Some people feed or water only in the coop. Some people feed and water only outside the coop. Some do both. We all have our own reasons for what we do. Our set-ups, goals, climates, and such are different so we do different things. I don't look at it as one way is right for everyone and...
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    Suggestions on Cleaning Run

    Some people seem to be born with a "clean gene". It's not just women, some men have it also. Whether it needs cleaning or not, it must be cleaned. To me, if the poop has built up so that it starts to stink, it must be cleaned. That's generally when the poop gets wet and stays wet for a few...
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    First Broody Hen

    You do not need to put food or water within easy reach. She stored up excess fat, that is what she will mostly live on. She will lose some body weight while incubating the eggs but that is just fat put there to be used when broody. Do not lock her in during the day. She needs to be able...
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    I need help identifying which eggs came from which breed

    I'll offer this link as another way to help determine which hen is laying which egg. Who is laying what egg? - YouTube
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    Rir with mixed flock

    It sounds like your husband's goal is egg production more than anything else. I'm not sure what your strongest goals are but egg production and a mixed flock seem part of them. I don't know how many you plan to add either. It sounds like your current ones are still pretty young, haven't been...
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    Hens attacking while rooster mates

    Not what I expected. I have not seen that specific behavior with my flock but that doesn't mean much. My guess is that they are undergoing a change in pecking order with the pullets just starting to lay so the older ones are jealously guarding their positions. You might see some squabbling...
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    Chicken Wire and Chicks

    I would not trust bantams but full-sized fowl chicks will be OK at 3 weeks. Should be at 2 weeks but I can't remember exactly what age mine were unable to get through. Make sure they can't go under it.
  12. Ridgerunner

    Sexlinks

    Then it sounds like he is dominant white which means it will not work. You will not be able to see the spot if it is there. I don't know how to explain the grey. Since you only hatched a few eggs maybe he is not pure for the black genes and that chick will be blue.
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    Leaking waterer

    I'm not familiar with that specific waterer or how to fill it. That type of waterer requires a vacuum to not leak. There should be one or more small holes in the base that they drink out of that are typically covered with water. When they drink enough the water level goes below that hole so...
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    Losing Chicks

    It sounds like you are doing what you can and I wish you success. But unfortunately when you deal with living animals you sometimes have to deal with dead animals. That is the circle of life. I've had dogs put down because they got so old they had no quality of life left. I've put down a...
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    Integration completion question

    One way to catch a chicken that does not want to be caught is to wait until it is dark and they've settled down for the night. Use as little light as possible. If that area is lit up at night by street lights or security lights that does not work very well. Maybe use a fish net to catch them...
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    Hens attacking while rooster mates

    How old are the different chickens? That could be very instructive. To me, this sounds like the male is still a cockerel and the EE and Wyandotte are dominant hens. The Australorp accept his dominance and willingly mate him. The other two don't and interrupt him when he tries to mate. I...
  17. Ridgerunner

    How do I clean them??

    To me he looks perfectly normal. Those feathers are supposed to be yellowish. You can get some differences in intensity of the colors.
  18. Ridgerunner

    How do I clean them??

    Certainly could. Is this the type of yellow you are talking about? It means he has the Silver gene which turns saddle and hackle feathers yellow. If so, he is not dirty, that is a natural color. Image taken from Feathersite.
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    Integrating to flock when on different foods

    Many of us have mixed age flocks and never feed Layer. Just offer a low calcium feed that fulfills nutritional needs and offer oyster shell on the side. That way you do not need to worry about harming chickens like chicks, roosters, broody hens, or molting hens by forcing them to eat more...
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    Ordered two roo's, back and fourth with my decision

    Short answer - Maybe Long and drawn out answer - Maybe. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Each chicken has its own personality. Some can get along better with others where some can't. This includes the males. It is possible males will fight to the death to be flock master. It...
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