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    Am I Crazy or over emotional about Chickens

    First of all, I just want to say I’m sorry you’re struggling. You’re not crazy, because you cry when one of your chickens dies. We feel what we feel, and your chickens are your pets. I typically shed a few tears as well when I lose a chicken - but I’ve adopted the mindset that I’ve given them...
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    Will he ?

    Yes, it might take him a minute to become comfortable - but, yeah he definitely will.
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    Hen leans against support beam at night with leg outstretched to the side?

    I’ll try to get one tonight! I thought about it last night and didn’t have my phone on me! It’s the strangest thing lol
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    Hen stopped laying after cleaning

    Water belly - fluid builds up in the abdomen. We just lost a hen to this back in January. She had reproductive issues that caused it - she was her healthiest when she was off lay.
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    Hen leans against support beam at night with leg outstretched to the side?

    We’ve had chickens for 4 years now, and I’ve never had one do this until now. She’ll be a year old closer to fall, and seems perfectly healthy - I haven’t noticed any weird behavior with her legs during the day. She is wearing peepers currently due to her picking on this spring’s additions, but...
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    3 Cockerel and 1 Pullet

    I’d just try to rehome the cockerels ASAP, and start allowing the two groups to spend supervised time together where the younger ones can still get away from the bigger one(s). See how they do. I think you’ll have an easier time integrating them together as they’re both younger vs integrating...
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    Buff Orpington or…???

    Definitely not Buff Orpington!
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    Help! I thought this was a pullet! 13 weeks old

    Cockerel, I’m sorry!
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    Roo?

    Agreed, all Roos with that big of a comb at only 8 weeks!
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    Stretches

    Yep, totally normal!
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    In your flock, what is the average lifespan of your hens?

    That’s amazing! Curious - are your birds hatchery birds, or do you raise your own, from breeder, etc?
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    Just need some backing up that this is a cockerel

    Pullet! I’ve got three 19 week Light Brahma ladies!
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    What causes "debris" in an Egg

    I don’t think there’s anything you can do to prevent it. If I remember correctly, you’re less likely to find these in store bought eggs because they’re candled to remove eggs with imperfections like meat spots. But really, they’re naturally occuring - it just looks “gross” to us because if you...
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    Barred Rocks!!!!!!!!! Why are they so mean?

    I’ve had 2 Barred Rocks and they’ve both been sweet! We lost one this past winter at 4yo…she was one of my favorites! She never liked being held, but she’d always come up to hang out with you, and was always so curious and ate everything like it was her last meal. lol The other BR we still have...
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    Getting chicks into coop

    You can also try putting a battery powered light inside the coop (if you don’t have electricity ran) and just turn it on before dusk. They will typically go where the light is, and then you can turn the light off when you close the coop up. I read that advice on here when we first started with...
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    Hemp bedding Question

    I have used it in the past and loved it! I also didn’t do the deep litter method, and would use a cat litter scoop to sift the poop from the hemp bedding under their roost. It worked awesome, and didn’t need replaced like pine bedding does because of how it would sift. I really loved it, and...
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    Chicks mking odd sound while going to sleep?

    This last batch of babies we raised have made that sound - I think it’s one in particular, an EE. They’re about 4.5 months old now and she’s always the first one up to roost at night, if I’m out there after they’ve gone to roost, she makes that sound…I think it’s like she’s saying she’s ready...
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    In your flock, what is the average lifespan of your hens?

    Thanks! That’s what the average is trending towards in my flock too.
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    In your flock, what is the average lifespan of your hens?

    Thanks! I had a hunch that 8 was more of an exception but hearing it from others makes me feel better - like, I’m ok with my girls leading average length lives (obviously it’s sad to lose them regardless but it’s a part of life), I was just worried after seeing that “average” that maybe I was...
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    In your flock, what is the average lifespan of your hens?

    Thank you! I was kind of wondering if I was doing something wrong when I saw what Google said was the average age…that makes me feel better that aside from the early loss at 1.5 years old, the rest seem to be leading average length lives!
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