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    Broody Hens

    Thank you I will try it. I was going to try to put them is a small cage if none knew what to do. They are vary hard to work with.
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    Introducing Birds in Large Coop

    When I let my new chicks out i first put them in another pen so they can see and meet each other like you. When I let them out they did get picked on a little bit but most of all they stayed away from the other chickens. I have all different age groups and the ones that are closest in age stay...
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    Broody Hens

    I have four broody hens that wont stop laying on my eggs. If I take away eggs from two of them they sit in the boxes and wait until another chickens lays a egg for her to set on, one just runs away when I take them away and the fourth one will peck a hole and start eating the eggs when I take...
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    It may sound dumb but will squirrels try to kill baby chicks?

    It was gone within a couple of days because we have dogs that love catching squirrels If anyone else has that problem get a dog. Haha
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    It may sound dumb but will squirrels try to kill baby chicks?

    Ok thankyou everyone
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    It may sound dumb but will squirrels try to kill baby chicks?

    I went down to my coop one morning and I found two holes going under my hen house and I caught a squirrel going under it haven't had any chicks missing yet but I was just wondering. It can't get into where the hens lay their eggs because the hen house has a floor, it was a old wooden playhouse...
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    Vary odd chick

    So some you may have herd about my chick well for those of you haven't, I had a chick that started to walk a little strange so I thought that maybe she hurt her foot on the shavings or something but then she wasn't growing and her feathers weren't growing ether. I couldn't put her down she was...
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    What are your favorite breed of chickens to lay eggs?

    Thanks for all your comments loved them all. Not getting anymore chickens soon but next time I will look at the breeds that everyone named. I am on chicken over-lode. I Love all my chickens but some need to go to new homes. I don't have a big enough coop. I have 24 chicks hatched and 4 more on...
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    What are your favorite breed of chickens to lay eggs?

    My favorite are Rhode Island Reds because they lay a good size egg and for the most part they lay one every day. I have only had a couple breeds and they were the best I have had so far. I have recently bought Easter Eggers, Black Coppers, Welsummers, Delawares, and more Rhode Islands. I am so...
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    When should I get rid of my hens?

    Thank you that was a lot of help. I have Game crosses with Rhode Island Reds, Black Stars, and also game hens. With the chicks that I bought I have Delawares, Black Copper Mrans, Rhode Islands, Easter eggers, and Welsumers. The chicks that the hen hatched are out of the hens I have already, a...
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    When should I get rid of my hens?

    I have all different aged chickens and I was wondering when do you get rid of your older hens and what would be considered old for a hen. I do like getting eggs from my hens sometimes giving them away and sometimes selling them to friends. I have at least 10 hens that lay for sure, one old hen...
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    Chick with hurt leg not growing

    OK thank you for the help. It is cold were I live and i only have two cages for 15 chicks so when it gets warm again i will separate her from the others.
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    Chick with hurt leg not growing

    Haven't separated her yet. Don't know if her leg is healed. She is eating and drinking and has never stopped even when her leg first got hurt. The others don't peck her or anything like that they do walk over her a little bit. On warm days and nights they stay outside all day tonight is a little...
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    Chick with hurt leg not growing

    I have a chick that has a hurt leg and that has stopped her from growing she has some wing feathers and still has mostly fuzz. The other chicks have almost all their feathers.
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    baby chick with a hurt leg or foot

    Baby chick still alive started walking. She is not growing at all has some fethers but no more are coming in. Her having a hurt leg has made her stop growing.
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    Baby roosters

    My chickens hatched them out .
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    Baby Bedding ?

    I would switch them over. My chicks have always been on shavings from day one. I use the fine flake shavings because they are smaller and wont cut the chicks legs.
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    Are my chicks ready for the coop?

    I think they are ready to go outside. If you are woried you can put a heat lamp in with them at night or on cold days. Good luck with them and
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    baby chick with a hurt leg or foot

    Forgot to say it being hurt is not slowing it down from eating or drinking so that is a good thing.
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    baby chick with a hurt leg or foot

    OK, so I have new baby chicks and one wont use one of its legs. I don't think that there is any way that it could have broken its leg. I am thinking that it's feet are hurt from the shavings that i have in their cage. I am using fine flake shavings the feed store told me to use those so that the...
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