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  1. AceOfSpadesJJ

    how do you tell if chickens are old

    i have two hens which i brought a few years ago and i dont know how old they are but im kinda sure there getting on, they dont lay but i was just wondering if there are any easy to spot things about only old chickens have
  2. AceOfSpadesJJ

    hard eggs

    well they are all different breeds 2 leghorns, 1 barred rock, 1 pied sussex, 1 freach grey, and all the way down to pekins and wyandotte bantams!!!!
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    hard eggs

    any one know why my eggs shells are so hard i rlly have trouble when cracking into my frying pan!!! i dont know if its the shell or something else to do with the egg dos anyone know
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    I have two Roosters! Is this a problem?

    as long as they have grown up together they should be fine ik someone with 9 cockals and there all fine x
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    Roofing materials for coop and run?

    well if you want your chickens getting lots of sun you should have plastic roof or other wise you can use tin which is stonger but they wont get as much sun
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    How many chickens will my coop hold?

    i have a 6x4 shed truned into a coop as long as there is enough pech room you can hold up to 18 birds.
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    not eating there food

    ive got 11 chickens and i give them 4 cups of layers and 1 of corn they eat the corn but then are not intested in the layers pellets. i do have a feeder with layers pellets in side but they have not touched it. any ideas why they are not eating the layers!!!
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    Will mixed breeds of chickens get along?

    not at all i have 2 pekins, 1 maran, 1 light sussex,1 silver wyandotte (cockal), 2 leghorns and 4 different hybirds a big mixture they all get on fine!!!
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    Is feed/water needed INSIDE the coop as well as outside in the run?

    there are 2 things i found out about haveing food and water in both. 1) haveing food inside can make rats want to go inside to eat it and will chew though the coop and 2) there is a really good thing about chickens you can not ever over feed a chicken they will eat as much as they like till they...
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    breeding bantams and large fowl

    can i breed my silver wyandotte bantam cockal with my large fowl silver wyandotte hens or would there be any problems with them mating or with the hatching x
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    purple comb

    my 2 leg horn hens comb are going purple on the tips any ones are the same or know whats happening
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    grass

    right i let my chickens on to my grass for a whole day big mistake i have hardly any grass any ideas on how to get my grass back but for either free or relly cheap
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    go well together

    i have 4 hybrids, 2 Pekins, 1 barnvender bantam, 2 leg horns and 1 silver wyandotte cockle i am going to get 3 sea brights and i was wondering what 3 other birds i could have with my flock any good ideas???
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    Are two roosters better than one when free ranging?

    well its 1 rooster = 10 hens so it depnds how many u have
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    Not using the perches

    but i have some which are 7 years old they roost but i have some pol they dont, i have some just over a year and they dont roost how can i get them to. they just sleep in the nest boxes
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    feeder or not

    i have 11 chickens and i was wondering can i just have a 12 bird feeder inside there coop and just thorw a handfull of corn outside but would they be able to see inside the coop as they have no window and i cant fit one and i cant have the feeder out side because of rats would eat it. Rats any...
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    24 hour feeding

    so just cut the milk carton in half and fill it with food and as i have to waterers outside i could put one in side the coop x
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    24 hour feeding

    Right i have 10 hens 1 cockal and i was thinking that i have seen people on byc pics that people have feeders and waterers in the coop and i was wondering do i have to do this and will it get me more eggs and if i should do i have to have a feeder or just a bowl?tray of food (layers pellets) :)
  19. AceOfSpadesJJ

    breeding

    1. can i breed my silver wyandotte cockerel and my 2 leghorns to see what comes out and 2. can i breed hens and cockerels from the same clutch of eggs.
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    going to bed

    i have 3 perchs which i have already look up tht it is big anough and thx for the tips
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