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  1. Mrs. K

    Existential chicken questions

    Cull does not have to mean kill, just removed from your flock, your responsibility.!Selling layers or giving roosters away can be a way to cull. Each of us does it differently. Over the years I have found it is better to keep less well than many poorly. And a lot less work, and money. And I am...
  2. Mrs. K

    2025: What worked and what didn't?

    The excellent chickens are the very ordinary chickens, but the do the job. I have two mutt EE, hatched in the late summer two years ago, laid all winter last year, going through a hard molt, still laying!
  3. Mrs. K

    Existential chicken questions

    The thing is while no one likes subtraction it really does a lot of positive things for your flock. Reducing the size of your flock: Reduces your feed bill Gives remaining birds more space Reduces the work of taking care of them More space makes for healthier birds and better chicken dynamic...
  4. Mrs. K

    Reintegrating a healed bird!

    Post some pictures of your set up. It can help us give you better advice, most of us naturally think of our own set up unless we can see another set up. Watch carefully and see who pecks first. Generally what happens is you have a leader in the meanness, and followers that get their digs in as...
  5. Mrs. K

    Below Freezing Care

    Take a few pictures of your coop.
  6. Mrs. K

    Integrating my birds

    Post pictures of your set up. Is it all or just a few. I might set the divider back up, but put your meanest girls there, and your young girls with just a few of the original birds.
  7. Mrs. K

    Pinless Peepers Work!

    At this age, I would look at space and numbers.
  8. Mrs. K

    Stray Rooster

    I had a young rooster that roosted by himself for a week. But then they loved him. If he is a great rooster, they are a pleasure to watch with the flock. But do remember, the best way to get a great rooster is to not keep a rotten rooster. He is an intact animal, be aware of him. He should...
  9. Mrs. K

    Below Freezing Care

    There are a lot of problems, and it really does not fix the one you are trying to fix. In order to keep it warm in there with the heat lamp, well you need to close the coop up tight. It does little to trap the heat, what it traps is moisture. Moisture makes for cold chickens. The light is not...
  10. Mrs. K

    Juvi roo picking on one hen

    You don't state a general idea of where you are. Winter is coming and can compound the problems of overcrowding. You are overstocked maybe for that size of coop. If this is your first year with chickens, I would recommend moving him out of your flock. Contact local poultry clubs, 4-H groups...
  11. Mrs. K

    Winterize coop questions

    Where does your prevailing wind come from? You want to block off the wind from that side, and leave the rest open. Do not think warm, think dry. Dry birds away from the prevailing wind are warm birds. Ventilation keeps birds and the coop dryer. If you can keep your birds, like that, mine have...
  12. Mrs. K

    I have a bully hen

    Before you cull her, I would try the pin less peepers. The can really help. Mrs K
  13. Mrs. K

    I have a bully hen

    Beautiful coop/run, but it is more empty and open than I would like. This is what I mean by clutter. Other people too, added to it with ideas. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-cluttered-run.1323792/page-6#post-25037140 I would suggest considering removing the bully. Sometimes you...
  14. Mrs. K

    Starting my resilience flock.

    You have to be flexible to make this work. Because you are doing it when she does it. A bit of advice, if you are interested: WAIT 2-3 days before you set eggs. I don't know how many times, I set eggs, and she is just not broody enough, leaves the nest, and then when the eggs are toast, well...
  15. Mrs. K

    I have a bully hen

    I wonder how old they are? How big your coop and run are? The thing is, being raised together has almost no influence to future behavior. Chickens seldom get the whole BFF theory. Generally this behavior is caused by not enough space. What is plenty of space when they are chicks, rapidly...
  16. Mrs. K

    What breed of chicken is this?

    She looks like a nice EE to me?
  17. Mrs. K

    Uh oh .. surprise rooster, now worried about ratio

    If these are your first chickens, I generally recommend no roosters. I think roosters take some experience. This forum is full of posts where the darling rooster became the nightmare in an instant. Probably not true, but inexperienced people do not pick up on the clues that he is becoming...
  18. Mrs. K

    Pullet or Roo?

    If I ever think... oh is that...a rooster? It is, this is. Good luck
  19. Mrs. K

    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    One yesterday, nothing today. 3 pullets who have not reddened up, don't think they will lay till February.
  20. Mrs. K

    Pros & cons of heat panels

    The problem with heat, is one want to trap the heat. What you trap is moisture, damp chickens are cold. Much better to think dry and a wind block. Ventilation above their heads. But of course we all give advice from the prospect of our own coop. So what’s your coop like, how many birds, how...
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