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    Help! Vet is out of ideas...

    I"ve had trouble getting feed consistently even though there are 4 feed stores withing 10 miles of me. They are always out and I can't maintain a stable supply. I gave up on the locals and have started ordering feed from Chewy, which sounds silly but actually works very well. FWIW>
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    Getting rid of roosters follow up!

    When I was rehoming two roosters and later, needed three culled, I spent time on Facebook. I got several offers of all kinds, and I did not send roosters to the men who had no mention of roosters or chickens on their Facebook pages. I found women who were posting loving photos of their...
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    Why are my blue orpingtons not friendly?

    I had silver laced Wyandottes from their third day, and they always hated being picked up. I gave up and they remained aloof and not friendly until they died. I finally realized that they were just snobs!
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    Fresh perspective on camouflage for free-ranging chickens

    Very interesting thread, thanks. I have a friend who had chickens for a while, and he noticed that hawks always got the white ones first. when we had a white rooster that no one wanted to adopt, we named him Bait. But Bait survived and eventually found a good home. Now I have a pure white...
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    Last two hen or roo question

    A nice person came yesterday and captured all the for-sure roos. On close inspection, the red one had well hidden hackle feathers, and the white one didn't - so for now, the red one is gone, and the white one remains, but she will be watched. We did have a lot of very pathetic crowing going...
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    Last two hen or roo question

    Well, since we have had almost every possible answer, you're safe in agreeing! I look at them every day and still have no idea who is what!
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    Last two hen or roo question

    Should I ask again next week? Hahahahahah. I am hoping to cull this week, but these guys are not helping!
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    Last two hen or roo question

    Well, at least I don't have to feel so incompetent, since no one else can decide!
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    Last two hen or roo question

    They're very skittish and hard to get photos of - I"m also disabled and can't get down too low. I'll try again tomorrow when they come for treats. Thanks.
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    Last two hen or roo question

    These are my last two uncertains - hens or roos? There are two shots of the red one, a solo and with two other chicks that I already know are roos. Hatched April 13. Thanks for your expertise, much appreciated. I would hate to send a pullet off to freezer camp.
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    Trying to get an idea of how many out there do free range vs chicken runs/enclosed.

    I live in a fairly suburban city. My initial run was covered with netting which worked (except for the time that a young cooper's hawk snuck in and got trapped - no chicken losses but a very distressed hawk!) there are not a lot of predators, but there are occasional hawks. I believe that we...
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    Dealing with mites

    Severe infestation that got out of hand because I have been too old and ill to cope. I have someone coming to pressure wash the coop. Should we use any soap or? in the water for the washing? I'm hoping to get someone to whitewash the interior of the coop. I have put up an ad to pay someone...
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    Too early to tell?

    I had been wondering about those long. thick legs, didn't equate them with roos. Oh, well/ Thanks for the education!
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    Too early to tell?

    Me, too. What's the right age for freezer camp?
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    Too early to tell?

    My suspicions exactly. Well, two pullets isn't bad. I have 2 more not pictured, but they look suspiciously like the roos - thanks for the assessment.
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    Too early to tell?

    Hatched June 14, 14 weeks ago.. Random breeds from the clutch my hen hid in the yard until I rehomed the rooster, one grandparent probably a Brahma, but the person I got the layer from bought random lots of hens, so their grand mother could have been anything, certainly at least one Americana or...
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    When do hens most often go broody?

    This cracked me up - I salvaged a dog crate for no reason and then I had a hen raise 12 chicks from a hidden nest when they were free ranging! I had to bring in one chick that wasn't doing well (took him 3 days to stand and walk) and then one more for company. The dog grate moved to my living...
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    How to add two indoor chicks to the gang outside?

    Oddly, no predators. Cage can be in total shade, with mister available if temperatures go up towards the 100s. I like the housing them outside for a week, then turning them loose. Let's see what happens! Thanks for a good commonsense approach.
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    How to add two indoor chicks to the gang outside?

    Well shaded, with optional mister if it goes towards 100. No predators. Flock sleeps in the coop, which has plenty of room for all of them. Expecting at least 50% roos, and really little hope of rehoming them - resigning myself to finding a kind way to send them to freezer camp.
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    How to add two indoor chicks to the gang outside?

    I told earlier about my hen who set up housekeeping under the cedar tree unbeknownst to me. She hatched quite a brood (not sure they were all actually hers, the other hen might have been laying in the nest, too), and she has been a great mom to 10 chicks outside. But one was born a day late...
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