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  1. NatJ

    Do pullets need to stay in coop for first few days?

    Given that the coop is finished but the fence is not, I suggest you put the pullets in the coop and let them stay in it while you get the fence finished. The benefits include: --the pullets will be out of the brooder and into the coop sooner. This probably gives them more space than they have...
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    MysteryChicken's, Flock.

    That page has a problem: it's listing the ingredients in alphabetical order, rather than by how much is in the feed. Talk about making it hard to see what's there! https://www.poulingrain.com/products/199/chick-starter-crumbles I think this is the same stuff. At least this page lists the...
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    Thoughtful breeding with a few surprises...

    If the roosters are New Hampshire and Delaware, I would not expect either one to have recessive white or extended black. The Delaware would have white barring. So if one hen was black, hiden by recessive white, she could produce a black chick like that. Barring could be either from the hen or...
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    Rhode Island Red rooster with Leghorns

    That should work pretty well. For the male chicks, broth is one option, but if you butcher them when they are young & tender you can cook them many other ways as well. The pieces are just smaller than a typical chicken from the store. Examples of things to do with small chickens: You might...
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    Rhode Island Red rooster with Leghorns

    I assume you are wanting to hatch chicks? I would expect daughters to be good layers. If you want to raise the sons for meat, I hope you like eating small chickens. They will probably end up smaller than their Rhode Island Red father. They will taste fine, there just won't be all that much...
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    Converted "tool shed" to use as a coop?

    In that case, the plywood is the thing I was thinking of pulling off. Whatever it is that covers the spaces between studs :D
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    Interwar recipes for chicken feed

    Almost a year after that post.... I think this is where you got the screenshot: https://onpasture.com/2014/10/27/can-animals-figure-out-what-minerals-they-need/
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    Mash wet or dry ?

    If all the pieces are ground up small, so the chicks cannot pick through and choose favorite parts while leaving other parts behind, then you can serve it wet or dry or even a dish each way to see which way the chicks prefer it. If it has a bunch of whole grains and some powder, making it wet...
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    1-2 week old chick with spot on foot

    I think it's just got poop stuck on the foot. But if you soak the foot (like suggested for bumblefoot), that should answer the question. Poop will come off with soaking and the foot will look normal afterward. Soaking in plain water for a few minutes would probably be enough to find out if it...
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    Help please attacking chickens bullying

    The weight change may not be a problem. A broody hen does lose some fat, but that doesn't hurt her. And her reproductive organs do shrink and get lighter, plus she doesn't have a whole big clump of yolks getting ready to turn into eggs, all of which can make quite a big change. As her body gears...
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    Converted "tool shed" to use as a coop?

    A thought: it probably does not matter if the "giant window" has a few boards running through it. So you could leave the boards that actually support things, and just pull off the siding or whatever is covering the part of the wall you want to open up. That would also leave plenty of spots to...
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    Time of year for incubating

    I assumed it was two months of dating the eggs and cycling them so there are always enough fresh ones for a clutch, with the less-fresh ones getting eaten. :confused:
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    Cackle Hatchery - Rare Breed Special and Top Hat Special?

    The thing that is hard to describe is how they vary and how they don't. You know how dalmation spots can vary but they never really look the same as the spots on most other kinds of dogs? It's a bit like that, if you look at enough chicks you eventually get a sense of what kinds of variation do...
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    Cackle Hatchery - Rare Breed Special and Top Hat Special?

    I would not really expect bantams in their rare breed assortment, but "small chick" makes me at least consider bantams. Bantams can often live with big chickens without problems, so even if you do end up with a bantam, you might not need to separate it. Black Sumatras do grow up to be black...
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    How to safely transition chicks to unheated area?

    I would turn off the brooder lamp at night too. I would try them with no brooder lamp in the basement now, and then try putting them outside when the night temperatures go up in a few days.
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    My chick pics successive weeks for gender guesses

    I think I agree with you about the Isbars. I see why you are wondering about them. I feel like the wattles are awfully red for the Barnevelder and the Chocolate Orpington, but that might be something about my screen or the pictures rather than the actual chicken. On the other hand, the...
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    Things you wish you could say

    Then again, sometimes it is even more stupid to NOT ask the question. If you think it's a reasonable question, you may be headed for problems if you don't learn a bit more on the subject! But that doesn't cover all kinds of stupid questions. I've seen people ask "What breed is it?" or "how old...
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    Cackle Hatchery - Rare Breed Special and Top Hat Special?

    I think it's going to grow up black. I wonder if it could be a Black Sumatra? https://www.cacklehatchery.com/product/blacksumatra/ I think their eggs run a bit small, which would mean the chicks would be small too (because the size of the egg limits how big the chick can grow before it...
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    Cackle Hatchery - Rare Breed Special and Top Hat Special?

    Given what you posted today, I gather the tracking was wrong for your chicks too. Chicks on Friday is much better than chicks on Monday!
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    Mystery gray and yellow chick - Help ID?

    Thank you for updating! I don't really know what to guess, but she's certainly growing up to look pretty!
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