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  1. hillbilly123

    Need a Local Processor - Central Ohio

    I have decided to cull a good part of my flock of 24 chickens, to get them to a more manageable number and cull the roos / hens that do not have what we are looking for. I want to take them to be processed, does anyone know of any place near Central Ohio that can do this? (Washington Court House...
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    Stupid Roosters!!!!!

    Alright folks, here is the skinny: I have 24 chickens, 20 hens and 4 roos, all about 20 weeks old. I have 17 SS hens and 3 Red Star hens, and 4 SS roos. The roos are being very naughty with the hens, to the point that the hens wont goto their roost at night, and its become a thing to get them...
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    Teenage Rooster Behavior

    Hey folks, I have a flock of 21 SS chickens and 3 red stars, 20 hens and 4 SS roos (strait run worked out that way). Anyways, they are 17 to 18 weeks old, and for the most part doing great. Over the last couple of weeks though, the roos have started getting ornery with each other and the hens...
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    Can I move 5 Week Old Chicks to a Coop?

    Hey guys and gals, I want to get our chickens out of the brooder and outside into their coop. The temps tend to be highs in the 60's and lows in the 30's at night right now. The chicks are 5 weeks old now and are feathered out very well (pics attached). Even though we are getting into the 30's...
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    Ducks and Chicks Together - Can they eat the same food?

    We are just raising our first flock of chicks and the kids wanted some ducks so I said "whats a couple more mouths to feed" and let them get them. They got two mallard ducklings. I have them in the same brooder with the chicks, eating the same 24% chick starter, water, etc. Do I need to do...
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    Chicks Pecking Each Other to Death

    Need some help here guys. I am new to chickens and just got a flock of 25 3 day old SS chicks last Sunday. Everything went great up to yesterday morning when I woke to find two chicks dead. After some research and posts here I have concluded that they were killed by the other chicks, pecked to...
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    Lost A Couple Chicks

    Hi Folks, I just got 25 SS chicks on Sunday from a local breeder, they are now about 6 days old. Everything was fine with all of them until this morning, when I woke to find that we had lost 2 of them. One of them had no visible signs, however one had a long pink thing coming from its hind...
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    Hi From Ohio

    Hi everyone! New chicken farmer :-), just got a flock of SS chicks wish me luck!
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