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  1. CLOUDNINE

    Integrating new chicks has been really hard.... :(

    I have 9 three month old chicks that I have been trying to integrate into my "flock" of 2 one year old hens. I started with 12 chicks and have had three get killed by the older girls. Everytime I try to let them all run together another chick gets killed. I managed to "rescue" one of the chicks...
  2. CLOUDNINE

    Culling?

    There is a lot of information about roosters and behavior, etc. BUT, I can't seem to find any information about actually how to humanely cull one. I read that to get a hold of a mean rooster you need to take him off the roost at night, but how do you then process him? Break the neck? Cut the...
  3. CLOUDNINE

    Still new to this...

    I think this belongs here? I got my first chickens last year, and was probably over protective ;) My husband built a great coop and covered run for them, but I was scared to let them free range for several reasons- I wasn't sure I could get them back into the coop, I didn't want to miss out on...
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    Is it unusual? Or early maturing?

    When I went out this evening to take care of my chicks (2 months old) only 3 (2 hens and 1 rooster) of them were in the run to see what goodies I had brought, a 4th one (a hen) came out of the house to investigate, too. I have 6, so when I went in the house to take care of their feed and water...
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    Moving 4 week old chicks outside to hen house??

    I am very new to chicken raising. We have finished our hen house and I am wanting to get the chicks out there. My question is, do they still need the heat lamp at this point?? I am planning on locking them in at night, but it is still getting chilly at night here, so do I need to install the...
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