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    Mamma Hen rejecting some of her chicks...advice needed

    I placed 4 chicks under Speckles, our mamma hen, yesterday and she accepted them and today she is aggressively pecking 2 of them away from her. She was an excellent mamma with her adopted chicks the 1st time around, so not sure what's up this time. The 2 she has rejected are the chicks my...
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    venting questions

    My DH and I started with 6 chicks and a ready made chicken coop, which can be seen within the fenced in area.. Then chicken math took a hold of me and now we have 15 girls. So we have been been converting about 7' of our 15 x 8' shed into a coop for them. We live in the Seattle area and I want...
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    Mama Hen taking chicks into coop with the big girls...is it safe?

    Our Ameraucana has been a great mama to 6 chicks which range in age from 7 to about 9 weeks old. They are in a smaller coop and run which is inside the bigger run. I have started letting them out into the big run and now mama is trying to take them into the big coop. Should I be concerned about...
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    5 wk old chick leg picked bare and swollen

    Found one of our 5 wk old French Maran chicks trapped and being pecked on by our older chickens. Her leg was picked bare and raw, but not bleeding and doesn't look like they broke the skin. We cleaned her up and put blue kote on it. This evening she is eating and drinking, walking with a...
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