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    Where are the eggs?

    We have about 50 chickens, half of which are of laying age/were sold to us as already laying and yet we have never gotten more than 6 eggs per day. Most days it is closer to 2-4 eggs. We have had a lot of ups and downs and welcomed many new hens and changed a lot of things so there has been a...
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    Rooster with confidence issues

    Our buff orpington roo was doing great but we felt bad for him managing a flock of almost 40 free ranged hens alone. He was running from the coop to the barn to the front pasture to keep an eye on things. So we got another roo and our roo instigated many little fights before we separated them...
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    Old English Game? Roo or pullet?

    This is our 2 year old's "Baby rooster". Looking and comparing I am guessing OEG but I am not sure. (S)he came to us and we were old was 8 weeks old. It has not grown a centimeter since we got it over a month ago. No signs of crowing or other rooster things. And we found a tiny white egg in the...
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    Australorp/orpington roo or pullet?

    These are from the same hatch I believe and they were given to us as a pullet and a roo but I am not sold on the one being a roo or not. Comb is big but feathers and feet are the same to me... The bird in question... he was just hit with a breeze thats why he is all fluffy Bird in question is...
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    Moving a set hen and her clutch of eggs

    Someone is giving us their hen, her roo and about 20 eggs she is setting. They live about an hour from here so they will be in the car for a bit. I worry she will leave the eggs... if she does I do have an incubator I could put them in worst case scenario. But I would love for her to hatch them...
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    A barred rock roo? and what else?

    Someone who did not know and could not keep their chickens just dropped these off. Any ideas on gender and breeds would be wonderful! They are all supposedly 8 weeks old. I believe at least 2 if not all 3 are roosters and the one with the long tail feathers is a banti... maybe one of the others...
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    Hens who segregate themselves?

    We have a few different breeds (ameraucanas, buff orps, silver laced wyandottes, red sexlinks, and california white leghorns) and they are all varying ages and we got them at varying times. For the most part the orps stay together, the sexlinks together, the ameraucanas are inseparable! and the...
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    Failing miserably at hatching eggs

    It's our first time and we (and by we I mean me... busy mom or 2 humans, 2 dogs, 4 sheep and 27 chickens) suck at this whole incubation thing. It's only day 2 and I am fairly certain that I have both fried and chilled these poor turkey eggs. I didn't take into consideration how much the temp of...
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    Stubby the 11 week old Buff Orpington

    This is "Stubby". (S)he is a buff orpington and about 11/12 weeks old. My 2yr old named her stubby because she had no tail feathers for the longest time. Her/his comb and wattle are the most red out of all our BO but other than that physically (s)he seems the same as the others. Personaility...
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    Introducing new chicks to your flock

    I have no idea if we are doing it right or not but no one has been hurt or anything yet. We started off with 9 chicks (6 BO and 3 Silver Laced Wyandottes) They are now 11 weeks old and have been out in the coop/ free ranging for a few weeks. 2.5 weeks ago we got 11 red sex link (were supposed to...
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    Fresh Pine Chips ok for bedding?

    We found a source for free fresh pine chips (not shavings its like the whole tree, sent through a chipper) and we are going to be using it for many things but is it safe for bedding in our coop? It's fresh so its very piney smelling but our coop is also very well ventilated.
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    Pullets who hate snacks?

    Our pullets are about 8 weeks now and they won't eat anything but the chick starter feed we bought when we got them. They are our first flock and clicking around everyone suggests all sorts of snacks but our chicks wont have any of it. Are we doing it wrong? Should I be cutting things up a...
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    First Flock

    Hey Everyone! We just bought 8.6 acres and it came with a coop and small barn which need fixing up. We picked up our first flock on Monday. 6 buff orpingtons and 3 silver laced wyandottes. The orpingtons are 5 weeks I believe and the wyandottes are a week older. Its in the 40's here. When can we...
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