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    Is this normal?? Getting discouraged

    Hello, This spring is turning out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have a flock of 30-35 chickens are many different breeds. I have 2 golden buff hens, 2 RIR hens, 2 black sex link hens, 1 blue americauna hen, 6 americauna hens, 2 japanese bantam hens, 1 mille fleur d'uccle...
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    3 Bantams - 2 Hens and 1 Rooster

    I have three bantams that are small enough to fit through the holes in my fence so they are not safe from predators. I fear for them so I would rather they go somewhere where they can be safe. The picture shows all three of them minus the brown frizzle who was placed yesterday. The black roo and...
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    Lost 3 hens and a roo. Two other roos have bloody heads

    I am so upset. I have never had problems with predators before where I am at. I saw a hawk once but the dog was enough to deter it from taking any of my little flock. Last night, it seems, something came in and got one of my full grown buffs, 2 full grown barred rocks, and a full grown banty...
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    I'm awesome looking but what am I?

    We got this guy as filler from the feed store when we bought our other bantams. He is like nothing I've ever seen before so maybe the great minds here can figure him out. His legs have feathers that jet way out and he is also feather-footed. Thanks
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    Information on ducks and the proposed duck enclosure

    I'm going to have to make an enclosure for the 3 ducks that I have and I was wanting to ask a few questions to the knowledgable people here. I'm going to make a small duck house to accomodate them but I keep reading that you have to lock then up at night. Why is this? I'm going to give them a...
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    Putting the ducklings outside

    I have 3 little ducklings who are in the house is a 4-tiered cage and I was wondering when the right time would be to place them outside. They would be in a 3' by 3' by 2' cage that would be under a tree in the shade. I do live in Central Florida and the temperatures lately have been in the mid...
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    Three mysterious baby ducklings

    This Sunday my middle child came home with a cute little duckling that her papa bought her at the flea market. This prompted my wife's motherly instinct and she ran back to get this duckling 2 little playmates. She has been wanting ducks since I got our chickens so this was her opportunity. We...
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    Injured chick possibly?

    I have this one RIR chick that is experiencing some odd behaviors and I think that she might be injured somehow. I was watching the chicks in their pen and noticed this one chick just closed one of her eyes and then slowly listed to that side. She eventually fell off after 3 or 4 seconds and...
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    What are these two feed store chicks?

    I got these from the local feed store along with 15 other chicks. These 2 were labeled as bantam hens but that is all that I know. The first two are the same chick and the last two are the same chick. Thanks
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    New chicks! Woohoo *Updated with Pics*

    Well, my wife finally got the bug I think ... ok well maybe she was just tired of me whining We went to the feed store yesterday to get some more feed for the chickens and the dogs and she let me get some chicks from there I got ,what they labelled as, 5 RIR, 5 BO, and 5 BR. My wife and...
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    Too cold for chickens and GPs?

    It seems like it is actually going to get cold overnight tonight and I just wanted to ask everyones advice on what I need to do with my chickens and puppies. The temperature tonight and tomorrow night are going to be around 25-29 degrees. I have 8 12 weeks old chickens in a 10X10 coop that is...
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    Change in diet?

    I know that certain people and animals have reactions to a change in their diets. I just changed my group from starter to laying mash and their poop has gone all runny. Is this due to diet change or something else?
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    Angled top to laying boxes?

    I've notice after looking at most coop designs is that most everyone has installed an angle top to their laying boxes. Is there a reason for this? I can only imagine is that it is to stop the chickens from roosting on the top of the laying boxes. Is there any other reason? Thanks
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    Mating Behaviors?

    As I was installing the laying boxes in the coop, which I think was too early BTW, I noticed that two of my roos started to strut around flapping their feathers and basically making themselves look big. I took this as they were showing off trying to get me out of the coop but the behavior...
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    Differences between hens and roos

    Ok, I'm really new here and the amount of information on this site is almost overwhelming. Everyone asks great questions and the answers are great. I started with 8 chicks that I got from a friend and I posted pics on here in the "What gender" forum and I got many different answers as to what...
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    How to calm a roo

    I have too many roos in my coop and I'm aware of that but I can't seem to find a way to get rid of a couple and I really don't know which ones are the roos. I know I have 2 for sure in a 10X10 coop but opinions vary that 2 to 3 of the others are roos as well. Yesterday, as I was refilling the...
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    Chicks from the local feed store

    Is this a good place to get chicks? My local feed store has two "trays" of chicks tha the says are domineckers (sp?) and Ameraucanas (sp?) but they all look alike to me. What are your experiences with getting chicks from the feed store? He said that he orders them from Ideal and that I could...
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    Where to put waterer and feeder

    What are everyone's thoughts on where to locate the water and food for the chickens. In the coop so they have access all day and night or in the run, which they only have access to during the day?
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    Skittish Chickens

    I have 8 chickens in my coop now and I got them when they were around 3 or 4 weeks old. They are around 13 or 14 weeks old now and getting big. These chickens are really skittish whenever I walk in the coop or even approach the coop. I understand that this may be because I did not handle them...
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    Top chicken on the roost

    I have heard from people that I have talked to about my chickens that the pecking order can be determined by the height the chickens take on the roost. I don't know how true this is but I have seen some interesting behaviors since putting the roost in. Let me start by saying that I have NO CLUE...
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