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    north-central FL EE roo FREE

    Just found out that our 4 month old EE is a rooster (and is crowing away every morning). He's a total sweetheart and it breaks my heart to let him go but we cannot have roosters where we live. We bought him at the feed store in Williston, FL where he was sold as an "Americana" so I don't know...
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    Our very special chicky

    Butters is a very beautifully colored EE and is about 2 and a half months old now. She has always been the most docile and friendly out of our flock and seems to really enjoy being held and cuddled. What she seems to lack in eye-sight and agility (she can eat out of her feeder just fine but...
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    Crowing hen? *fingers crossed*

    Recently our 4 1/2 month old easter egger, Chick Corea, has started crowing. It's a very clear "cocka-doodle-doo" every morning when the sun comes up and often when we come out to the coop to say hi and feed them. I know it's far-fetched but I've read several accounts of rooster-less flocks...
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    Aggressive Older Chickens

    Our two older chicks (one EE and one RIR) are about 4 months old and have been in their coop for a while. Our younger four (2 more EE's and 2 silkies) are about 2 months old and have been in their brooder until a few days ago. We were quite worried about introducing them and we were apparently...
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    Too hot!

    Our two older chicks are now about 3 1/2 months old and are living outside in their coop. Recently the highs have been in the 90's and lows in the 60's here in north central FL and it's only going to get hotter. Their coop is designed with plenty of air circulation (basically, the coop...
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    Temperature question

    We have two "batches" of chicks. Two 9 week olds who were recently transferred to their coop and four 2 1/2 week olds in a brooder inside. For both batches' first weeks they were kept at 95 degrees and we then decreased the temp by 5 degrees each week (always paying attention to whether they...
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    Red comb and gender?

    Our chicks are a little over 3 weeks now and I've recently noticed that our little EE's comb is starting to turn red. Is this a bad sign, gender wise? Here's a picture... What do you guys think?
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    Red comb?

    Our chicks are a little over 3 weeks now and I've recently noticed that our little EE's comb is starting to turn red. Is this a bad sign, gender wise? Here's a picture... What do you guys think?
  9. KristenF87

    Adequate space? (Plus bonus pics)

    We have two chicks that are now about 2 weeks old, one RIR and one EE (Hopefully both pullets). They've been in a 2FT by 2FT cardboard box brooder but now I'm wondering if it is too small, they're growing *so* fast! Just yesterday and today I've noticed that the EE (Chick Corea) has been a bit...
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    New chick pics and questions

    We are ordering from Mypetchicken.com as soon as their site is ready but we got tired of waiting and so we got two chicks from a local feed store. We justified this because we read that it's good to have a chick (or two) that's a little older than the rest, lol. So, we picked up one...
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    My Pet Chicken

    I'm pouting because Mypetchicken.com promised chicks available for order on the 23rd of February, it's the 23rd and they're not up yet... Anyone else ordering from them?
  12. KristenF87

    Bedding

    Is it okay to use pine shavings as bedding for baby chicks? My fiance and I found a bedding made of aspen shavings at petsmart and thought maybe it would be better for them but it is a bit more pricey. We also found a recycled paper bedding, carefresh, but that was even more expensive. We...
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    Our New Coop

    We're finally finished (other than some more decorating) and there's only a few days left til we can order our chicks from mypetchicken.com. Just as we were putting the finishing touches on the coop my now fiance proposed to me in it, so it's pretty special We've gone chicken crazy and...
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    Buying chicks

    I am new to chickens and my boyfriend and I are currently building a coop and looking into different types of chickens. The problem I have run across is that most hatcheries will only ship large quantities of chicks, we are only interested in 4 or 5. Any advice or information on how to get...
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