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    Black headed barred rock chicks

    I hate to ask, but... I just purchased 4 barred rock chicks from tractor supply and am worried my selection process was flawed. I went for dark all around... I picked the last 4 with no white spot on the heads and dark legs, all we're dark otherwise as well. Will dark heads be female?
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    eek! just brought home a free guinea hen and she is constantly calling buckwheat!

    I know guineas can be loud, but she is constantly calling. I went to buy a few laying age hens and he people asked me to take the guinea for free... Is she going to settle down? If so how long would you guess this may take? She was the only guinea where she was and was not calling like this...
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    Chicks on sticks!

    I have seen a few posts of people moving their chicks from the brooder to the coop and being concerned that they do not use their roosts. So, I thought I would post this fuzzy photo of my chicks on sticks in their brooder box. I added the sticks to give them something new to explore and they...
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    introducing laying age hens to "teenager" flock?

    i apologize if this has already been covered, but i cannot use the search feature with my cell phone and i am without a computer at the moment... we have a mixed flock of 9 teenagers, i say it this way because the chicks were of varying and unknown ages when we got them. there is a woman who...
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    showgirl chick being mama for smaller silkie chick

    i am curious if anyone has had a chick play protective mama for a smaller chick. we got 5 chicks, all different breeds, 2 weeks ago from a local person. all of them ranged from less than a week old to maybe 2 weeks old (guessing here by feather development). from the get go the showgirl has been...
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    windows on 2 or 3 sides?

    i am now at the stage of cutting plywood for the rear wall of our shed to coop transformation. i had planned on having the rear 7 foot width have the same 2 foot high windows coming down from the roof as the 14 foot right side of the shed. however, the rear backs up to woods and now i am worried...
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    Moth Wars?

    i am curious if anyone else who has their brooder inside has discovered this entertainment too! we live in the country and when we leave to porch light on we attract many many moths. we started grabbing a few and tossing them into the brooder. the chicks love it! it sounds like a mass of...
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    Hello from Virginia!

    Hello everyone! I have wanted to have a few chickens for quite a few years and have finally made the leap! :) We purchased 5 little ones last weekend from a local breeder and have been very happy with them hanging out in our living room in a converted generator box. i take then outside and...
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