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    Sleeping in frigid weather

    I have a flock of bantams that like to sleep up in the rafters of my carport. Since it's down in the 20's overnight, I've been going out after dark, collecting them and putting them inside the coop with the 2 older big girls. BUT, without fail, when I leave for work in the morning (still...
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    Opinions wanted

    I want a flock for eggs and meat. I already had heavies, so I got some bantams (silkies) to be brooders and then a fox got all but 2 of the heavies. So, now, the only males I have are bantams (7 of them), 5 bantam pullets and 2 big hens. Can a bantam cock breed a full-size hen? One is pretty...
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    integration went well

    I needed my garage back, so moved the chick box (8' long by 3' wide by 3' high) into the run with my 2 remaining hens (the rest were gotten by a fox while free ranging, very traumatic). The 2 hens are hardly laying since the attack, but doing well otherwise and injuries have healed. So, put...
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    hornets

    My hens are in a wired-in carport. Inside the carport is a small block building that they roost in (it used to contain the well pump). I now have hornets. I think they have burrowed underground and are making a nest inside the block wall. I have wasp-sprayed and used expanding foam to close...
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    Integrating littles with bigs

    I currently have 12 bantam chicks, 4 weeks old, in the garage in a pen that is 8' x 4'x 3'h. I need the garage space and want to move the chicks into the big's space which is an 18' x 14 ' metal covered carport that is enclosed w/ 1/2" wire mesh. There are 2 hens in there now. The enclosed...
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    Just a rant

    I came home Tuesday to feathers all over the yard. Of my 6 hens, I found 2 dead, 2 pretty beat up and couldn't find the last 2. They were free range mainly because they fly out of the pen (4' chain link). I have a portable metal carport that we kept our tractor under that I have been wiring...
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    Bad Feed?

    I'm hearing about Tractor Supply Producer's Pride feed causing hens to stop laying, then they go on about the World Economic Forum and them trying to starve us, etc. I use Dumor layer pellets, which is Purina, I thought. So it should be okay? Yes, I have 3 older hens who haven't laid all...
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    Big roo, little hen?

    I have a barred rock rooster, 7 hens and plan (hope) to get silkies soon. Of course, it will take a bit for them to grow enough to put in with the big girls, but here's my question. Is he too big for the bantam silkies? If so, I'll get some male silkies as well--but would they be too small...
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    Does some of the aggression fade?

    Have the aggressive cockerel thing going on. He's right at 6 months. Four girls just coming into lay and 3 older ones who, for some reason, decided to stop laying all of a sudden. So, he mates all of them and I though 7 would be enough. Now, out of the blue, he'll run at me when I'm working...
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    Which cockerel to choose?

    My good rooster passed 2 years ago and, this past spring, I bought straight run Barred Rock chicks hoping to get a few males. I ended up with 2, who are now crowing and paying attention to the girls. I have 4 hens who put them in their place and have not squatted for either of them yet. I...
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    Continue to treat or cull?

    Bertha is almost past the egg laying stage due to age, she's over 5, and now is prolapsed. I would cull her except that she's the only hen I have who will actually hatch and raise chicks. I right away put her to soak, cleaned her off real well and tried to push it back in, unsuccessfully. So...
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    When do they roost?

    So, my baby is 4 weeks old and sitting next to mom on the roost every night. The other chicks, at 8 weeks, are still sleeping on the floor. Funny, they're up on every high thing during the day but not at night. Also funny, but mom sets a bedtime--she and baby head in at 7:30 every night...
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    aggg! something got in

    I leave the house at zero-dark-thirty, so don't see the chickens until I get home around 5ish. Got home last night and went to feed/water and something had got in and killed 3 chicks. I can't figure out what got in, as there's 1" wire mesh surrounding the entire carport that is their home...
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    Hen/chick question

    I had a hen go broody on infertile eggs, so I waited until day 20 and tucked 3 chicks from Rural King under her. They went straight under and she hissed at me to leave them alone, so I left. Next day, I only saw one chick moving around, but I only looked for a moment and it was the cool of...
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    Pasty butt question

    I've got 2 pullets, maybe 14 days old or so, who get dirty butts. I've been washing them off, but the poo is not clearing the tail when they poop. It's normal when they poop, just clings to the feathers and then dries. I've been watching them. In the morning, if I see it's there and don't...
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    Pasty Butt caution

    Just a word of caution: when your chick is very young, they have naval/cord stump that you may mistake for part of a pasty butt. Be careful. It's not in the same place, the butt, but nearby and you don't want to pull on it.
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    Barred rock chick question

    I need a male, as my rooster got into it with an coyote and the injuries were too massive to overcome. So, I went to Tractor Supply and the one bin had straight run Barred Rock chicks. Only there were black ones and yellow ones. The next box over had Smokey Pearl pullets (never heard of...
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    Registry of chick purchasers?

    Today, I went to Rural King and got several chicks. I then went to Tractor Supply and bought some more. In both cases, they asked for my ID and actually entered my information into the system. I asked what that was about and both said it was required by the government. I asked which...
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    not bumble foot

    My hen started walking like her hip is out of joint, but she's walking on the side of her foot, too, so I thought bumblefoot. Soaked her feet in epsom salt water for 15 minutes, then dried her off and took a look. Not any sign of anything unusual with her foot. So I moved her leg through...
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    Long struggle with worms

    I've been fighting a worm problem for some time now. In the poop, I see small, clear worms. I do not see rice-looking things, just these clear wrigglers. This is the same kind of worm I had years ago and Dawg53 was great help in clearing that up. So, I did a major coop clean, bleached...
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