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  1. GPowell

    Need Help with age and gender of barred rock chicks please!!

    My wife picked out two barred rock chicks 4 days ago. The man we bought them from wasn't too sure on their age so I would like to know age you think they are. Also we did research and hope we made the right choice by picking two pullets. We went with the two darker chicks out of the rest. The...
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    Barred Rock chicks help

    My wife finaly got her barred rock chicks. Can anyone tell me the sex of the chicks yet? From my understanding pullets are black with white stripes and the lil soon to be cockrels are white with a black striped pattern. Also I'm wanting to determine approx ages. Im thinking the bigger one is...
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    Hens in the nesting boxes

    Today I went out to do my daily clean of the coop and found 2 of my hens were inside the nesting boxes. Last week I was in the garage and found some of my kids plastic Easter eggs. I took all the tan colored eggs and filled them with sand and taped them together so they wouldn't come apart in...
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    The Bully

    This is "Minion" she is number 2 in the pecking order. Tonight when it was time for the rest of the gang to go roost for the night she would stand at the coop entrance and wouldn't let anyone else in. She would bump, and peck all who dared to enter. The rest of the hens get along fine with each...
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    New Waterer HELP!

    I wasn't a big fan on leaving a bowl of water out in the run for the hens to dirty up and spill over so I decided to make a waterer for them. The waterer is a 5 gallon bucket with a lid and 5 poultry nipples at the bottom. I have 3/4 inch PVC piping running from the lid and out to were I can...
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    Seven Dust ?

    I don't mean to beat a dead horse but I had a few questions about seven dust .I went out and bought some seven dust today for preventing, and treating my hens when and if they should ever get lice or mites. I scoop out their droppings everyday from inside the coop. I try and keep it as clean and...
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    Another Oyster Shell question

    I have and can get whole pices of oyster shells anytime I want for free. I rather get the oyster shells for free and put in a little work to crush them up then to buy a 10 dollar bag from tractor supply. The question I have is can I in fact crush the shells up myself and feed them to my hens? I...
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    The Waiting game

    I'm a rookie when it comes to raising chickens. With that being said as of right now my small flock consists of 2 Golden Buff hens. I'm truly facinated by them and find myself just observing them for hours at a time scratching around the frozen back yard. I can tell who the boss of the 2 is...
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    My First coop build.

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    Feed Question

    I am a complete rookie on raising chickens. I spent a lot of time building my coop and finally got myself some mature hens. I know the one has started laying already! I went to my local feed and grain store and asked for chicken feed. I paid for the feed and he brought it out to my truck and...
  11. GPowell

    Hello Everyone

    I am new to owning and raising chickens, so I will have tons of questions. I finally completed my coop and run, and tomorrow I will be the proud new owner of a New Hampshire red Rooster! Finding hens right now is almost impossible. So let me go ahead and ask my first few questions. Can I keep a...
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