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    Bantam Pullets - Northern California

    Hello, I have seven pullets that I'm looking to re-home. I received them from Cackle Hatchery on 2/26/14. I never ment to keep all of them from the minimum required order, so now it's time to downsize. What's available are 4 Buff Orpingtons, a Barre Plymouth Rock, a Rhode Island Red, and a grey...
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    Who stays, who goes? And when?

    The chicks are now 14 weeks old, the five cockerels that had started crowing have been dispatched, and that leaves 19 girls and two blokes. I built a modified version of the purina mills coop, so it has 24 sq ft. My chicks are bantams, so I figure 12 would be ok. That means I've got some...
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    Gender and breed, a few bantam 12 week chicks

    Out of all the breeds, I really wanted Dominique's. So naturally, I think they were the ones that died as chicks (only four losses early on) and the two that I think are Dominiques, I think they're boys. Both suspects look exactly like this. Cockerel, right? :( And just to confirm that this a...
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    Integrating Hen with the Brood

    The short version: How/when do I integrat a solo Silkie hen with 26 eight week old chicks? The long version: I have a single Silkie hen that I resecued at the beginning of January, she's fully recovered from nearly being pecked to death by the large fowl flock she raised. At the end of...
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    Splayed leg?

    First time chicken keeper, just got my first batch of chicks today from Cackle hatchery, 30 live bantams. All seem well, except one. Immediately when we started placing them in the brooder we noticed it was having trouble standing. Specifically, it rests on its right leg with its left leg...
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