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    Question about red mold forming in waterer in the summer?

    Greetings! We’ve been keeping chickens since 2013. Once our flock began to grow, we purchased a six gallon plastic waterer for our eleven girls for the summer. Whenever I go to add water, I have to take the thing apart and clean the red mold out of it. Is there anything that can be done to...
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    HELP ASAP! 3 of my chicks are stuck out in the run

    Posting pics will help you get the layout of our coop and run (below). Somehow they get out there (up the ramp to the loft and down a long ramp into the run). But 3 of 4 are chirping madly while mamma Charlie keeps pacing and going from run into coop and back again. One chick, who was in the run...
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    Any members in or near Central NJ that have fertilized eggs we can buy?

    Hi! We have an extremely broody Australorp and really want to get her 4 to 6 fertilized eggs to hatch. We have a flock of eleven presently, and we live in Burlington County, NJ. Is there anyone out there that can help us? I am replying to some buy/sell threads, but want the eggs YESTERDAY...
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    Wanted to share this funny picture of our waterer

    Last spring, I made my flock's waterer using a 5 gallon Coleman water cooler and the Brite Tap system with the two nipples on it. After several months, one of our girls starting roosting on top of it. and naturally, with that came her droppings. It bothered me no end because when I went to...
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    Our three two year old hens are bullying our eight 12 week old pullets, suggestions??

    We integrated our flock of eleven a couple of weeks ago. While the older ones don't seem to be pecking or hurting the littles, they do bully them around. Our coop has two levels, and it seems like the hens keep chasing the pullets back up into the upper loft of the coop. We are worried that...
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    How to get hens to start using new nesting boxes?

    We have just finished modifying our coop by doubling the size and adding a run in the back. Our small flock of three has been increased by adding eight pullets, who are now eleven weeks old and we just put them all in the new coop together last week. Among other improvements, we put five...
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    My new flock of eight ~~ Five weeks old ~~ a little help finding out if any are roos

    I am still a novice at the "What sex are these?", so if you all will induldge me, I am asking you learned ones out there for some help. We have a nice assortment of breeds: 2 buff orpingtons, 2 Easter eggers, 2 barred rocks, one RI Red (I am thinking production red, tho), and a silver laced...
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    Ameraucana - 3 weeks old - roo or pullet??

    We think this might be a roo. Thoughts?? Thanks!
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    True Grit??

    Sorry for the pun, but I have a question that's been bothering me since we got our first bach of chicks two years ago. They are now two years old and doing well, despite the little dispute I'm having with my daughter-in-law. We all live in one giant house on 3 acres in a lovely area, and my...
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    How many hens is about the maximum for a 4' x 8' coop?

    NO, this isn't a riddle or a joke We have a tall coop that is about the size of a large outhouse in height. It is 4' by 8'. We had gotten 5 chicks last spring, but had to part with a roo due to crowing issues. So we hae 5 hens. I would love to add some more hens, but wondering how...
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    What breed is this sweet girl??

    Hi! We have two of this breed, along with two RIR, and one all black one (will look for a pic of her next)
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    Wondering about my girls' egg production...Opinions please?

    This is our second season with our hens. We started off last March with six little chicks, but one turned out to be a rooster! We kept the rooster almost all summer. Our girls were pretty young, and they started laying in mid-September last year. After the first week or so, we were getting...
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    Anyone here purchace the Omlet Fencing System for a run?

    Greetings from suddenly chilly New Jersey! We had three beautiful days with sunny temps in the 70's, then one day of rain, and now COLD temps for a day or two. Well, this, too, shall pass. Anyhow, as the weather warms, we would like our girls to have some running room near their coop. We've...
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    Our 5 girls started off late winter laying with gusto!

    Our 5 hens are a year old this month. They resumed their egg production as the daylight hours grew longer. That first week, though, was a real record breaker, though I didn't even think what they did was possible. There were two days in a row that our 5 girls produced seven (7) eggs. In...
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    Another New Jerseyite!

    Hi, my name is Jacquie. I just came here to introduce myself, and I find the last newbie here is Mike, also from NJ! I am a bit north and west of Mike, tho, living in Florence, a town bordered on it's left by the Delaware River.We started raising chickens last Spring, so we've had them for a...
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