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    9 week old pecking/pulling feathers from other chicks. Help?

    Hello there, I have 8 chicks around 9 weeks old outside in their coop and run. We have one barnevelder who is pecking feathers off the other chicks. How do we know if it’s just pecking order issues or if that chick is being a bully? I’m worried the flock might be getting stressed out and...
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    Integrating adult birds into a Flock of 4-5 week olds?

    Usually we see the question, how to integrate chicks into with the big girls coop. How about the reverse? We might be getting an amazing home for our chicks, but they come with 4 hens. Is the integration the same way as chicks to Hens? We have 9 chicks between 4-5 weeks old. Just seeing if...
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    2-3 week old chicks ok with no heat for a couple of hours?

    We have 9 chicks about 2-3 weeks old and we lost power. They are right now huddling together. It’s about 70 degrees inside. Will they be okay for a couple of hours or do I need to firenup the generator
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    Suggestion for a cedar coop and a ‘wet/muddy’ area?

    We are looking at our ‘forever’ coop for our girls. Many of the real nice coops are made out of cedar. The only location where we can put the coop is in this wooded area, it rains a ton and the area does not see too much sunlight, so it’s constantly wet/mushy (the ground). Our girls will be...
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    Chicks with Dogs

    Hello there, We have our chicks in a brooder and pretty secure against our Giant Loaf of a Lab. We've sat by the brooder and handled the chicks or just watched the chicks..and at times he will come over and sniff them, but then just get bored. Is there any advantage of having him exposed to...
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    Moved to a New larger enclosure, 2-3 week old chicks 'getting after each other'

    Morning everyone, This might be me being a little paranoid. Anyways we moved the ladies from a large tupperware bin to a much roomier space. The smaller space the girls were doing their flapping wings and running around and they would kind of 'face off against' each other. We thought moving...
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    What age can I give bugs/insects?

    Just wondering what age everyone suggesting that you can give bugs/insects to? Our girls are about 2 weeks old. Also any really popular bugs with chickens? I know there are some 'don'ts' (like flies etc)
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    Any potential issues with mixed breed chicks?

    I’ve tried to do as much research as possible with these breeds, I didn’t see any trouble spots, but checking in with more experienced chicken owners. These are our nine: 2 x Light Brahmas 2 x Bernevelders 2 x Speckled Sussex 1 x Plymouth Barred Rock 1 x silver laced Wyandotte 1 x Olive Egger
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    putting new baby chicks with 1-2 week old chicks?

    I know it’s advised that when you bring new birds into the flock, you are supposed to do it gradually (for example putting them at night while roost). But what 2-3 day old chicks with 1-2 week old chicks, any fear there?
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    Free range hens and layer pellets. Question

    Good morning, I've noticed in the spring that my free range hens have essentially stopped eating their pellets, is it because they are getting enough to eat by foraging? Will they be missing anything from their diets because they don't eat pellets?
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    Are my hens weird or is it fairly normal??

    My hens have never taken any kind of 'human' food, even things that most places say hens absolutely love.
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    What is this White Hen?

    Had quite the group. A blue Andalusian, a speckled Sussex, a cuckoo maran and this white hen. The white hen and blue were the alpha girls.
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    How Important is a Chicken Run if you Free Range all day?

    Honest question, How important is the run if you just free range all day? When I wake up I go and let the girls out, at night, I go and lock the coop up, They haven't spent any time in their run in months.
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    What's the craziest thing your hens have caught & eaten or tried

    I've heard stories of chickens catching and eating mice and snakes. My hens chase after the small finches and sparrows that hop around our yard, I have no doubt that the hens would eat them if caught.
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    Does anyone know what this blueish/gray hen was?

    This girl was super flighty (she flew over a fence and never came back.). She laid white eggs and was not as large as my cuckoo maran and speckled Sussex
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    What are good backyard breeds that are somewhat docile, but also has good predator instincts?

    Essentially looking for hens that are pretty docile, but not so docile where they are just sitting ducks. Like human docile but Wiley against predators big and small. Run from hawks, intimidate cats.
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    Buff Orpingtons and foraging ability (or lack of it)

    So everything I've read about the Orpington sounds great (docile, good layers etc). But I'm concerned about the orpington's ability to forage. Is it really that bad? Our greyish/bluish hen, cuckoo maran and speckled Sussex are really good at it.
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    Hello, fairly new backyard chicken owner here, need advice

    Hello, New here, we had a small backyard flock of 4 all different colors (so we could distinguish between them). We had a bluish/gray hen that wasn't as fluffy as the others, was a little more gangly and was really flighty. She jumped our fence when she got spooked and we never saw her...
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