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    Pinless peeper alternative?

    Does anyone know of an easier alternative to pinless peepers? Thanks
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    Wounded Chicken Foot Tips?

    We had a rat in our coop and I’m not sure if she got bit on the foot from the rat or if she got into a skirmish at bed time on the roost, her wound was healing and then today someone pecked it open and all heck broke loose so instead of using blu kote I set her up an emergency kennel in the...
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    Pullet holds one wing higher than the other?

    I’ve noticed it’s not broken or sprained and her wing has been like this throughout her growth development so far, just the way she holds it I guess?
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    Anyone wanna help me name my pullets? :)

    Two Easter eggers and two silver laced Wyandotte’s :)
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    Pullet or cockerel?

    This is my 2 week or 3 week old silver laced Wyandotte, I bought “her” in the sexes pullet section but she is bigger than the other wyandotte that I have, did I get an accidental rooster or is this a pullet?
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    Chick+broody hen adoption attempt tonight......nervous

    I have a broody who goes broody almost twice a month, shes been sitting on golf balls for over a week. She's one of those super broody mama types. I finally broke down a bought two 4-5ish day old chicks at the local feed store today. I'm going to attempt to take away the golf balls and replace...
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    pullet sleeping issues...

    I have 2 pullets and 4 big girls. Pullets are 18 mo. They are fully integrated since 8 weeks. They all roost at night except one, she stares at the roost and looks afraid to jump up there and ends up sleeping under the wall feeder. They have plenty of room to jump and the 2by4 roost is 8 feet...
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    Integration taking ages...

    I have 2 pullets who are now 13 weeks old, I integrated them with my flock of 4 one year olds when they were 9 weeks old and they were partioned off in theyre own section of the coop since 4 weeks. The pullets stay in the coop(large coop) and the olds stay out, when the pullets come out my...
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    I did a stupid. Feeling horrible...

    So I ignored guidelines and put my 3 5 week old pullets in with my flock of four,no wire cage, just boxes for them to hide with, multiple feed stations etc. The coop and run is big enough for tons of chickens even tho I had 4 so I thought it would work fine.I kept checking on them...It's my...
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    Is it too cold?

    I have 3 one week old chicks brooding in a plastic tote in the bathtub. It's been 70ish during the day and around 28 at night. I have a 250 watt red bulb. Is it okay to put them in an unheated insulated shed with that tote and lamp, or should I wait? Thanks. I live in central Oregon and the...
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    First Time Brooding Chicks!!!

    I already have an established flock of four but I was in Big R today and (Chicken Math) and I now have 3 new babies brooding in box in the tub with a heat lamp.I think big R gets their chicks from Murray but the box they came in said Nutrena Chick Days on it... They are adorable! 2 Golden Sex...
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    Does this feed look healthy for my laying hens?

    I usually try to buy them organic or non gmo, but it comes in tiny bags and it's so dang expensive... our local feed store sells this and the bag claims to be "all natural" but I dunno...
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    My Ameracauna Is Feather Picking Everyone!!!

    Lemme give you the back story first, I have four chickens all of which are very docile. My Ameracauna (who is highest rank on pecking order) has seemingly taken up a habit of feather picking. They were pullets in the spring and just started laying at the end of summer. My Ameracuana hen laid...
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    messy hen...

    My uncle got rid of his chickens recently and gave me their feeder. I was so happy as it is one of those metal wall feeders Tha cost 50 bucks at our local feed store. I fixed it up and sat it up just high enough for my hens to reach it but one of my he's likes to be a slob and still manages to...
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    Winter broody question...

    Its been in the teens to 7 degrees at night due to a polar vortex..._Will her broody lil butt still keep those eggs warm enough?? Shes a full size California grey on bantam eggs.
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    How cold is too cold?

    I have 4 hens in coop roughly 7by8 and 7 feet tall. Its uninsulated. I secured a 250watt red heat lamp in there. I know some Don't use a heat lamp but im going to regardless. Anyways my question is that its been in the teens to twenties at night and so far they seem alright but tomorrow nights...
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    Broody Pullet...

    My California Grey pullet who has been laying for about a month has a very odd egg laying behavior. Since she has began laying she lays her egg, and then lays on it all day (and into the night if I let her). If I don't manually take her off her nest everyday she"ll continue to sit on it growling...
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    HELP!!!

    My lavender ameracauna layed a rubber egg a few days ago, and for the last 3 days shes been pooping on her roost poop board at night and the poop has egg yolk in it....What the heck do I do, will she be okay?!?!? She's a pullet and this has happened after her 11th egg I think. She won't lay eggs...
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    Ameracauna not laying yet...

    My 8th month old jaerhon and 7 month old california grey are laying but my 9 month old lavender ameracauna still isn't laying. Is that just because of her breed? Anybody have any experience with this? Thanks.
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    Norwegian Jaerhon hatching eggs wanted.

    Does anyone out there have any norwegian jaerhon hatching eggs they are willing to sell me? In mid to late October I am looking to purchase some but I'm putting the add out now cause I've found the breed is hard to get a hold of. 4-6 eggs is what I need, don't care is they are frizzled, flame...
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