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    Iowa Blues

    When I put my order in this spring I ordered 2 Iowa Blue Pullets..can't find anything on the web about them. I just went and looked at the Ideal home page again to read up about them(this is where I ordered them). My pullets are both laying..bantam size eggs, and don't look anything like the...
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    First egg from someone in my new flock!

    Yeah...finally got an egg from one of my new girls. They are 21 weeks now! Don't know which one is was those, know it wasn't one of the EE cuz it was brown. I was so excited. Glad too, my big girls are all molting at the same time so they are on strike, and looking mighty funny!
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    Rooster mating with 18wk pullet, to young?

    Well I noticed my 4yr old Buff Orp Roo paying attention to the young ladies today (they are 18wks) They were running away from him of course. Then this evening on their way back to the coop he caught one of my Cochins and did the deed. Is 18 weeks to young? I know it is a strange question but...
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    sneaky chickens...getting out

    My newest members are now 4 months old..and it seems I have two escape artist. So I have checked I don't know how many times to see if there is a spot under the fence they could slide under, and didn't see anything big enough for a chicken. I must say I am really tired of having to go out...
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    Just not possible? 8 week olds laying?

    Found a very small egg when I went to collect today. It was right there along 8 normal size eggs. I have 5 laying hens 4 yrs old, still going. I have 15 new girls...they are only 8 weeks old, and this egg looks just like when my first girls started laying, tiny. It couldn't possibly be from...
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    at what age is it safe to free range

    Chicks are now 6 weeks..think its safe to let them out to range with the older chickens? I'm a bit hesitant because there has been alot of hawk and owl activity. Don't want to lose anyone to attack.
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    oh the woes of owning chickens..

    Momma hen and baby- moved back into hen house. New Chicks(5weeks) moved into hen house with divider. New chicks figure out how to get over divider, now mingling with older chicks (have one BR who is being a pain, but nothing major) Yesterday pouring rain..chicks try to get back in house on...
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    chicks intergrated themselves..

    Seems my 20 new chicks had a plan of thier own. Look out the kitchen window about an hour ago and noticed 4 of my chicks running around in the run, jumping in and out of the hen house. Seems they escaped from thier enclosure, use there perch(small 3 rung ladder) to jump right over. Little...
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    Successfully moved chicks to hen house.

    With the weather in the 90's and the chicks growing out of the brooder I decide it was time they moved in there new digs. I put up the divider on Saturday. So far so good. Haven't let them in the run yet. Thought I would wait a few days to let them get used to the new "house" first. My...
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    Hen still setting...11 days after first chick hatched.

    The new chick is now 11 days old. I have been making sure there is food and water for both the hen and chick. She has been getting up and eating and drinking. She has also cleaned her nest box. She originally had 4 eggs(all green) one hatched...when she finally got up, I noticed a new brown...
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    Chicks with attitude.

    I'm telling you my little girls and guys(hopefully only 5) are just to funny. They all have thier own personalities. One of my Golden Laced Cochins is already a luv bug, she just stands there and lets you pet her..if you put her in your lap she is even happier. One of my Delaware is just to...
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    Chicks with attitude.

    I'm telling you my little girls and guys(hopefully only 5) are just to funny. They all have thier own personalities. One of my Golden Laced Cochins is already a luv bug, she just stands there and lets you pet her..if you put her in your lap she is even happier. One of my Delaware is just to...
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    new to incubators and really hope the one I has works...

    I have a hen setting, who hatch one egg yesterday. She is not moving and I really think it is going to be a few more days before the other are ready to hatch. I bought an old incubator at an auction, never even plugged it in. Just went to the basement and tested it..the fan is working. I...
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    Pic of new chick

    Here are a couple pictures I snapped this morning...they aren't the best, I was shooting thru wire and working with a chick who just didn't want to stay still. She is still setting on 4 eggs. Just wondering how long she will wait before she takes the baby and shows her/him where the food and...
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    She has a baby!!

    21 days...My big perty RRI just hatched her first chick...its a little yellow one. Which makes sense, since the daddy is my Big Buff Orp. All 4 eggs are Ameracana+Buff Orp. Still waiting to see how many hatched...just saw one so far. Gave momma a bite of grass, and she gobbled it up. I...
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    Will I need to build a seperate run?

    My 20 chicks are growing fast...and eating tons..lol I have been reading the post about intergrating new chicks and all the negative things that can a happen..Just read to wait until they are 16 weeks...there is no way that my brooder box is going to hold 20, 16 week old chicks (or are they...
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    Some help w/ identification

    black sex link...all are solid black except for white on the wings...all female? New Hampshire Red..5 of these Mystery chick.... Barred Rocks... Delaware...very light yellow, looks white in the picture I have 5 Black sex links...order 2 so I assumed the extra 3 were males, but they...
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    Need help...broody hen moved AGAIN!

    I have set up my old rabbit hutch to move the hen . I put a low sided trough in there and put some wood chips in it. I also have a tarp over the hutch since it only has one solid side. I'm going to get my DD to help me move the hen and eggs tonight. I really don't know if anything will...
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    broody hen moved to new nest??

    Went out today to check on my one hen that is setting.. She has moved to the middle nest box. I have 3 nest boxes they are appr. 1 1/2 ft off the floor... There were 5 eggs in the left box she was in so I moved those over to her in the middle to see if she would scoot them back under her...
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    Moving broody hen

    I have a hen that has been setting in the coop for about 4 days now..was wondering if I should move her? I have an old rabbit hutch, was thinking about moving it on the side of the hen house and putting her in it. The last 2 hens that hatched any babies ended up losing them all..think this may...
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