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I have a mixed-breed flock of 9 hens and a (Ameracauna) rooster, made of up 4 hens and the rooster from 2009, and 5 hens from 2010. The formerly Alpha hen, a Golden Comet from 2009, has been ousted from her position by one of our big Black Stars from 2010. The Comet has always been the...

I have nine chickens, and I call them chickens only because they're huge and look like, well, chickens. But they still only peep, mostly. They'll squawk if they're fighting over a goodie but the predominant sound is chicky peeping. When will I start hearing clucking, cock-a-doodling, and other...

Hi, I am now the proud owner of 2 little silver-laced Wyandottes and 2 Golden Comet chicks (all 4, I'm assured, are female and are about 10 days old) and today I will be picking up the chicks that my daughter's kindergarten class hatched (5 little ones out of 2 dozen incubated eggs... not a...

I bought 4 1-week-old chicks at the feed store today, and on Thursday I'll pick up 5 2.5-week-olds from my daughter's kindergarten class. I'm not sure what to do about the difference in ages. I have 2 50-gal rubbermaid bins, but they grow so fast. Maybe I'll try integrating them as soon as the...

Hi, Everyone. I'm sort of new to chickens and it's time for me to start spending more time here so I can learn from the experts. I say "sort of new" because I have a masters' degree in avian sciences from Univ Calif. Davis (I've had it for 10 years and have forgotten most of what I learned!)...