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    How do you sex a chicken?

    can someone explain to me in detail how to sext chickens? I want to learn how to tell if my babies are roo's or hens
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    Best incubator on small budget

    can someone let me know the best incubator on a small budget. This will be my first incubator and I've been searching online and I'm now confused. So now I'm asking all you experts. Thank you
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    Nesting boxes

    so I made the Rubbermaid nesting boxes for my hens. Have two, one has hay and the other has pine shavings. But my RIR made her own nest from pine needles and leaves in the back corner of the coop. Not a problem i thought. Well then my other RIR decided to use the same nest. Not a problem they...
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    Dirty egg

    i collected a poopy egg this morning. Should I wash it and refrigerate or just leave as is. I know if you wash it, it takes off the protection layer, so just checking on what to do.
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    Stupid question by a newbie

    do chickens only lay eggs at night?
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    Brooder box for new babies

    im getting a coupe of baby chicks this week. They will be a week old. I use pine shavings in my main coop. Should I use pine shavings for their brooder box? I will have the border box inside my house until they get older
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    Picking out new baby chicks

    we are going this week to pick out a couple of new baby chicks they are chocolate Orpingtons. Is there anything we should be looking for. Our other chickens were older when we got them so this will be our first time with babies. We have a Chocolate Orpington Rooster and are planning on breeding them
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    Hens started singing

    two of my hens started singing the bak bak bak bagock song. Does that mean their ready to lay eggs?
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    Age of my RIR

    can anyone tell me how old they think my RIR are ?
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    No eggs

    ive had my flock for 6 weeks. I have two 11 month old RIRs and two 12 month old australorps. We were told that they had not Layed eggs yet and probably would soon. Is it normal that they are still not laying. I figure it's because there new to me and they are getting used to their new home...
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    My chickens won't let me pet them

    i see so many people on here talking about petting their chickens. Mine run from me. I know I've only had them all for 4 weeks. I have 2 RIR hens, 2 Ausralarps hens and 3 7 week old blue cooper marrans and a Chocalate Orpington rooster. Why do they run from me?
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    Rooster chasing my hens

    im still new to my chickens. For the last couple of days my rooster has been chasing all my hens. In a flighty like skip. Is this normal and what does it mean?
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    Couple of questions from a newbie

    i converted a home built wood shed into a coop. On the back wall behind the purch I put in is a shelf and my hens & rooster love laying on it. Should I add some hay to the shelf and since they lay there so much should I clean the poop everyday? I'm also planning to knock out one of the two...
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    Hen being aggressive

    im very new to the chicken farming. I've only had my coop for 2 day. Today my oldest (1year) black Australorp started being aggressive with my other hens. She's not aggressive with the rooster. Is this normal or should I do something? Thanks for your advice
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    Is this too dark for my coop

    this picture is first thing in the mornings when the coop has the most sunlight. Do we need a light inside the coop? Well apparently it will not upload my photo. My new chickens never came out of the coop today. It was their first day in our coop
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    First night with chickens

    last night was our first night with our 4 hens and 1 rooster. The hens slept inside the coop and the rooster slept outside in the pin area is that normal?
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    5 weeks old hens

    I'm getting hens for the first time and ages are 5 weeks to 6 months old. 5 week old hens are blue cooper Marans. Do they need extra heating.? Or do we just put leaves or something in the coop to help keep floor warm.
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    coop floor

    Can I use saw dust on my coop floor?
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    New to site and chicken farming

    Hello everyone. I am Kellie and my sister is Tracie and we are Sister's Farms. We finally have our coop ready and want to buy some young hens. We are in the market for Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorp and/or Rhode Island Reds. We are in walker county Alabama
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