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  1. SemperChicken

    What the heck is he doing?...

    I've seen Roo do this before, and even Brooke (the SL Wyandotte in the video) was doing it while I was filming, but is there anything I should be concerned about? He was oddly enough standing on one foot during the video, but otherwise he's on both feet (was just a coincidence) and he would...
  2. SemperChicken

    Introducing 8 week olds to 13 week olds

    So we've had the 8 week old chicks in a "brooder" for the past month and our "teenagers" in the small coop for a while and just wanting to start consolidating where the chickens are I decided to integrate the younger ones together finally. I am sure that this behavior is absolutely normal, but...
  3. SemperChicken

    Opossum Spotted Tonight

    Well, I am now certain that it was a possum that got our 5 chicks almost a couple months ago (for those that read my other post). We've been coming home late this week and I have been locking all the girls up every night since we lost the chicks. Well, the 3 pullets we have left from our MPC...
  4. SemperChicken

    Salmon Faverolles chick

    I'll have to check age, but I think this chick is about 4 weeks old. Anyway, I'm wondering how Favorelles develop cause I've read that a chick's tail feathers is a give away if it's a pullet or cockerel. Is it too early to tell for this guy?
  5. SemperChicken

    Australorp or BCM?

    So when we got our batch of chicks, we had an australorp and a BCM in the bunch. Well, for those that know we had 5 of or chicks taken over two nights from what I believe is a coon. Anyway, one of the two black chicks were taken and I'm just not sure which one we have... I thought it was the BCM...
  6. SemperChicken

    Hygiening a hen?

    Just curious if there's been anyone who has had to pull a hen inside to rinse off her bottom... My Wyandotte's rear end is just nasty looking to the point where I thought she was sick or something wrong, but she doesn't show any signs of being sick. Do they just need an occasional wipe of poop...
  7. SemperChicken

    Baby chick eating a snake?

    From what I'm gathering here on the forum, it looks like it won't hurt the chicken, but I'm just curious if the chick being 6 weeks old matters. It was a pretty funny site, to be honest. Just outside gathering pine straw, pine cones, and random debris to burn and I see the Australorp chick...
  8. SemperChicken

    Weak & Lethargic (5 Day Old)

    So for those who were following my coop log, I mentioned how we were getting 10 more chicks (I think I may have mentioned 9, but I miscounted lol). They have all been doing fine until yesterday where one of my Salmon Faverolles chicks I noticed was just limp on the floor. We just helped it the...
  9. SemperChicken

    Finally moving along...

    Just wanted to share some pictures of what we're building, fabricating, etc. and maybe to get some feedback and ideas on what we could do with our coop and run. Here are the pictures: We purchased a pre-built one from Craigslist since I am not great at carpentry, plus I don't have the...
  10. SemperChicken

    I think Brooke is gone

    So I'm just curious what others have experienced, but going outside this morning to check on the chickens and make sure they had food I noticed my Wyandotte wasn't walking behind me like she normally does with the others. I looked everywhere that I could possibly have thought she could be, but...
  11. SemperChicken

    Pre-Made Coop and Simple 10x10 Run

    We bought this coop and built this run this past year when we purchased our first couple chicks. We have just recently closed on a second home in which we're in the process of getting the first home on the market to be sold. We are going to be going with a much larger coop to house a bigger...
  12. SemperChicken

    Scared of random noises

    Just wondering if anyone has any similar behaviors with their chickies. My EE freaks the HECK out whenever she hears a car horn... Like if someone is trying to get someone else's attention or something. Harriet will perk up and if it keeps going she will run away scared. Just wondering if...
  13. SemperChicken

    Molt?

    I want to say one of our hens, an EE, is molting but I'm not sure. This will be the first winter with them all. Our Wyandotte and EE have stopped laying and there's an increase of loose feathers from the EE, but she doesn't look like she's lost feathers. Do they normally molt to a point where it...
  14. SemperChicken

    Free Ranging Occasionally?

    So because we have busy lives and I, unfortunately, can't be a stay-at-home chicken dad, is it bad that I'm not able to free range my chickens daily? They have plenty of food and water in their run, which is about 10'x10', but they also love when I open the gate for them. Whenever they free...
  15. SemperChicken

    Hello from NC!

    Finally made a username, as I've been lurking the forums whenever I had questions. As some may notice from my username, I'm a prior Active Duty Marine and a current Reservist in the Marine Corps (just missed it so much... Lol). We have 4 chickens: 1 male gold laced cochin, cochin hen...
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