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    Squatting already at 14 weeks?!

    I went to pet my two 14 week-old Easter Eggers today, and they both squatted for me!! The one will never let me get anywhere near her and she let me pet her while squatting for an insane amount of time. Then the other one, who usually lets me pet her, squatted and let me pet her. I am shocked...
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    Sapphire/SBEL chicks, 1 with autosexing traits...

    x-posting to cream legbar hybrid thread So I had a broody hen and ordered some eggs for her. What ended up hatching was 2 "SBEL" and 2 Crested Cream Legbars. So I assumed I'd get 2 auto-sexing chicks and 2 white w/ black specks. This is what I got: So I see 2 females on the left. 1 male...
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    :-/ Indifferent Mother Hen

    So I had a broody Barnevelder. I got her eggs. They hatched two days ago. Moved them to a smaller grow-out pen so they are separated from the group, but still visible. It has both a coop and run, but she chose to stay with them in the run area. It's completely predator proof and weather proof...
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    Cream Legbars...both female?

    The one's dot is so small, but the stripes are so dark... female?
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    New Broody and when to add to flock

    So I have a 1 year old hen that is officially broody. Just to make sure she was committed, I removed all the non-fertile eggs from under her, and put two golf balls in a different non-favorite nesting box (she was previously using the hens' favorite, not allowing the other girls on). She then...
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    Temporary Grow-Out Pen...run floor?

    So my husband and I are almost done building a grow-out pen/coop for our chicks. It will be for outside, so that our current hens can see the new ones behind hardware cloth, and get used to them. It's basically a mini-coop/run. Now that we have it outside on the ground, I think I may have made...
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    What do I have?

    So I ordered 2 Easter Eggers, 1 Swedish Flower, and 1 "assorted rare breed" from MPC Any ideas which is which? Chick # 1: has no pointed comb Chicken # 2, has a pointed, single comb, is a little smaller than the others... maybe Egyptian Fayoumi? Chick # 3: has no...
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    Lights at night??

    So... I got my 4 new baby chicks today, yay! Last year, my first flock, I used a heat lamp, so they were well-lit all day and night. This year, I am using an Eco-Glow. I have them in our garage, in a dog crate covered with a sheet to keep out any slight drafts. The temp in the garage right...
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    Hen died quite suddenly...why??

    So I just went out to check on my girls, and my 11 month old Buff Orpington was laying there dead. I was just out there maybe two hours ago, and she, along with my 6 others were all perfectly fine. What could've happened?? There was no blood on her anywhere except a little spot on her comb...
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    EcoGlow outside

    Hi all! I am getting 4 new chicks in April and this year I bought the EcoGlow 20. I plan on keeping them in a plastic tub in the garage for the first few weeks, to keep an eye on them. After that they will move outside to the brooder coop we are building. From what I understand reading...
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    Piles of feathers!

    I went out to lock my chickens into the coop last night and there were four HUGE piles of feathers laying around the chicken yard. I checked, and all 7 of my chickens were alive. 3 piles came from my RSL and 1 I think was from my Black Australorp. The Sex Link is missing quite a bit of her...
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    White banded egg plus extra egg?

    Hi guys... Today, 3 of my hens got locked inside the coop for about 4 hours. Two are my Sex Links, and one was my GLW. The sex links always lay large brown eggs, and my GLW, who just started laying, lays small lighter eggs. I had already gotten one of the sex link's eggs earlier in the morning...
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    Sign of laying...but not laying

    So I have two red sex links that are 23.5 weeks old. One has been laying for 5 weeks. The other, not at all. I also have 21.5 week old BO, RIR, GLW, Barnevelder, and Australorp. The Australorp, RIR, and the other sex link have had red combs and wattles for a month. Over a week ago, the RIR and...
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    One eye open, one closed

    So I have a 4 months old RIR who, when I went to lock the hens up for the night, was on the opposite side of the roosting bar from the rest of the hens. It's weird, because they're usually all right next to each other in a big heap. She was as far away as possible. When I let them out in the...
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    We got our coop, it needs some revisions, advice please!

    Well, a month overdue, we finally got our coop delivered. It is Amish-built, but I think it needs a few changes/updates/fixes. I have some questions for the long-time coop owners. First thing is, he used 1x2 fencing wire everywhere, instead of a smaller hardware cloth. I didn't realize it when...
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    She looks a mess!

    So my sex link chicks are 5 weeks old. I got them when they were "about a week old". Penny has always been bigger than Lucy, always getting feathers a few days earlier, but Lucy always seems to catch up. Well, Penny's feathers have been nice and smoothed down for over a week now, and Lucy...
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    Got my new babies today, so exciting!

    I got 2 one week old sex links from the feed store last week (thought one seems a tad bit older than the other), Lucy and Penny. Here they are today: Here they are when we got them last Monday: Here are my day-old chicks I got today. I got a Rhode Island Red, Australorp, Buff...
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    Red Brooder Lights losing their red?

    I set up my brooder with a 250 watt red brooder bulb one week ago today. I am expecting 5 more chicks in the next couple of days, and am planning on keeping them separate until they're acclimated. I was setting up the new brooder today with a new light and new 250 watt red bulb and was...
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    Thermometer placement?

    Hi all (again), So I bought two small thermometers to put in the brooder. Where exactly do I put them? Right on the pine shavings, under the light? Against the side of the brooder? I know the chicks are supposed to be the best indicator of temperature, but I'd like a general idea. I have two...
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    2 two weeks olds and 5 day olds

    So I've seen a lot of similar questions, but wanted to see other opinions. I have 5 day-old chicks coming next week from mypetchicken. I stopped at the feed store today and left with 2 week-old chicks (so they'll be 2 weeks old next week when the new babies come). Since there are only two...
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