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  1. manicfarmer

    Hawk decimating my flock, need to come up with a better coop solution

    I have recently moved my flock (couple months ago) out of mobile coops into a permanent coop I built that is 10x10. I had them in a half acre pasture which I built for them which was way too much space for such a small flock. Started with 50 but have culled males for food and had many losses...
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    Need advice on when to cull a cockeral

    I have a barred rock that is a bit of a bully. I guess he is just trying to make his way to the top of the pecking order. My real issue is his level of aggression. My birds free range during the day and I found a dead white rock (he was at the top of the pecking order) yesterday. I have...
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    Small Flock Integration

    I have a two small flocks of chickens 4 weeks apart in age. The larger flock is 10.5 weeks and the smaller flock is 6.5 weeks. The both live in their own chicken tractors out on pasture and I move the tractors once a day. The pasture is about a half acre fenced and I want to free range all...
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    Help Identifying a couple of breeds

    I ordered 30 chicks from McMurray hatchery and they included an exotic. What actually arrived was about 39 chicks. It was really cold during the shipping period and they included a note on the manifest that said "extra chicks added for warmth". There were 6 of those which turned out to be...
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    New to Chickens and the forum

    This is my first attempt at raising chickens with a goal of feeding my family meat and eggs without relying on buying those items from the stores. I read The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers and Harvey suggested...
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