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    Going Price for Barn Yard Mix Bantam's

    Hello Everyone, I hope I am posting this in the right spot. I have a few Bantam hens I am thinking of selling, as well as raising some chicks and selling them as pullets and putting the cockerels in my stew pot. My question is what is the going price for Barnyard Mix Bantam Hens who are under a...
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    what colour are these hens?

    I purchased these three Bantam hens on April, 17th. One of them had Scaly leg mites really bad, but they are all in quarantine for a minimum of a month and I am treating all three just to be safe. I know the white one is a red breasted white, mind you the red is light and hard to get a good...
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    Best Broody Bantam Breeds?

    I have three very broody bantams hens. They are bantam mix. I am not sure what bantam breeds they are crossed with though. I am looking for a little bantam rooster for them. I want to stick with a broody breed. I know Chochins, and Silkies are both broody breeds. I was wondering what other...
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    Quarantine Coop and Run design thoughts?

    I am bringing home three bantam hens on April 17th. I don't currently have a quarantine coop so I am working on building one. This is what I have so far. I just have to put the fencing on it. The quarantine will be a minimum of 3 weeks. I would like to keep them quarantined for a month though...
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    Bedding for Broody Hens?

    I have a 3" lip on all my nest boxes to help keep the bedding in the nest boxes. I have a piece of foam in the bottom of each nest box. It is the kind of click lock flooring you get for children's play rooms. This helps to prevent the eggs from braking or cracking when a hen lays them. I have...
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    Sumatra leg band

    I have a some Sumatra's I would like to put leg bands on. I was wondering how you size a chicken leg to find the perfect size leg bands for them
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    Showing Sumatra's

    I am new to showing birds and I wish to show my Sumatra's. I was told that to prepare them for show I should place them in 2ftx2ftx2ft cage to get them use to show. Because of my rooster long tail and the fact they are active birds will I need a bigger cage or will the 2ft one be enough room?
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    Broodies Chicken breeds?

    I am looking to add one or two hens to my Sumatra flock. I am not looking to add more Sumatra's to the flock just yet. I simply want one or two hens to help me hatch out eggs, so I wont have to use the incubator all the time. I am look for breed that is really friendly and extremely broody. I...
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    Sumatra's and shows

    I was talking with my family members the other day when they came by for thanks giving and we took them on a tour of the farm. When we got to my birds that asked if I showed them. I explained to them that I didn't show them but they are very hand tame, and I told them a bit about the breed...
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    What colour would you call her?

    This is my Sumatra hen named Cupcake. She is 11 weeks and 3 days old today exactly. I am calling her a "Blue Splash" splash as more and more black patches seem to be coming in on her. The one her chest started off small and now goes almost all the way across her chest. What colour would you...
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    Genders?

    I have 3 chicks and its getting close to moving them from one brooder house to another. So I was hoping I can get some help in guessing their sex. Bellow are some photos of them along with breed, age, colour, and what gender I think they mat be. Any help would be welcome. CHICK ONE -...
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    Leaving eggs in a nest box?

    If I just left the eggs in the nest box instead of collecting them would a hen eventually return to them and go broody?
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    Flightless chick or late bloomer?

    I have three Sumatra chicks. They are almost 5 weeks old. One of them is a runt. They are all feathering out a great deal and looked very healthy. Two have started to fly but one has shown no interest in it. Instead he just runs and when I mean runs he's fast. I have never seen an adult bird...
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    Nest box hight for phoenix?

    I am working on building a coop for my phoenix chickens. I will be allowing my hens to hatch their own eggs in the coop. I was wondering though because I will be using a broody hen to hatch eggs how high off the ground should her nest box be if she is a phoenix or a Sumatra hen?
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    Keeping 3 Week Old Chicks Cool

    Hello everyone, I know this questions has been asked several times "How do I keep my chickens cool". I know everyone has different ideas and things that can be done for large birds. But I have never heard anyone talk about ways to keep chicks cool in the summer heat. I have tired researching it...
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    Hatching eggs in fall?

    I was wondering what the pro's and cons are of hatching chicks in the fall vs hatching them in spring are. I can not find a straight answer to this question. All I am looking for is a simple list stating Pro's and Con's of hatching eggs in spring.
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    Multiple Roosters Close to Hens?

    I am getting three lovely Rooster's to keep as pets and possibly for show. I plan to keep them together in their own bachelor coop. They wont have any girls with them. However my mom has two coops only a few feet from mine, and she has both hens and roosters. They will be able to see each other...
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    How do I keep my babies cool?

    The tempter here is getting really hot. to the point that by 6am in the moment their heat lamp gets unplugged as the brooder house gets so hot, during the day and doesn't start cooling off till around 9pm - 10. It was 110*F today in the shade, and its dry heat. Its supposed to be the same...
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    Chickens wont roost?

    My moms Australorps wont roost at all. We have raised them up the same as our Chantecler's starting with when they were chicks laying a piece of two by fore on the ground for them to climb on and raised the roosts as they grew, but not once have they roosted on anything. They just huddle up in...
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    Australoprs Hens or Roosters?

    My mom purchased 8 Black Australorps Chicks. One of which turned out to be a Barred Rock so we gave it away. We are now down to what should be 7 Australorp Chicks. We think two of them are not Black Australorps. These Chicks are now 11 weeks old. Can you please help me determine which is male...
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