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    Help! I CANNOT get my new rooster integrated into my flock

    I have a small backyard flock. This year I have 4 "mature" girls and 2 newbies - one girl and one boy. I have always used the same process to integrate my new ones - a supervised hour a day for a week, then unsupervised time, slowly building up to all day and then overnight. Last year, I did...
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    Rooster, pullet, or too early to tell?

    The large one on the left. S/he is a Maran, 6-7 weeks old. Things that make me think rooster: Red comb, large size, load peep, thick legs Things that make me think pullet: Body shape, tail feathers, mellow personality. S/he is my only maran, the one behind her is a barred rock, so I can't...
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    When should my 5 little girls join my 1 big girl?

    I know the convential wisdom is not to try to put new chickens in a flock until they are pretty much full sized. But my situation is a little unique. Due to a hawk issue and a very small starting flock, I'm left with only one adult. So it seems to me like I'm not so much putting my little...
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    Hawks!

    I started out last summer with 4 chickens. One was hit by a car last fall and this spring 2 have disappeared leaving nothing but a pile of feathers. I'm down to 1 lonely girl until my babies get big enough to go out. At first I thought we had coyotes, but a friend of mine who has had chickens...
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    Introduction of newborns to 2 week olds success (I think)

    I introduced 2 babies to 3 two week olds this afternoon. They've been together for over 3 hours. There's been some pecking, but nothing major. So can I go to bed and leave them alone? Or could it still turn ugly?
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    Need advice on integrating new babies with 2 week olds

    I originally planned to only add three babies to my collection this year, but we had a bit of a coyote problem and now I need more chickens. I've had the 3 for a couple of weeks. Orginally I was planning to get them to 8 weeks old or so and add them to my one lonely remaining girl outside and...
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    3 babies coming in 2 weeks - looking for advice on small numbers

    Last year a friend raised my batch until they were ready to go in the coop, but this year I'm trying to do my own and am a bit intimidated. I re-read the section in Storey's about raising chicks, but it all seems to be written for people raising large numbers. I'm only getting 3 little girls...
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    Could she be molting?

    I have a BO. Around Christmas she has some sort of leg/hip injury. She stayed in the coop several days then limped for another week, but she seems to have healed up fine. However, I don't think she has laid since (hard to tell for sure since I have 2 that lay nearly identical eggs). Her comb...
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    Should I isolate my girl?

    So I think I have an injured chicken. She is just sitting there in the coop. If I take her down and force her to walk (by nudging her with my toe) she walks but limps quite severely. Its been going on since Tuesday. I had the same thing happen to another chicken a few weeks ago, but she just...
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    How are all the limping chickens?

    I know we've had a few going on this week. I checked on my Lexi first thing this morning and i'm convinced her limp is getting better, although she is still favoring that leg. And in spite of the limp and the COOOOOLLLLD temps here she is still laying nearly every day - what a champ. Stacey
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    Still stumped by my limping chicken

    So after some people posted about bumble foot I picked up Lexi again and really searched her for any sign of it. I don't see anything. The only thing I noticed on the affected foot is that she was curling it while I was examining it, but the other foot stayed relaxed. Otherwise, no difference...
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    Limping Chicken?

    I just rounded up my chickens to put them back in the pen after free ranging and one of them has a definite limp. I picked her up and looked and I don't see anything obvsiouly wrong with the foot or leg. Should I just give it a day and see how she is doing? Any ideas what to look for...
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    Help - freezing water!

    It so rarely gets below freezing around here so I thought I wasn't going to have to worry about this, but I just noticed that the chicken's water was frozen. I have one of those hanging waterers that only releases enough water to fill the little area around it (hopefully that makes sense). The...
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    Eggs safe to eat?

    I think I know the answer to this, but I need some reassurance. We were out of town Wed - Sunday. I had told my neighbor to take the egss while we were gone, but yesterday when I got home it was obvious that he had not. So I think the eggs were layed at various times over 5 days. We don't...
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    What do you do when your girls squat for you?

    When we had a rooster my girls did not squat for me. Now he's been gone a while and one of them has started squatting. She tends to do it right as I'm trying to shoo them back in the pen. I reach down and pat her and rub her back for a bit, but she doesn't seem satisfied. She still sits...
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    I swear it works EVERY time

    I have three girls. When they were close to laying eggs for the first time I was trying to avoid buying any eggs, but finally broke down and bought a dozen - first one layed the next day. Then dh went out an bought another dozen for reasons unkown to me - the second layed the next day. Weeks...
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    Is she ever going to lay?

    I have 3 26 week old girls. My BR and my BO have been laying reliably for weeks, but nothing from my EE. I just figured I'd complain and maybe I'd find something today. Her comb is getting pretty red.
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    Stupid double-yolk question

    So my 9 year old is telling me that we need to hatch out double yolk eggs so we can "get twins". Now I assume that you don't actually get twins from a double yolk, but I'm curious - are double yolkers viable? Does the chick just useboth yolks?
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    How long will it take my girls to adjust to being without a rooster

    My Bruno got hit by a car this afternoon. We didn't originally intend to get a rooster, but we became kind of attached to him. However, I don't think we will be replacing him - at least not until next spring. My girls are calling rather sadly. Should I expect no eggs for a while? Anything...
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    EE - won't leave the coop - laying, sick, or traumatized?

    I have a 21 week old EE. My other two (a barred rock and a buff orpington) just started laying within the past week. But I figured it was going to be a while for my EE - she is very small and has virtually no comb or wattles. Anyway yesterday while the other two hens and the rooster were free...
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