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    how do I get my 2 new pullets to share the coop with my 2 old hens?

    Hi, everyone - I'd appreciate any advice: We have a pair of 3 year old hens (a RIR and a BR) that we've had since they were chicks, and they have a nice run on our side yard, about 12' x 18' with a nice A-frame coop that once held three (our EE died away a year ago) but easily has room for...
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    extended moult, or is my hen being picked on?

    Hi, everyone - I'd love some guesses as to what is causing my 1 y.o. EE hen to stay in moulting mode. All three of my hens started moulting and stopped laying toward the end of August, just shy of their birthday, and two of them started laying JUST when Hurricane Ike hit, and I had to...
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    Hurricane evacuation?

    Hi, all - I have a small flock of three 1-year-old hens in our suburban backyard. We're about 10 miles south of Houston, TX. Right now, our county has just upgraded us from voluntary to mandatory evacuation from Hurricane Ike. Because we're 45 miles due north of the coast, and not even...
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    HELP! alpha hen is suddenly bullying my best layer!

    I have a small backyard flock - just three hens that got the day after they hatched. They've always had clear personalities and quickly established a hierarchy, but for the past (almost) nine months, they've generally lived peacefully. They have a section of the yard fenced off for them, and...
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    is this earlobe injured or diseased?

    Hi, all - I just happened to pick up my 7 month-old RIR hen and put her under my left arm, rather than under my right as I usually do. I then noticed that her right earlobe (which I guess I don't usually see) has something seriously wrong with it: Is that a disease, or is this what a...
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    a minor concern with my alpha-hen...

    Hi, all - I need some information and perhaps reassurance that my hen is OK. Here's the scoop (with all the required information) 1) She's a RIR, seven months or so, and has been laying for 6+ weeks. 2) She's had weird poops and weird eggs. The poops are black and tarry looking, and the...
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    chicken puberty?

    OK, my three girls are now about 21 weeks old, so I'm waiting with bated breath for the first egg to appear. I opened the nest boxes, and put some golf balls in, so hopefully, they'll get the idea. They all look mature enough now. Our "alpha" pullet, Rhody the RIR, has started a strange...
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    my "girls" are now 2 1/2 months - gender guesses?

    I know my BR, Rocky, is a pullet - the barring is the girly kind, and she's just clearly a hen-to-be. Thankfully! The RIR (actually, production red), Rhody, used to worry me a lot. However, DH grew up with RIRs, and is certain she's a pullet. Anyone disagree? This is her at nine weeks (a...
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    Still worried my RIR might be a roo

    I posted her pic a week or so ago, and while everyone said it was too early to be sure, most thought she looked like a girl. Now, at 4 weeks, her comb is no bigger, but seems a tad pinker at the base of it. Her legs are thick, and she's still the "alpha chicken" of my flock of three, both in...
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    one-month old chicks - check out "then and now"

    It's amazing how much these birds change in one short month! Here is Rocky on adoption day, one month ago: And here is Rocky now (with my younger DS): Rhody (the alpha pullet) on adoption day: And Rhody now (showing off her impressive wings): Racket (the "allegedly Aracauna" EE) on...
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    Cold front moved in, power went out - poor chilly chicks!

    My babies will be four weeks old tomorrow (by my best guess), and have been living in a modified rabbit hutch on my screened porch for the last two weeks. DH is building a lovely mobile coop for them. This morning when I left, it was so warm that I almost shut off their warming light, but DH...
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    Is just over 3 weeks too early to tell anything?

    I am in awe of the people here who are able to tell breed and gender! So, I am bringing my pictures to confirm what I hope is true - that my chix are all pullets and that they are the breed they were sold as. They are three weeks and 3 days old now (or so I think). Chick #1, (my runt)...
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    one chick with weird poop (sorry, gross question)

    I have three chicks, just a little over two weeks old - RIR, BR, and EE (sold as Araucana). Two of them put out what seems to me (who knows NOTHING about chicken poop) like normal stool: smooth brown "toothpaste" textured. Then I have one girl, the Araucana, whose poops are like a small...
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    one chick with weird poop (sorry, gross question)

    I have three chicks, just a little over two weeks old - RIR, BR, and EE (sold as Araucana). Two of them put out what seems to me (who knows NOTHING about chicken poop) like normal stool: smooth brown "toothpaste" textured. Then I have one girl, the Araucana, whose poops are like a small...
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    fuzzy chick bums - a cute pic for you all to enjoy

    My girls got to see the sun and the grass for the first time yesterday afternoon. We took them out and let them run around, and they were in chicken-heaven, flapping those newly-feathered wings and exploring the various terrain. I managed to capture this picture of my EE and BR from behind -...
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    Got my baby chicks yesterday - pictures

    This is our first foray into chicken keeping (although my DH grew up in East Los Angeles with chickens in his yard!). We have designed our tractor/coop, and plan to build it over the next few weekends. In the meantime, we've got the chicks in a plastic storage bin. I've cut out part of the...
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    Hi - a couple newbie questions for you

    I am very glad to find this forum - I am on the verge of starting my suburban chicken adventure, and there is a wealth of knowledge here that I plan to take full advantage of. My poultry supplier is getting day-old chicks delivered this Thursday. I had some requests for the three chicks I'm...
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