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  1. chicken cooper

    get new chickens in

    OK I have integrated 23wks with 1yrs but the young ones don't go into the coop. This is ok now but this winter they will freeze to death. They are sitting on an out side perch.What should I do to get them inside?I have tried using treats but they run when the older ones come around. plus they...
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    Introducing Chicks

    I have 5 one year chicks and have had 3 youngone integrated in their 10x10 run. I first put the young chicks in a small coop i bought over the internet (the too small one advertised here) and that worked but they live on the roof and dont go in (maybe because it is to small. Now winter is...
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    dumping food

    My chicks have had a hanging feeder for 9mos. and no problem .Now all of a sudden they have started dumping all the food out. There are food pellets all over the coop even upon the roost area looks like a food fight. the food container is the plastic kind and is held up by a chain from the roof...
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    door opener

    I know there are alot of posts on this subject but they seem old. I need help deciding which and where to find an auto door for my son to install please help. I don't want Foys.
  5. chicken cooper

    Help bone showing!

    My black Austrolop has a round spot on her hip on top that is to bone and not red or anything but the bone(I think) is uncovered. What is it?
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    round spot

    My black australop has a spot on the top of her drum stick near her back the fine feathers have come off. the spot is the size of 1/2 dollar. it isn't red or bloody juct different looking skin that is bald. the others don't seem to peck her. what could it be? I looked and didn;t see ant bugs
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    helping chickens free range

    My 6 chickens have been moved to the coop and I need to catch then to move to pen in yard so they can forage but when I have had to catch them to check for mites or other they have become so frightened of me they will not come to me any more. not even with scratch in my hand. I can't get them at...
  8. chicken cooper

    white legs

    I have 3 hens that I thought were buff orphingtons, Now that I can see them better one has deep yellow legs while the other 2 have white legs. They all look similar so could they all be buffs? They are 10 weeks old.
  9. chicken cooper

    catch that chicken!!

    I built my 2nd step brooder to be safe large enough to be my "free range" place. OK now chickens eat out of my hand but when the other one comes down to catch them to put them in the free range they run.How can I get my 6 10 week olds into the free range without scaring them so? the fr pen is...
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    Drat dumped waterer

    DRAT!!! My first day in the coop and they knock the water off the block it was on and it had alot of water in it for the nite. It is a 5 gal plastic one that can be hung but I feel it will make the girls too crowded because i have the feeder hanging and the coop is only 4x6. I cleaned the wet...
  11. chicken cooper

    Getting a running start/newbee

    I am trying to get a good start on raising chicks.I bought an Amish 4x6 coop,cleared an area of land that was 100 ft from house(as required),buying a dog kennel for a run which i will cover with hardware cloth(lots of predetors on my property) the peeps will come this Spring. I have been reading...
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