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    Chickens not sleeping in coop?

    I have 7 buff orpington chickens that are a year old. I raised them inside my house when they were little and moved them outside in March. They intitially slept in the coop. Then it got hot and they started sleeping on the cage that is in their run. Imagine a 4 foot by 4 foot cage that is wood...
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    Something got our hen and i'm not sure what happened

    We have 8 buff orpington chickens. All of them hens. They are now 13 months old. We live in Dallas, TX and we keep them in our backyard. They have a nice coop, fully fenced in with predator guard around the coop so nothing can dig under the coop and get in that way. Since they were a few months...
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    Feeding adult buff Orpington starter grit?

    I was out of grit and food. I went to the feed store and they only had mini crushed granite starter grit 50 lbs. There is no information on Google about this. I did read about sand being considered grit and this bag is for sure bigger than grains of sand. Is there any reason I can't use...
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    Trying to identify the roosters in 2 and 1/2 week old chicks (need to give some away)

    We have 13 buff orpington chicks that are about 2 and 1/2 weeks old. They are all supposed to be female, but I know they can't sex them to 100% accuracy. Love this site so not trying to blame it, but this site says Euless, tx does not have a limit on chickens. I double checked before ordering on...
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    My 3 day old chicks

    I made what is according to my wife a very rash decision. I bought 15 buff orphington chickens because I have always wanted chickens. I want to egg the eggs, be friend with them, but still try to find a way to eat them when they stop laying eggs. It is cold in texas so I have them in my room...
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    Should I kill a chick?

    Well, I ordered 15 buff orphington due to that being the minimum. This was the absolute most I could care for because I live in the city...like house to house, but it is legal to own female chickens. They had this thing called meyer meal plan. I thought this would be a booklet on what to feed...
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