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    Can a large breed chicken hatch bantam eggs without crushing the newly hatched chicks

    I have a RIR/EE mix. She's the biggest in my flock, my friend has some bantam eggs that I really want but they are so teeny tiny I'm worried shell crush newly hatched chicks. Will she be fine or should I try and find her some bigger eggs?
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    Guess the new layer!

    I have 6 pullets in my mini flock of 7. Just over a month ago the first started laying! Today I discovered 4 are now laying. White is my leghorn, one brown one is my red sexlink, other is my splash maran, this is her third egg. This beautiful green one speckled with green gray spots is the...
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    Partially broody?

    is it possible for Chickens to go broody only at night? My red sexlink has been sleeping in the nesting box all poofed up for a few nights now. She’s been sleeping on the roost ever since I moved her into the coop so I don’t know why she’s sleeping in there now. She’s only been laying for a few...
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    Molting or disease?

    So I wasn't able to get a picture up close if him but one of my cockerels (white chantceler) about 14-16 weeks old is loosing feathers on his head. They look yellowish. I caught him when letting him out this morning and it doesn't look like there is anything on the base of them (I've seen pics...
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    Eggs soon?

    So today while giving the chickens some treats I noticed my EE/RIR mix her comb is definitely turning red! Checked the calendar and she's 16 weeks old.. so I'm thinking she'll hopefully be laying by the end of September? The lasts pic is a few days ago, it's hard to see her comb but it was deff...
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    Introducing new chickens 1 or two weeks?

    Hello all you lovely chicken people! I currently have a flock of 9 free ranging chickens. Last Friday morning I picked up 3 10-week old pullets (splash marans!) anyways, I divided my coop in half so the new pullets were locked in the coop and couldn't get out, but my flock could still come and...
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    2 cockerels?

    Just wanting one last confirmation before I rehome these two this weekend, they were hatched in may. I'll be so sad to see them go RIR/EE mix and a white Chantecler
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    Pullets combs going red too early

    I was reading that when a pullets comb turns red it's close to laying, However mine are way to young to be laying so could it mean something is wrong with them?? One is a red sexlink (unknown age but I think around 8 weeks) the other is a cream legbar female roughly the same age. Could it mean...
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    Introducing new pullets

    Hello! I'm currently in the process of rehoming 3 cockerels. As they go I want to be replacing with almost really to lay pullets. I don't want to do the chick route again until next spring. People who only have one coop and free range how do you introduce new birds to existing flock?? Mine are...
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    Chick grower and grit

    Hello! I ran out of chick starter, I'm getting more Thursday but I had chick grower on hand so their eating that in the mean time. My question is if they don't need grit on starter do the need it on grower?? It looks slightly bigger in size but not by too much
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    Is it Coccidiosis?

    Okay so my chickens range from 2-10weeks, Monday they were moved to their coop they've been locked in there ever since (doing the 2 weeks in before free ranging) anyways I just went out to freshen their water and I noticed a big black poop! The whole thing was black, I poked it with a stick and...
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    Mixed ages, what feed? And oyster shells VS egg shells

    Hello! So my first question is about medicated chick feed VS chick grower. I was told at 6 weeks to switch my chicks to grower, however my oldest is now 10 weeks and my youngest is 2 weeks, I have half a bag of starter left. When I run out should I continue to give the starter? Should I switch...
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    Someone confirm hawk is a cockerel please

    I can't deny it anymore.. 98% positive hawk my EE/rir mix is in fact a rooster.. 10-11weeks old, has looked like a pullet for so long, then "she" she's some feathers, looks like "shes" growing new ones that a pullet wouldn't have and her pink comb is getting redder by the day :(
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    First night out worried they'll freeze

    Tonight's my chicks first night in the coop! The oldest is 10 weeks (I know should have been out 4 weeks ago!) I just went out to give them more food and water and some scratch and grit.. they were all cheeping loudly!! It's 19 out right now (66?) and it's supposed to drop to 13 (55?) should I...
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    Time to get out of the brooder!

    Hello! I'm finally moving mum chicks to their coop (there was a few unforeseen delays) so I'm wondering is it okay to move them in the evening or is it better for them to put them out first thing in the morning so they have all day to adjust to it before night time?? Any tips to make this move...
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    Golf ball sized lump on chicks chest

    help! My youngest (less than 2 weeks) all the sudden has a golf ball sized lump on the right side of her chest!!! Im desperately trying to remember if she looked lopsided yesterday but I can't remember!! It's hard feeling, what do I do!?
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    Coop almost complete, help with final check list???

    Hello everyone! My coop is finally close to being finished! It just needs to be painted (in progress ATM), a door installed for the chickens to get in and out/chicken ramp, and the hardware cloth installed in all the important places. So now I'm trying to think of all the other things 1) I'll...
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    Fast tracking heat weaning

    Is there a way to safely fast track heat weaning?? I'm making the big move to the coop tomorrow, my oldest should have been out a month ago but my youngest is a week. I'm going to keep them together during the day (it's 30 basically everyday, 86 F) and I'm going to bring my week old and 2-3 week...
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    Rooster questions!

    Hello! So I'm new to chickens, my eldest is about 8 weeks I think. I have 3 confirmed females (one is a cream legbar female and 1 generic brown egg layer and a white egg layer, I bought those 2 sexed) I have 1 EE who I thought was a pullet and now am thinking I was wrong and it's a roo ("she" is...
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    White chantcler questions

    If white chantclers have a cushion comb how do you tell male or female?? Mine is about 5 weeks and trying to start watching for signs of a cockerel
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