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Best way to relocate nest
FINALLY found the nest of my favorite hen. She is very sneaky. This is the first of my flock to ever not nest in the barn. So I have been checking and she is definitely gone broody and is full time on the nest. But it very venerable to coyotes/coons in her selected location. It was actually... -
Unexpected color
Chicks have been hatching these last few weeks... I have 2 TOM.. 1 Black and 1 Narri. Out of all my hens I only have 1 royal palm hen.... figured that any white colored chicks are impossible according to the color calculator with my flock.. but I checked last night and under her was an 100%... -
What to do?
Ive got 1 hen who started sitting full time on about 6 eggs around Easter. Since then 2 other hens have been laying eggs by her and then she would pull them under her and take them as her own over a period of a month. So I have now roughly 25-30 eggs all with different dates of incubation. And... -
Blue Slate Variety- Black?
I recently visited a farm that had a good number of blue slates... Among all the slate birds there were a handful of JET BLACK birds. Like really dark black. Asked if she had ordered any Black Spanish ever and she said all she has ever had on her farm was SLATE AND NARRI. Which seemed fishy... -
Turkey Slaughter
My flock got a wild hair and took off to a 2 day road trip and didnt come back to be locked up for 2 days and 1 night. Long story short when they showed back up only had 17 of the 26 left. I have a heavy coyote population by me. I guess 30 acres is not nearly enough free range space for them... -
Tips on watering during winter
This will be my first fall/winter coming up. What are some hacks for keeping the water available for a large number of birds? Birds will be inside the Steel covered barn. It is very cold where I live. Sometimes 10 below zero Fahrenheit. Thanks ahead of time- MDeezy79
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Combining flocks
Ive got 2 hens with 11 poults. Poults are about 2 mo. old now. I currently have had them separated in their own pen for sitting on the eggs and hatching and what not. Now I have been starting to let them outside to forage and explore pretty often. I also have a pen with 15- 5 mo. old poults I...