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    Our Pullets Stopped Roosting!??

    We have two pullets that were broody raised here with us. They are about 4 months old now. The broody hen quit caring for them (or being nice to them) at around 6 weeks. I built my coop with a removable wall in the middle for integrating new ones. That seemed to work OK - the babies would...
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    Whitey's First Clutch - She is so young...

    So, please allow me to introduce Whitey. It is a long story as to how we acquired her. I was told she was Amerecana (Sp) and Flowery 55 mix. She was supposed to be the same age as the cockerel she was replacing when we got her (9 weeks) but I always estimated her to be about a month younger...
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    1st Time Broody Hen - Broken eggs stuck to her - What to do?

    We have a very young hen - started laying and within 2 weeks was Broody - sitting on a clutch of 6 eggs. Tonight, there are only 4 eggs. Two of the eggs were apparently broken and she has remained sitting on them. She has the shells and contents stuck to her belly. The chicks are due to...
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    Rooster in Training?

    Hi BYC Friends! So - we are just starting our second year with our poultry. It has been quite a ride so far. Without going into our long story about how we got to hear - I will just get to the question(s). In our newly forming flock, we have - - Tootie - our first little chicken that flew...
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    Respiratory Problem - She sounds like a squeaky toy!

    Buffy - Buff Orpington just started laying in March - hatched 27 Nov 2017. I thought I had been seeing signs that she was having trouble - but we are new to chickens and trying not to panic about every sneeze or twitch. I noticed she had her mouth open while sleeping for some time now. Today...
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    White Chicken - Behavior Questions

    First situation. There are two white chickens that escaped from the torment of the neighbors chickens. They are staying in the vacant area on the other side of our property. Days turned into weeks that the neighbors did nothing to retrieve them. They would come onto our property when they...
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    I'm so angry - I need to vent!

    Last year, one little black pullet flew over the fence and chose us! This started all of this chicken madness ! Before we knew it, we had a flock of three hens and a rooster - all of which came to us! We never left the yard! Well, after realizing the amount of time and money these birds...
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    55 Flowery Hen?

    Hoping there is someone familiar with 55 Flowery Hens. We bought CutiePie because the breeder said SHE was definitely a hen. She is now 6 ½ weeks and has always acted like a boy. Here are some of her pictures. Hoping someone can assure me that she is still a she? We already have a rooster...
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    Hoping I am in the wrong forum? Eggs without shells?

    I am really hoping that I am worrying for nothing... LittleBit - is a Crested Cream Legbar - 24 weeks. She just started laying last week. She was giving us small blueish eggs. Sunday, we were thrilled that we had 4 eggs from our 4 hens for the first time! Monday we had 4 again! But, as we...
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    Should we be worried?

    We have FOUR laying hens. Three just started laying end of April and one older hen. We collected our FOUR eggs and were quite happy as this was the 2nd day of having 4 eggs. As we were closing everything up for the night tonight - LittleBit lays a 2nd egg! This one had a no shell - no...
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    Hen or Roo ?

    These littles were supposed to be gone by now, but alas they keep coming back. They are very hard to get pics of, but I will try to get some good pics to update this thread with this evening. There are four of them, but three look very similar. Anyway - they are 6 weeks old. Tootie - the...
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    3 Peafowl showed up this morning...

    What should we do? Our flock just showed up thru last year, but someone has to be looking for these three beautiful birds - right? I posted on the local media sites to see if anyone was missing any 'Big Birds'. Nothing. Didn't want someone to see Peacocks and just claim them. Any guesses as...
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    American Game Fowl - How to Sex?

    Hi all - just wondering if anyone knows if there is a way to determine the sex of Game Fowl when they are young? We have 3 babies from the Game Hens. Two of them look almost identical. The third is a lighter & brighter color head without the stripe down the middle like the other two. I was...
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    I can't believe we did this again! New Babies

    I really can't believe we did this again!!!!! Our 'babies' just matured and went outside a few weeks ago! I bought the first babies, because I wanted pets and the birds we had would not let me pet them. ANYWAY - I am not going to make this a long story... we got rid of all of the adults...
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    When will a broody hen start laying again?

    Hi All you BYC Folks. We are less than a year into being chicken keepers. I am just finishing a 2nd coop. We successfully bought and raised day old babies to 17 week old pullets. AND our first little hen that flew over the fence and dubbed us chicken keepers has gone broody and hatched babies...
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    New Mexico 87002 - 4 Baby Chicks - Our 1st Clutch

    We wanted to let our hen go broody and experience it. Now, we need to find forever homes for the babies. We only gave her a hand full of eggs - she proudly hatched 4 babies. One of her own and three from our American Game Hens. We have all the parents here. If you are in the area and...
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    1st Time Hatching - Small Broody Hen - Counting Begins When?

    Hi All - Hoping to ask a few more questions. My little hen (Tootie) decided to go broody. IF my calculations are correct, tonight will be her 21st night in the nest box with the eggs. Do you count days or nights? When do you start counting? Normally she goes inside the coop to sleep at...
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    Need Ideas for Gate Panel

    Hi All - we continue to work on our 2nd coop/run as we can. Trying to use what we have and can find deals on. Anyway, I found a gate panel - that last piece - but when looking at it closely today I see a problem and thought I would ask if any of you have used something similar and how you...
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    Help? A Broody Hen & New Chicken Keepers

    Hi All - you may have seen some of our other posts? We acquired this hen when she flew into our yard - not quite a year ago. She was just a baby then. Since then, two other young ones flew over and a rooster was thrown over. Once we realized that Tootie (the first one) was staying, we built...
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    Dumb Question? Feather Loss

    I have not asked this question for fear of it being a really dumb question - but we are still learning... We bought 3 babies the last week of November. They are now 11 weeks old and have moved from the playpen in my grow room to their new coop outside with the big birds. Is it normal for...
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