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    rooster trouble

    I currently have 6 hens that I got last year and 8 "babies", 2 of the "babies" are cockerels and the rest are pullets. One of my roosters is a maran rooster and he is the one we identified first as a cockerel. He sort of struts around and is more out there than our other cockerel, he is an...
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    New Incubator!

    Hi, I am planning of getting a new incubator to hatch some chicks to sell this spring. I have 4 Easter egger hens and one roo and am planning on hatching some EEs to sell and getting a couple EE mixes as well for my personal flock. I'm going to get about 15 eggs in the incubator weekly, hoping...
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    coop measurements

    I am converting a new coop soon but I can't decide on the measurements, I have 7 chickens but I am going to get 13 chicks in the spring. They are all going to live in the same coop eventually, I was thinking 8 by 4 plus I am building a second half level of the coop so total space 48 sq. feet...
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    What's inside your Nesting box?

    I've had chickens for a little while now and I've always had hay in my nesting boxes (because I have horses I can just use hay not straw). But I was wondering what everybody else uses or if there was a better option? Any opinions on this?
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    rooster breeds

    I am thinking about getting a rooster this spring along with 12 new pullets, but I just don't know what breed to get. I want something not too aggressive but not too docile. I was thinking about a welsummer, does anyone have any ideas.
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    rooster breeds

    I am thinking about getting a rooster this spring along with 12 new pullets, but I just don't know what breed to get. I want something not too aggressive but not too docile. I was thinking about a welsummer, does anyone have any ideas.
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    getting my hens to roost

    Ive had my hens for almost a year now and most of them don't roost on the roosting bar! Only Flicka(my black astrolorp) and my two white plymouth rocks (Angelica and Eliza). The other four roost on the peice of wood between the nesting boxes and the main part of the coop. I've tried putting...
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    good breeds to add to my flock this year

    Last year I got my first flock in a long time, I had a flock when I was growing up but I haven't had one in a wile. I got 12 chickens unsexed from my local breeder and luckily I got all pullets. I got 12 chickens in all 2 buff orpingtons, 2 white plymouth rocks, 1 barred plymouth rock, 2 black...
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