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    Question about behavior - aggressive/cute conundrum

    I have seen several posts where people are advised to not allow their chicks/pullets to jump on them because it can lead to aggressive behavior but there seem to be an equal number of people who have cuddly hens. How do you tell the difference when they are young if they are beginning to be...
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    Silly nesting behavior

    This may simply be entertaining for you but if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears. My five April 2018 girls started laying this fall and are really pretty consistent about it. At first one preferred a spot in the hayloft - I finally found it and was collecting from up there but then she...
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    when to allow free ranging?

    So my 6 week old chicks are getting really nosy about going beyond their stall - the big girls have actually been less interested in roaming lately, and everyone is getting along inside. 4 of the youngsters are very interested in me - they want to sit on my lap or perch on my arm. The other 2...
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    Another hen/roo ID

    I am suspecting this little one is a boy - he has a red wattle and very different feathers than the other Wayndotte chick. She is in the background. Her tail is much fluffier -his is stubby and he's blacker.
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    Integration success - they get all the credit!

    I've read with interest all the threads about integrating your new chicks to the existing flock. I put my littles out into a section of the coop (a converted horse stall) where they can see/be seen by the "bigs" but can't interact. When I am tending to them, the littles have come out and...
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    Adding to flock - adults or chicks?

    Wondering if it is better/easier/less stressful to add adults to a flock or to get chicks. I acquired 5 hens of unknown ages about 18 months ago and this (VERY COLD) winter, 2 of them have died. The remaining 3 are happy, but have not laid since December, and I would like to have eggs...
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    Winter treatment of scaly legs

    I tried to read the 70 page thread on treating leg mites, but did not find the answers to my specific questions so please bear with me. I have a small flock of 5 hens I got about 15 months ago - they were all laying adults of undetermined ages. 4 Red Stars and one Buff Orpington. One of...
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