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    My buff Orpington is a big bully

    I have 4 girls all 9 months old. One buff Orpington and 3 Dominique’s …the buff Orpington (Mona ) just starting picking on one of the Dominique’s (Dot) now my second Dominique (the twin) is also picking on Dot. They are in a 8x8 pen. Have a nestera coop. One large hanging waterer an over easy...
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    My son messed up!

    My girls just turned 20 weeks old and one started laying. So I switched them to layer feed. We have 3 week old chicks in the house on starter/grower feed. My son mixed oyster shell with the starter feed and now I can’t give it to my little girls. Can the 20 week old hens still use the...
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    Possible Mareks

    Please help..I’m so devastated. Jan 16 I bought Marek VACCINATED baby chicks … fast forward 2 weeks ago, one started sneezing a lot. Then the next week she was very lethargic and had diarrhea. The 3 week, she can barely walk, is wobbly and the poops are looking normal. I think it’s Mareks. My 3...
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    Are my chickens sleeping?!?

    My girls are now 12 weeks old. So far so good...my backyard has a motion flood light that randomly turns on and off throughout the night. It is on most of the time. The faintest bit of light shines through my coop window. A few times I’ve walked into the coop at night and all 6 of my hens are...
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    How big should my coop and run be?

    hi! I’m new to raising backyard chickens. And this site has been absolutely perfect! I have 6 chicks (15 days old) I have 2 of each ...buff Orpington, speckled Sussex, Rhode Island Red. So far so good with the brooder. I’m in the process of having a 8x8x8 coop built in my detached 2 car...
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