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    chickens to big?

    We have Blue Orpingtons, Silver Laced Wyanndotts and Easter Eggers. The SLW arnt that large but the BO are HUGE to me. Their bodies are almost the size of a basket ball. The roo is HUGE he is a tall and very regal looking. Are we feeding to much? are they just healthy and filled out? My son who...
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    My first eggs!!!

    My son has been feeding my girls. He has autism and really enjoys feeding them. I thought he had been checking but hadn’t. So I go out in the pen and all in one laying box I see 10 eggs. One looks more pink than brownish and they are small. Could they be from one hen or could more than one hen...
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    Americanas or not?

    I know true americanas are set to a standard. Otherwise they are Easter eggers. I seen a woman on a livestock page in face book offer up americanas. I have bought Orpington from her and was happy. So I tell her I want three which will make me have six. I go and pick out three thinking she is...
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    will they lay this year?

    Ok My girls will be 6 months old in August. I have read they usually start laying at that age. It is also the hottest part of the year here and I have read heat and cooler weather can stop them from laying. So my question is WILL my girls lay or will they hold off till spring? I am good either...
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    Wont eat corn?!

    I feed Starter finisher and I mix in a little corn or cracked corn and they leave the corn. Only way I can get them to eat it is to not feed them until eat it. What do I do?
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    The smell help!!

    Ok I live in the city and have 14 Chickens. I noticed they are starting to smell!! What can I do to help with the smell?!? I live away from everyone and so far no complaints but I am scared. I use to live in the country and quiet a ways away from the next person so the smell wasnt a problem. I...
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    Clucking?

    what it is called when my chickens are just chilling and walking around going booooooooock booooooooock boooooooock? It’s not the egg song they are too young for tbat. It’s like a sing song clucking. I love to hear them when they are doing it!
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    chasing a mouse

    So my boyfriend got up early and went outside and he said he heard the chickens running and making noise. He thought they were fighting but once he got to looking he said they were "chasing a tootsie roll mouse" ( small mouse ). One I am frustrated that I am having problems already from...
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    Molting?!?

    This is my fist flock of chickens and I am unsure of when things are suppose to happen. None of my chickens have bald spots yet but there are more and more feathers around the run. They are in a 15x30 run. I have 15 two being roos. They are three months old. And I am feeling starter and grower...
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    Mean rooster or normal?

    I have two roos. One is a blue Orpington and the other is a EE. The BO is a sweetheart and the EE is a cocky little fart. He soars with the hens and generally obnoxious to them. I haven’t seen him mount them often he is kinda smaller so the larger hens will peck him and send him on his way. I...
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    Free ranging birds!

    i felt bad for my chickens and let them out to free range in my yard for a little while I watched them. They are loving it! I love these guys so much. It tickles me to see them scratching around.
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    Roo or hen

    almost 2 month old EE Nacho. Is the chick a roo or a hen? The chick has been seen challenging other chickens and mounted one. Not sure if it is a roo or a dominant hen.
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    Dominating hen?

    I was watching my chickens the other day and my small Easter egger was flying across the run with her hackles up and challenging a bigger chick a couple times. The bigger chick put her on her way fast with a few pecks to the head. The larger hen is like 2 months old and the EE is a month and a...
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    Add more to my flock?

    i have three silver laced wyandottes, four blue orpingtons and four EE. There is some one close to me selling blue laced red wyandottes and speckled suxxex chicks the 26th. I might give a couple of my birds to my aunt to make room for them. There are a couple of the slw and bo that I haven’t...
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    Chicks outside at night

    ok so my chicks are a month old and been in their brooder with out heat for about a week. They have been in their run/coop during the day with 60-70 degree weather. I have been taking them in at night. It’s been getting to the high 30s low 40s at night. Can they stay out with a heat source or do...
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    DE for dust bath or not

    ok I have seen some conflicting advice on food grade DE for chickens. I am new to having chicks and I have my babies in a new run. They were trying their best to dust bath in regular dirt and it wasn’t working. I want to make them a place to bath and have seen some say to use DE and play sand...
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    Bad chick mom

    Today I let my chicks ( almost a month old ) out in the run with the coop open in case they needed to get in. Well I had to take my granddaughter to a visit with her mom and it started raining before I got back. I showed them their coop when I let them out and was hoping they would remember it...
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    Being a bully or is this normal

    I just got my coop and run done. They have been outside two days. I have been watching them and if a hen chick jumps and causes the others to chirp or jumps and flys around crazy like he will run or fly over to them and peck them in the head. For the most part he is easy going and normal acting...
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    Outside first time!

    we got their run done and put them out for a little while. Back in for the night and only out supervised until they get more feathers.
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    Out to the coop and run

    my chicks will be 4 weeks in a few days and I am wanting to put them in their run. They are almost all feathered out and have been with out the light inside the house for a few days now. They have been roosting on the side of their brooder. I am thinking I will put a heating pad in with them...
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