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    Replacing my cock.

    I have 9 welsummer hens and a welsummer cock. He is about 1 year old, and extremely aggressive. He attakcs my girlfriend even after taking food from her. This is unsat. I have purchased 7 Buckeye baby hens, and 1 Jersey Giant black cock. I read the JGs are much more chill wifh people. The...
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    Update On My Flock

    I just wanted to update the forum. Not that anyone is really concerned, but I dislike it when people come by a forum, ask for a ton of advice, and then peace out. So, here's my update (you can view the threads by searching my name/content). Preamble: I began with chickens and 0 experience about...
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    The Tao of the Egglayer

    I have Welsummers. I live in SW Missouri. I feed them "egg layer pellets", and let them free-range on several acres most of the time. They were hatched Jun 5, 2017. There are 10 hens, and one cock. When they are not free-ranging, they stay in a 10x6x6 coop/run, as pictured below. Until 2 days...
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    Worried again

    My girlfriend was feeding the chickens when one sneezed on her hand. It got some liquid on her hand. She wiped it off. She told me about it a few hours later, and I went and looked at them. They were milling about like normal, and I think I heard one sneeze. None of them had dirty beaks or...
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    Do they need the dark?

    I've found an auto on light for my chickens. It will provide 8 hours of decent light for their roost. Is this too much? Will it harm them in some way? I cant turn it on and off, its automatic. Would I be better off not lighting the roost? I want to light it so they will roost st night, I think...
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    When will my chickens adult properly?

    I have 40 day old welsummers. They sleep in the dirt in the run. I want them to go into the coop and perch on the roost to sleep. Like proper chickens. When will this begin?
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    Scared chickens

    When I bought my welsummers 26 days ago, I was told they were friendly, like dogs. They wre 26 days old, but they run from me, and if I enter the coop go to a far corner and pile up. I've never hurt one by accident or even done anything unpleasant like spray it with mite spray or anything at...
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    Baby chicken + waterer?

    Will they figure it out? It's the "hanging 5 gallon bucket" with the "metal teats". I just put them in the coop with it and am about to go t o bed, but don't want them to go all day without water if this is going to befuddle them.
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    Trying again...

    As some of you may have seen, I am absolutely new to chickens. For a time-line of my last month... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new.1244149/ and then... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/worried.1246238/ The result...
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    Sevin dust?

    My vet recommended sprinkling the chickens and bedding with sevin dust to cure mites. Is this safe?
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    Baby chicken advice?

    I have had an illness in my coop. I just got into chickens 1.5 weeks ago. Bought a coop and chickens and everything, just to notice sneezing a few days later. The bird was diagnosed by state lab with MG. The pathologist told me MG will live about a week in the environment, max, if I cull the...
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    Sterilizing Coop

    I am going to have a hen sent to the state lab today, to see if she was carrying anything contagious that is life-long. I just got her, and my other 9 chickens, and my new coop last week. I noticed 72 hours ago she was blowing snot bubbles. She has since improved, but I am always going to worry...
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    Worried

    I have had my wee flock of 10 for just a half a week, but one of my Black Stars sneezed when I was sitting in the coop watching them and handling them. I singled her out, snatched her up gently, and inspected her. She had a slight (very very, similar to a human being not during allergy season)...
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    Burnout?

    I bought some white leghorn, buff orpingtons, and black star chickens. Got them from a local Atwoods guy who likely got them from a hatchery as sold to atwoods. How long can I expect egg production to last? Are these "pure" (except the stars), or are they single purpose layers meant to burn...
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    Less than 12 hours and they're at them already!

    I went out on my porch this morning at 0300 to look at my chickens sleeping in their new coop, and I saw two raccoons! Eyeing them. I ran inside and grabbed my suppressed .22 pistol and fired 2 rounds. One at the eyes of the coon in the bushes, and one at his buddy as he stood there. I heard a...
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    Is this an australorp, or a mix?

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    Bedding?

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01HBOK93U/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1526282701&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=washable+chicken&dpPl=1&dpID=61fTL3%2BGdjL&ref=plSrch Good? Bad?why?
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    The Tao of the chicken. Help.

    I am ignorant of chickens. I know what they sound and look like, and that air, food, and water are necessary. That's about the limit of knowledge for me so far. I work at night, and sometimes am not home anywhere near sunset. Do chickens wait until dark to go home, or do they set out at 5pm for...
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    New

    Hi, I am absolutely new to this. I have a cat. I feed, groom, and change the litter. I'm all about low maintenance. I'd like to add chickens for the sake of eggs. I want to free range them. Ideally, I'd like to put boxes 5 feet off the ground on 4x4s and let them nest and lay in those, but I...
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