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    Nasty Butts

    I have 7, 9 month old Barred Plymouth Rock hens. In the last couple of weeks, several of them have constantly dirty butts, covered in poo. All have bright red, healthy-looking combs and wattles, feathers are healthy looking, no loss of, or increase in appetite, all are still foraging like crazy...
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    Nest Competition

    We have 7, 6 month old Barred Plymouth Rock hens and 2 Roosters the same age. We were supposed to have rehomed the 2nd roo by now, but that fell through. I'm fully aware that 7 hens aren't enough ladies to go around for 2 gents, but they boys seem to have established their pecking (or mounting?)...
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    Chicken Seems to be having seizures?

    This is my first flock to raise from chicks. I have always had adult birds. These are 21 week old Barred Plymouth Rocks. Everyone has been very healthy up until this evening, when I went up to close the chicken house door for the night. One hen is craning her neck over her back as if she is...
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    In need of suggestions

    I had to move my 3 week old Barred Rock chicks to a temporary brooder in the chicken house because they outgrew their in-the-house brooder. The building has 2 stationary windows, one of which is half gone. We secured it with hardware cloth. No worries there. The problem is keeping them cool...
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    Grit or no grit?

    My chicks are 3 weeks old and have had to be moved to a temporary brooder in the chicken house. I chose to use what was supposed to be CLEAN straw as bedding, because being the great forager breed they are, they were keeping their feed and water full of pine shavings and poop. I was throwing...
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    Newbie

    Hi all! I'm new to raising chickens. Three weeks ago we got 10, day old Barred Plymouth Rock chicks. Ultimately, I want a small flock of 6 hens and 1 rooster, but after reading some horror stories in different places online about chicks arriving dead, or dying in the next 24 to 48 hours, I...
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