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    Black snake killed two chickens. What to do?

    There was a black rat snake in a coop two days ago. It was rather small at 4ft long so I simply moved him a couple acres away. Today I go in, there's the snake who has eaten most of the eggs and killed both a silkie hen and a silkie rooster. Last week I had to cull our flogging Houdan rooster...
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    Do we let the hens take care of everything?

    We're about to cull our rooster because he has drawn blood on me twice now inside and outside the run. But he's a houdan and we'd like some more houdans, because of that I plan on saving some of the eggs(which are hopefully fertilized) and allowing a broody to camp on them. 1. Can I pull an egg...
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    Trouble with rooster.

    We have 14 hens and a Houdan rooster. All of them are 14 months old. The Houdan has been attacking me both inside and outside of the run repeatedly. I'm a 6ft tall man and to me it seems stupid to attack another animal 20 times your size but this idiot does it. Today I let the chickens out to...
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    Chickens standing out in rain. What to do?

    17 Chickens, big run for them. Two spots covered as well as the coops they can get under yet when it rains they are all running around. My silkies look like cats that have been tossed in a tub. They were hatched in March so they are still learning and being NC it's been pretty warm. But we are...
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    Going on vacation for a few days? Eggs?

    Two large waterers and a 30lb feeder.(Lasts out 17 chickens a full week) with chickenguard dusk/dawn auto coop door opener. Our chickens get let out of the run one hour a day to free range and it's their favorite time.(They RUSH the gate as soon as it's open.) and most of them go back in when...
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    Do roosters crow more when they are cockerels?

    Do roosters tend to crow more when they are teenagers? IE under a year old?
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    Cackle Hatchery Chicks - 3 days old to 7 weeks time lapse.

    You'll have to forgive all the talking in the video. I tend to ramble. We ordered 17, received 22. One was DOA, another later came down with some sort of sickness and died despite our best efforts. The chickens are now 5 months old and peanut treat eating fiends. We rehomed several roosters...
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    First egg from Easter Egger. Now what?

    We noticed our 17 week old EE going into the coop earlier today and doing odd squats. Hours later she had laid a small/medium sized blue egg. Attached a picture below compared to a standard large store bought egg. Will she start laying eggs daily now? Will the eggs get bigger or is this a...
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    Two Mottled Houdan and a Easter Egger Cockerel - Western NC Upstate SC

    Located in Western NC near Columbus just north of Spartanburg SC. 3 Cockerels(Roosters) 4 months old. Very healthy. We've raised them since they were a few days old. Two of them are mottled houdans, beautiful black and white with green tail feathers.(Used an example picture found online)...
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    Easter Egger Rooster?

    Ordered 3 EEs from cackle 5 months back. They are about 4 months old now. One of these has a slightly redder/(very slightly)slightly bigger comb than the other two, also the tail feathers are a bit droopy. To me this would say ROOSTER. However she/he does not crow at all, nor does she/he have...
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    How many roosters can we have?

    We have 20 chickens. 10 weeks old. 5 are bantam silkies(they seem to hold their own though in the pecking order). Two of our houdans are roosters, none of the other chickens appear to be roosters(yet). I've heard 1 rooster per 10 birds and then 1 rooster period. Any advice? Just wait and see...
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    How to get them to go into 2 coops?

    So we have two coops. I'm not going to discuss the size because I could show a 400sqft coop and say I have 2 bantams and someone on here would wave their finger at me saying it should be bigger and there should be a spa and tennis court LOL. That out of the way, we have two coops for 20...
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    What to do about heat?

    Here in NC an average summer is high 80s to high 90s with lots of humidity. Our 9 week old chickens have shade under their coops and a small tin roof covered portion of their cage run. However I've noticed our houdans and a couple easter eggers have been walking around with their beaks open...
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    Why meat birds?

    First off this is not being asked in a judgmental way, we all love chicken.(Heck I had a chicken sandwich for dinner and we have 20 egg laying chickens). But I gotta ask why spend $2-3 on a chick, who knows how much money in electricity, food, bedding, coop, run and all the other costs only to...
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    How big of a hole raccoon?

    We are using a dog kennel 10x20 for our run. We have hardware mesh as an apron and then mesh going up 2-3 feet on the sides so nothing can reach in. I've also got the roof completely covered with other kennel sections and any spots that were large enough to fit my fist(man hands lol) I have...
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    Chicks learning to go into their coop in 3 days.

    This won't be interesting to anyone but newbies. I was impressed by how quickly our 5wk old chicks caught on. Can't say this is the right way but will say it worked for us. NIGHT/DAY 1. 5wk chicks go from brooder to closed coop 1 hour before sunset. Small feeder/water in for the first night...
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    Houdan running up to other chicks and staring them down?

    All of our chicks will be 6 weeks old on Monday. They were put in their new coop and run yesterday and this morning they all eventually climbed down into the run. I've noticed a certain behavior from one Houdan.. He or she will run up to other chicks as fast as he/she can and stop and stare them...
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    POLL: How long before chicks learn to leave coop?

    5 week old chicks spent first night in coop yesterday. Today they refused to leave the coop with the door open for 4 hours so I grabbed them and put them in the run. I'm just wondering one average how many days does it usually take for chicks to realize the coop is home and to go up into it...
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    Two coops?

    Delete Just going to do it our own way nevermind.
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    Is this decent hardware cloth?

    We have a 10x20 dog pen being used as a run. We are going to wrap the bottom layer with hardware mesh to prevent predators from reaching through the dog fence.. We are also going to use it for an apron around the entire pen to prevent digging into...
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