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    Moving and need winter keeping tips!!

    We are moving to Montana! We plan on taking our chickens with us. We only have 6 and have dog crates for them with rentacoop water cups to not spill, attached scratch cups and we are ready to go! However the cooler weather is new to us big time. Reaching out for any tips, advice, ideas any need...
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    Plucking feathers

    So we have a flock of 6 that we have had for two years. They have all been great with eachotber since day one, they have their pecking order and have never had a problem with them. All hens. We came home from a few day vacation to one hen with half her feathers missing. Feathers all over more...
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    Wry neck help

    Is there anything I can do to help a hen with wrys neck, this is our first. She is a broody buff Orpington. We separated her into the sick coop is this best for her? Thanks in advance
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    Spurs or normal?

    We have a few more th old bantam that has these little bumps we have only had hens so I am wondering if. These were baby spurs developing? Any advice?
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    What is this!? Should I be worried

    I found this on the floor of the coop this morning. Does anyone know what it is, should I be worried? We have 6 hens, all on their first round of laying and we’ve never seen anything like this before.
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    What to plant

    We just dug up our garden and are looking to Plant some stuff that we can toss Over to The chickens for some fresh snacks!! We have parsley, mint, tomatoes, and broccoli right now that they seem to pick and chose. Any suggestions on what to plant in the garden or along the planter by their coop!?
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    Feed brands?

    Looking for an all flock feed for our six girls! All but two are 19 weeks! The chicks are about 10 weeks and have starter crumble available to them in a seperate area. I have tried a mix of grains and pellets from small pet select but they pick and choose the grains out of it and leave the...
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    Feed questions?

    Wondering what to feed our hens. They are about to start laying they are about 17 weeks old. I am new to chickens and wondering what to feed them. I have some layer pellets, chicken scratch and this feed from small pet select. should I be feeding them just one of these? Offer all three? The...
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    Chickens sleep in nesting boxes

    We have four chickens about the age to start laying. They have typically been sleeping on a perch in the coop But the last Month they have decided to sleep upstairs in their nesting boxes. Is this a typical thing for birds about to lay? I’m wondering if we should try to have them sleep...
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    Help with hoping the fence

    We have created a locket area for our backyard girls! We like to let them roam their half of the backyard so we let them out of their coop every day! However they hop their side of the fence multiple times a day! Which means poop all over the backyard furniture. I was wondering if anyone has any...
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    Should I worry? Dry blood on nose

    One of my girls has gotten what looks like dry blood on her beak just below her comb... Ive had my buffs get this before and it has always just gone away on its own. They do Not act any differently at all but I figured I’d put a pick and get some advice just incase!!
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    When to switch from chick starter?

    at what age is it good to switch from chick starter? Also any particular brands people recommend? Thanks in advance!!
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    6 weeks australorp boy or girl?

    One of ours is looking a bit different from the other australorp. Does this look like a hen or Roo particularly?
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    Hen or Roo?? 5 weeks old looks different

    We have two australorps 5 weeks old and doing great!!! No issues at all, been exciting to see their new features. Except one looks different from the other. More red under the beak and looks like barley a crown or at least a poofy one compared to the sister. Any thoughts or guesses would be...
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    Adding a chick?

    We lost a chick :( we would like to add another to our flock they are all two weeks old. Will adding a new two week old chick be a problem?
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    Can you differentiate chirps

    We have two buffs and two australorps they are both about one week old. They are doing great! Active and fun. It has been in the 90s here so I have been taking them out to explore their coop in they day. They chirp chirp chirp in the grass. They also chirp whenever I walk by their brooder and...
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    chick temp??

    We have week olds in their brooder I’ve seen that at 1 week the temp should go down to 90? It’s currently 95 ish. Do I just turn off or raise the light, or watch the chicks? I turned off the light and it stayed 89 in the brooder but the chicks all went under where the light would shine. Does...
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    Chick temp??

    We have four week olds in their brooder I’ve seen that at a week the temp should go down to 90? It’s currently 95 ish. Do I just turn off or raise the light, or watch the chicks? I turned off the light and it stayed 89 in the brooder but the chicks all went under where the light would shine...
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    Chick temps

    We have four week olds in their brooder I’ve seen that at a week the temp should go down to 90? It’s currently 95 ish. Do I just turn off or raise the light, or watch the chicks? I turned off the light and it stayed 89 in the brooder but the chicks all went under where the light would shine...
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    When do you offer grit?

    at what age should I offer grit? And how?
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