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    Chicken won’t get up in the morning

    Last week I bought 2 hens from an owner nearby. They were fine other than some feathers lost due to an over aggressive rooster. This morning I let them out of the coop and I went back to check on them to realize that one of my new hens is still on the roosting pole sleeping. She is refusing to...
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    Roosting Issues

    A little bit of vulnerability here on my part as I thought I had come up with an inexpensive way to create a roosting pole for my girls. It basically entailed buying 2 cinder blocks, running a post through them elevated about 8-12 inches. The girls wouldn’t use it. They would sit up there at...
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    Guys or Gals?

    I’ve been on a thread reference my Sapphire Gem, but I’m now adding my Americauna that I’m wondering about as well. Both are 11 weeks old. Sapphire gems are supposed to be a Sex Linked breed, and the odd thing about this one is he/she will go on a growth spurt where he/she will develop a lot in...
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    First Death

    Welp it finally happened. After being very excited that all 8 of my babies survived the brooding, survived the move to their new shed, and survived their first couple weeks outside. I finally had my first death. Little "Ruby", a 9 week old Barred Plymouth Rock. We have no clue how or why. We...
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    “Teaching” to Free Range

    My girls are about 9 weeks old and are going outside regularly. We have nicer weather so I have been leaving the coop open for them to go out and find food and explore! Very often I’ll check on them and find them all laying inside their coop. Enjoying the sun, but not eating. I then have been...
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    Just starting out

    Hello all! My fiancé and I (set to get married in August) got settled into our new house on 3.6 acres in July. We are located in Colorado about 20mi N of Denver. Growing up my aunt and uncle had chickens. I fondly remember a unique little bird named Virgina that would lay the prettiest blue...
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    Is it a rooster?

    So me and my fiancé bought 8 chicks about 6 weeks ago and are loving it. We are seeing some signs of one of them becoming a rooster and I guess reading online only tells me so much. It’s always been slightly bigger than all the rest which I just chalked up to possibly being slightly older. Now...
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