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    Is this normal mama hen behavior?

    I have chicks that were hatched out under a mama hen 5 weeks ago. Mama is a 1 year old Wheaten Maran. She was a really good mama up until yesterday when I noticed that she has started chasing the chicks and pecking at them. There are 4 of them and she chases all of them. She has started laying...
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    Ok to feed chickens brisket?

    I have some leftover smoked brisket and I was wondering if I could feed it to my chickens? It has a lot of seasoning on it so wasn’t sure if they could eat it. Thanks.
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    Are these Black Australorps?

    They were listed as rainbow layers at TSC but I’m pretty sure they are going to lay brown eggs. And I think one or two of them may already be laying. They are only a little over 4 months old, but I have been getting extra eggs the last few days other than what my RIRs usually lay.
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    Older roo with younger chicks

    So we are trying to integrate our 2 1/2 month old chicks with our older hens and rooster. They all accidentally got integrated yesterday when no one was around to watch them because the small ones enclosure got tore down by one of our older hens. From what I can tell it went ok. No injuries that...
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    Will a light help my hen start laying in the nesting box again?

    So one of my hens is an early morning layer. Like she usually lays sometime around 6 am when it’s still dark. The last week or so she has started laying while still on the roost instead of going to the nesting box. I go in almost everyday to a broken egg 😕 But I’m wondering if maybe she doesn’t...
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    New from KY

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I got my first chickens back in April of this year, so yes I’m new to it 🙂 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 13 (3) What breeds do you have? RIR, lavender Orpington rooster, olive eggers and rainbow layers (4) What are...
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