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    Hatching time brooder?

    Has anyone ever used hatching time brooder with automatic feeder, waterers and heater? Looking for something I can start inside, clean easily, and then save for any future henspital needs. Older flock in theory mareks positive. So need to keep newly vaccinated babies away from older ones...
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    Hard molt during winter freeze

    My favorite girl decided to a hard molt just as we are receiving unexpected freeze in Southeast (20s-30s F). I have put in supplemental heat to the hen house (standing heated brooder plate as well as hanging ceramic terrarium bulbs from lamp x2). Covered the window. Wrapped entire run in tarp...
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    Roundworm Treatment

    I have confirmed roundworms in one of my chickens. I assume I treat the whole flock. No one acting ill. I have fenbendazole in two forms: safeguard dewormer for goats oral solution and poultry dewormer 5x capsules. Do I give it directly to each bird? The liquid seems easy to give, but a...
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    My turn! How many boys and girls?

    The first three (silkie, Colombian Wyandotte mix, gray/white mix) all 12 weeks. The two EEs 9 weeks. I think the silkie, gray/white mix are Roos. Was hoping rest hens. But now I’m worried my EE baby with a hint of brown is male not female.
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    Adding new chicks to existing “family”

    I have two hens raising 4 chicks. 3 weeks old. 2 were hatched by one of my hens. 2 silkies hatched same day somewhere else and I slipped them underneath. They are doing well. I made the likely bad decision to get 2 one week old Easter eggers today. Has anyone successfully snuck them in and...
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    Helper mommy hen?

    One of my hens became very broody, so we got fertilized eggs under her. She is now on day 18/19 for the eggs. So hope to see some babies soon! She has been incredibly dedicated throughout. Today, her sister hen (same breed, same age) is now going in there and “steeling” the eggs and sitting...
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    Feed for picky mixed flock

    I have 3 laying hens, and 5 “babies” at 2.5 months old. All officially moved in together and integrating well (ish). Had babies on starter crumble and they did fine. Hens with new country organics layer feed and they made a huge mess all over the coup. Added New country organic layer...
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    Silkie roo with standard hens?

    How would a silkie roo do with standard hens? Have 3 8mo old hens (2 black marans and one barred mix), and am slowly introducing my babies, which include 2.5 mo old chicks (2 buffs, 1 salmon favorelle, 1 EE cockerel and 1 silkie cockerel). Don't plan on keeping the EE cockerel, but wanted to...
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    Roo again??

    6 week old Easter egger from a hatchery. Did this fall in the 10%? We have bad luck in this department. Our first batch of chicks (not sexed and from a friend) 9 of the 12 were roosters! So I went through cackle hatchery and got 4 more “hens”. Little worried about how pink this comb is...
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    To Deworm or not...

    6mo pullets, happy, healthy, laying. Trying to figure out if I should prophylactically deworm. Seems a little controversial. They free range most of the day in the backyard. Haven't noticed any sickly behavior or worms in poop. Sometimes they have solid poo with watery poo around it. Not...
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    4wk old silkie with vomiting and diarrhea

    Noticed one of our chicks not acting right. 4 week old silkie acting more lethargic and weak. picked her up a couple of times and seems like she is throwing up. Also with watery non-bloody poop. The 5 other babies seem perfectly fine. I took her out, cleaned out the bedding and water in the...
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    4.5 month cockerel. Atlanta, GA

    He’s such a great little gentleman with the hens and a great protector for their all day free ranging. But he now sees my small children as a threat. He has otherwise been amazing. Follows me around. Let’s me pick him up and hold him all the time. Free to be a great home without small kids.
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    Rooster pecking at my kids! Can I fix this behavior?

    Our chickens are now about 4.5 months old. We are down to 1 rooster (from the initial 9) and 3 hens from a straight run. We kept our 1 rooster because he has been a great protector of the girls and really mild mannered. Follows me around. Let’s me pick him up whenever. Then in the last...
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    New country organics grower feed for chicks

    Just got our two silkie chicks today. They sre now about 10 days old today. We had switched to new country organics grower feed for our other older chickens and that is what I put in the brooder as well. Will this be ok or do they need starter feed? I also have some fermented feed. Perhaps...
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    Keep a roo with new babies coming or no?

    We have 20 week old chickens- As luck would have it we ended up with 5 roosters and 3 hens. We have babies from a hatchery on the way in a couple of weeks. (Hopefully hens!). We really love our Roos, but have arranged for them to be rehomed. Question is, can we keep a roo? Mostly because...
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    5 17 week roos Atlanta, GA

    Super friendly, handled daily. black maran mixes and egger mixes.
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    My turn. Hen or roo?

    Our flock of chickens has been pruned down to 8, one rooster and 7 hens. Or so I thought. At now around 17 weeks old, I am questioning a few. Our Mr. Doodles is no doubt a rooster with all of the crowing and personality. But several of the hens seem to try and imitate the crows as well...
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    Intruding new older hen to flock of teens

    We have ten chicks now 2.5 months old. A friend has a 1 yr old leghorn hen who he can’t keep any longer. We wouldn’t mind taking her in but I’m not sure how to integrate an older hen. We don’t own a separate cage/coop to put her in initially. Our chicks free range most of the day. Could we...
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    Cleaning sand run

    We have had our now 6 week old chicks in the run and coop for almost a week. They are loving it. I am not sure the best way to clean the sand. They are obviously pooping everywhere But it seems to just get crumbled up into the sand. How can I sweep and scoop the waste out?
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    Linoleum flooring

    We are building our walk in chicken coop and run here in atl. The garden coop. We decided to put in a floor because of moisture issues in that part of our yard. Plan was for linoleum flooring and sand. But I can’t find linoleum anywhere. Just vinyl. Any clues on other flooring options?
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