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    Trouble with sleeping arrangements

    I have 5 laying hens, all 6 months - 2 years old. I would hatch a batch/buy chicks, let them all join the flock when big enough and eventually remove the ones I didn't want to keep. This has prevented singling out and bullying since I was merging two flocks. Now I have a bunch of different egg...
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    Ameraucanas - pullets or cockerels?

    I have 7 ameraucanas, hatched October 30th. I'm fairly certain 4 or 5 are cockerels. What do you guys think? Please excuse any messy chickens, we just had our first 2 dry days in over a week of rain! I'm not sure if it's good or bad that I'm uploading so many pictures, I hope it helps and if...
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    Does anyone have experience using these playpens as a brooder?

    I'm thinking about getting one of these play pens ( https://a.co/d/gMN4s1V ) as a chick brooder this time around. I'll have 6 chicks and my usual small animal cage is not going to work since they'll need to be inside a little longer this time of year. The space seems good, my concern is water...
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    I'm part of the crappy club now :(

    Something got my smallest (and only Ameraucana) pullet today. I'm hoping you guys can help me figure out what it might've been so I can hopefully take precautions. GRAPHIC! I found her dead in the overgrown area the girls like to hang out in (they're in a large privacy fenced yard) feathers...
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    Can non layers eat layer feed for ~1 month?

    I have a mixed flock so I've been feeding starter and offering oyster shells ever since I got the chicks. Apparently my brain isn't working properly today because I bought a bag of layer instead of starter! I'm so mad at myself 😭 I feed organic non GMO corn & soy free so it isn't cheap and I...
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    Splash and Blue Ameraucana cockerels (probably). Raleigh NC

    Raleigh NC area. Just over 3 months old. 1 splash and 1 blue Ameraucana. Assumed to be cockerels
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    Beautiful Splash Ameraucana

    I've been unsure but caught it fighting with a blue Ameraucana (also a suspected cockerel but couldn't get good pics) so now I'm really bummed it's probably shaping up to be a beautiful roo 😭 What do you guys think? He or she is just over 3 months old
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    ISO Blue egg layer

    Hi everyone, I'm ISO a vaccinated, Blue Egg laying, older pullet. Perfect chicken would be an Ameraucana who is already laying and vaccinated. Located in Clayton NC.
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    Mixing Mareks vaccinated and unvaccinated, totally stupid?

    I've been trying to put together a flock of rainbow layers but of course it hasn't gone to plan lol. Long story short I still need an Ameraucana ( rehomed her due to being persistently broody). Trouble is all my girls are vaccinated for Mareks and I'm not interested in chicks and only want 1...
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    Constantly and persistently broody, is there hope?

    She's 1.5 years and ever since she started laying she's broody constantly. I think one time she went 1 whole month acting like a normal chicken lol. It's a constant battle to break her of it and it doesn't matter anyway because she'll just be right back at it, sometimes after a day, sometimes it...
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    Needing some quick advice on this very basic roost

    Soo I thought I was very clever making a nice simple roost but now realize the corners instead of the flat of the 2x2s is what they'll sit on now that it's leaned in there. Any thoughts on a quick easy way to fix it? Or is it actually okay how it is? This is basically just a grow-out coop...
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    1 black comb and 2 poopy bums

    Some backstory: I have three hens all just turned 1 year. One of them just hatched chicks. The other two have been free-ranging around the yard like they have their whole life. I have two issues that I'd like to put in one post if that's okay. First issue: My black copper Marans has black...
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    I'm having trouble sexing 2 day old Welsummers

    I'm 99% sure the two sitting down are pullets but I'm just not sure about the one standing in the corner. I have so so many more pictures if necessary lol
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    How long should hen be broody before I give her chicks?

    I've been debating giving her hatching eggs or day old chicks to raise. I think I've decided on chicks because they'll be sexed (not an exact science obviously but better than 50/50), vaccinated and no worries about eggs not hatching. She's constantly broody ever since she started laying and...
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    How likely is an Easter egger to lay brown eggs?

    I'd like to have 3 chickens total so that when the girls production slows down I have room for more. I'm getting a copper Marans, a production blue and an Easter egger. What are the chances the Easter egger lays brown eggs? Someone said try to get one with blue/green/grey legs, is that true...
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