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    Did I end up with 3 roos?

    I have three chicks I hatched almost 3 months ago. They are splash maran roo over salmon faverolle hens and all are blue but I’m not sure if I’ve got 2 roos and 1 hen or 3 roos. All 3 have the start of spurs, the one I think might be a hen is slightly lighter and has a different comb from the...
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    3 buns in the oven

    First time incubating and of 10 eggs I have 3 definitely developing. I kind of figured they may not have been all fertilized because the roo only figure his job out fairly recently but I’m glad it will be a small batch to start with. Hopefully I get three healthy fuzz balls. Dad is a splash...
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    I think one of my hens was eaten

    Went to feed this morning and saw a burst of feathers outside the coop, realize it was the one that likes to fly out of the run, so she must have been outside the coop overnight. I followed a trail of several other feather explosions but could not find a body. No blood evident. It’s just so...
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    what makes a breed a breed?

    Do chicken breeders keep track of bloodlines to verify breed or is it all based on sop? I have a splash maran rooster and salmon faverolle hens and from what I’ve read if I breed them all the off spring will be blue so I’m wondering if I can create blue faverolles over time this way? I’m...
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    Mareks nodules or just beat up?

    I have a new roo in quarantine but some nodules? scabs? on his feet have me a little worried I may have introduced Mareks to the flock. He was in a pen of about 20 other roos, but everything looked clean and healthy nothing concerning about them. Does this look like injuries from being picked...
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    ISO salmon faverolles cockerel/roo in SE la/south ms

    I lost my salmon faverolle roo that I was raising this year and I’m trying to put out feelers if anyone in southeast Louisiana/south Mississippi has any roos available. I had adored my boy’s temperament and the temperament of my fav girls so I would like more of the same. Preferably they will...
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    likely going to put a bird to sleep tomorrow edit: looking into broken leg therapies instead

    I recently posted about my dogs getting out and attacking my chickens last week. I lost my rooster, but also my boss hen Betty turned out to have a broken leg. She’s been inside for the past week and I’ve been watching to see if it looks like she might be able to live as a one-legged bird but...
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    my dogs attacked my chickens and I need to vent

    RIP Mr.Man the rooster Today my dogs got around me while I was bringing something out to the burn pile and I happened to have let my chickens out for a little free ranging a little earlier. After much chaos and me screaming bloody murder before I could get my head screwed on straight and grab...
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    Salmon favs gave zero interest in foraging

    I know salmon favs aren’t the best foragers but mine seem to have no interest in leaving the coop/run area. I don’t know if I should push them out more or what but even with the person coop door wide open, the most they’ll do is peck at the grass right outside the coop. Is this pretty typical...
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    Integration has begun

    Today is the first day I’m letting the big girls and the new recruits share the run together, I’m listening from the screened porch and getting the occasional squeal but it’s 3 big girls to 5 new chicks so hopefully that disperses some of the angst. The new recruits are 8 week old salmon favs...
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    anchor system for coop on skids?

    I’m in the process of finishing up my first coop build but ran into a snag with the recent storms that passed through. The wind knocked the coop off it’s block foundation, luckily the structure appears all in tact the only damage was the ends of the roof that extended beyond the rafters. I...
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    Waiting for new babies

    My new salmon faverolles shipped from Cackle on Wednesday so now I get to patiently wait for them to arrive. I ordered 3 hens and 1 roo to add to my 3 silver laced Wyandotte ladies. Brooder is ready and Ive alerted the post office now all i can do is stare at the updates. :D I got a...
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    I don’t know how to build things but I’ll try anyway

    So I ordered more chicks, which necessitates a larger coop. I decided I want to build my own coop but even after I thought I did a lot of research and bought a bunch of wood, I realized I’ve already made a ton of mistakes. First-I bought 2x4s for building the frame of the coop, I didn‘t...
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    Salmon faverolle roos

    What kind of temperament can I expect from a salmon faverolle roo? I know it can vary by individual bird but do they tend to run more aggressive or docile? I just placed an order for salmon faverolle chicks, including one roo, to add to my silver laced Wyandotte trio. How are they at looking...
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    do you enjoy having a rooster or regret it?

    I’m looking for good, bad, and ugly experiences. I want a rooster for hawk protection so I can let the girls free range a bit more. I currently have 3 silver laced Wyandotte hens and am planning to get 3/4 more hens beginning of next year and possibly a rooster. I live on 8 acres in the...
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    Expanding tractor supply coop into run

    Has anyone added walls to a tractor supply coop to turn the run into expanded coop? I’m buying a dog kennel to go around my coop and I’m thinking of walling in the bottom run and adding some roosts to make it one big coop. Possibly doing hardware cloth floor with sand over it as a floor. I...
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    One of these things is not like the othet

    So... one of these is a roo right? I’m not crazy? 4.5 month SLWs
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    should I buy the roo?

    My local feed store has a lone jubilee cockerel for sale and now I’m trying to convince myself I don’t need to go back and get him tomorrow. I currently have 3 silver laced Wyandotte hens (2 months old) that are about 1 month older than him. Are they likely to beat him up at this age? I’m...
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