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    Raising birds on concrete roof?

    Hello everyone, First i would like to apologise if this is posted in the wrong section, i didnt know where else to post it. If you have any suggestions as to where i should move it, please do tell. Now onto the main topic. I raised about 8-10 chickens two years ago on my concrete roof. It didnt...
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    Bigger hens pecking smaller hens.

    I have 4 hens, two of them are about 20 weeks and the remaining are about 16 weeks. The bigger ones stay together and the smaller ones stay together. The bigger ones peck the smaller ones whenever they see em. Its not like a small gentle peck its a violent aggresive one. The bigger ones stay...
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    I have 2 roosters and 4 hens, is it possible to keep both of the roosters?

    I have 2 roosters and 4 hens. Is it possible to keep both of the roosters instead of rehoming one? Or will there be conflicts? I really don't wanna rehome either of the roosters to be honest. I really like both of them and it will be sad to see one of them go. Im asking this because I only have...
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    Rooster is about 20 weeks old and hasn't crowed once yet.

    My rooster is about 20 weeks old. He hasn't crowed even once yet. I've seen other cockerels try to somewhat crow with their squeakish crows when they're young but my roo is 20 weeks old and he hasn't even tried yet. Same with my other roo, same age and still hasn't tried to crow yet. Is this...
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    Rooster weaker/frailer than other chickens.

    I have a presumably leghorn or some sort of mix of it, rooster which is weaker and frailer than the other chickens his age. They're all about 4-5 months. I feed them chicken feed mixed with some cracked corn. It's not that he doesn't eat, infact he eats a lot. His crop gets full, like a ball...
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    What's the gender of these chickens?

    What is the gender of these chickens? They're about 4-5 months old. Someone told me a way to tell a chickens gender by looking at the type of its saddle feathers so theres a picture of each of their saddle feathers along with their full body pictures #1 #2 #3
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    Can this be used as coop bedding?

    I've a sack full of wood coils and i was wondering if it can be used as coop bedding?
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    Little rooster pecking me, how to make it stop pecking.

    So basically i have a very small rooster about a month i think. And he pecks me. He pecks my fingers my toes my skin, anything related to me. First he only did it when he was hungry and wanted food, now he does it all the time. And since hes getting bigger his pecking hurts a lot more now. Is...
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    Weird white feathers on chickens

    Basically my chickens have these weird white feathers on them, they werent there before or maybe were less notceable but there are a lot now. Is this natural or is this a disease? Was searching around on the internet and found out it could be vitiligo. If it is vitiligo what caused it? and is...
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    Bigger chickens pecking smaller chickens. Help please I'm slowly losing my mind.

    I'm very new to chicken raising so forgive me but first i bought 6 chickens, they're about 3-4 months old and I bout em way back in april. Decided id buy a few more chickens, bought 3, they're about 2 months old I think, definitely smaller than the original 6 chickens. Boy was it a mistake. At...
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    This little dove stops by everyday, don't know what to give it for food.

    This particular dove stops by everyday for about 4 times a day. Sometimes it brings a friend and they just sit on the railing there and coo. It did try to come down once but my rooster just ran straight for it confused and scared the dove off. Nonetheless it returned a few minutes later. I would...
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    What's the breed, gender and age of this little chick?

    Just bought this little chook and gotta say its very cute. I don't know its age, gender or breed though. I think it may be a hen judging from its comb size and color but i could be wrong. Now I'm not an expert in breeds but I did a bit of searching and I think it may be a Plymouth/Barred rock...
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    Do all sweet cockerels turn into jerk roosters?

    Basically i have 3 cockerels, an Australorp, a mix of three breeds and a leghorn. The mixed breed one goes about doing his own thing the leghorn one is very shy never comes too much close to humans but the Australorp is so sweet. Whenever i come to open em he rams in the coop door trying to open...
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    Chickens are pooping in the feeder.

    I put feeders in their coop with food 24x7 but they jump on top of the feeder and poop in it. And when the poop goes in their food they don't eat it anymore. A lot of their food is going to waste and I have to wash their food and water feeders every single day. They only eat some of their food...
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    My roosters are about 4 months and neither of them has started crowing and none of them have tail sickles.

    As the title said. I have 3 roosters about 4 months old and none of then have started crowing and none have their tail sickles yet. Is this normal? This is my first time raising chickens so I don't know if this is normal or not.
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    What's the breed and gender of this little guy?

    What is its gender and breed? To me it looks like a hen. Name is Peach. As name implies its body is peach colored. It's very gentle, too gentle in fact. Little guy is very friendly. Small and light colored comb and wattle which makes me think its a hen.
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    What breed and gender is this?

    What breed and gender is this? Think its a roo based on comb size. Its got red and black feathers.
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    Chicken combs are black on the outline. Does this mean they have a disease?

    As title says. The combs of my chickens are black/slightly black on the outline. They have always been like this. They are 4 months old and i never thought much about it always thought it was part of how their breed looked. Then i read on the internet black combs can mean they have a disease The...
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    Is this a gamefowl? Also what gender is it?

    Is this a gamefowl? Also what is its gender? I think its a hen? Its black with small golden feathers on its neck. Also is it dangerous to keep gamefowls in your flock? I just read they were bred for fighting and stuff.
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    Do roosters always die after mating?

    Ok first im very new to this website and and i looked through the forums list and couldnt find one fitting for this question so i posted it here. Now my question is will roosters always die after mating? Do they never survive after mating? Can i stop this somehow? Im asking this cuz i have a...
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