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    Integrating new chicks

    I have a RIR rooster and 2 hens that are one year old. I just incubated some of their eggs and have 7 chicks. At one week old I moved their brooder to the coop with the other chickens. Once a day I put the chickens in the run and let the chicks roam the coop for about 30 minutes. I then put...
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    Adding chicks

    I have eggs in my incubator that should hatch next Saturday. I plan on putting them in the coop with my 2 hens and rooster inside a brooder when they hatch. My question is when should I be able to let them out of the brooder to integrate with the others.
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    RIR chicks from incubator

    I will be putting some eggs in my incubator in a couple of weeks for the first time. I have Heritage RIR rooster and hens. Is there a way to tell within a few days if they are males or females or will need to wait until they grow some. When I purchased my original ones from the local hatchery...
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    New at incubation

    My girls have hen saddles on because one of them had been losing some feathers. I plan on incubating some eggs in a few weeks. My question is will the saddles deter my rooster from wanting to mate? And, if he does will the eggs still be fertilized to hatch. You can tell I am new to all this...
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    Hatching chicks

    I have 2 RIR hens and 1 rooster. One of the hens laid her first hard shelled egg this morning. I have been told by a friend that the hens will not go broody until the spring. I’m trying to decide if I should get an incubator to hatch some eggs now, wait and see if they will sit on them now...
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    Heritage RIR roosters

    I have 9 Heritage RIR roosters I need to re-home. They are 4 months old. I live just north of Dothan, Alabama. They are beautiful. I just can’t keep 10.
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    Do I have Roos or hens? I have 12 RIR chickens. I know 1 is a rooster 2 are hens and I am unsure about the other 9. They are 13 weeks old.

    I have attached a copy of my roo, a hen and the others I am unsure of.
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