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    rainbow chicks

    I have 4 rainbows that are about 12 weeks old.. I am afraid I have 2 roosters as they have larger combs and a bit of a beard, the other two do not.. is it possible to tell at this age??
  2. papeine

    americauna stopped laying

    over all my chickens have slowed down with the winter... I have light for 14hrs and heat when it's really cold.. but my 2 americauna totally stopped, now eggs for about two weeks now.. they will be 2 years old in May.. any ideas as to why they stopped?? and any hits to get them laying again??
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    how many chickens can I have

    I have a 12x12 chicken coop with four nest boxes.. what would you guys say is the maxium chickens I could have? currently I have 12
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    nest box material

    I am having an issue with cracked or smashed eggs in the next boxes.. I have tried shaving, straw and grass clippings.. the chickens push that out.. .Now i have alpaca fiber (from the first shearing.. apparently not good for making yarn).. any way, since I did that, they have really slowed down...
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    when to get new hens

    my girls will be 2 this next spring. My sister-in-law and I got hens at the same time. She want to get rid of this bunch and get new ones next spring, she tells me that they have reached their peak and egg production will drop. I have 12 and am getting anywhere from 4 or 8 eggs a day. Should I...
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    two of my hens are loosing feathers just around the neck..

    I have 2 of my 13 hens that have balded areas just on their necks... wondering if this could be some type of mite??
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    I am guessing this is normal..but..

    in my experience with chickens I have learned that almost anything is normal when it comes to chickens... but I gotta ask.. my chickens are laying very irregular..one day I will have 10 eggs, next day 5, then 12..it's all over the place... they get light about 13 hours now. I was getting 8-10...
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    pecking order

    I added two ameracauna's to my group... How long does it take to determine who's above who? the reason I ask is.. the inside of my coop is about 10x12... when they are all in..the two new ones are up on the roost, they don't come done to eat or mix with the other chickens at all.. (I got them...
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    Americanua's

    I lost both my Americauna's (dang neighbors dog!!).. looking to purchase two girls around 6 months old. live in central Minnesota.. near St Paul
  10. papeine

    eggs freezing

    I live in central minnesota, evertything I have read for those of you more experienced with chickens than me tells me not to heat my coop unless the chickens "tell me" they are cold. So what about the eggs, I don't collect them until I get home at night... about 5pm. Most of my chickens lay...
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    How cold is too cold?

    I live in central Minnesota... at what temp should I turn my heater on for the chickens.. I have 12, in a coop that's 12x12. It is insulated. I did not plan on closing the chicken door all winter.. I have a spce heater that I put in a wooded box with wire on each side, it has a thermistat for...
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    Egg color

    ok.. I am about to demonstrate my lack of knowledge with chickens. I was looking for pictures of black sex-link hens and eggs so I could have an idea of what color the eggs where.. couldn't find them in the list of breeds??? anybody know what color the eggs are?? I am getting one to two blue...
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    question about range chickens

    For those of you who let your chickens run... I have a question. My sister-in-law has 15 chickens that she lets out every morning..twice now one of her chickens hasn't come back to the coop at night. She's been there in the morning.. she was wondering if this chicken is possibily laying eggs...
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    help.. my girls keep roosting in the nest boxes..

    I am a roocky chicken owner... so hoping someone can help.. my chickens roost at night in the next boxes.. so I cut off the perch..that didn't help. Yesterday I added another perch...higher than the nesting boxes. Last night I went in to check on them.. and sure enough they were roosting in the...
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