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    Choosing a cockerel

    This is my first year with chickens. I have a mama hen who, seven weeks ago, hatched six chicks. She is a good mama and all six chicks are healthy. They free range all day and, like mama, roost in a holly tree at night. I feel certain that three of the chicks are males; two are females; and...
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    5 wk chick mounting?

    I have a game hen who hatched 6 chicks 5 weeks ago. (The father is 1/2 barnyard mix, 1/2 dominick.) The game hen takes the chicks with her where ever she wants; they are not penned up & have acres to forage, though she takes them to a protected crate at night. They have chick feed available...
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    More broody hen advice

    I have an OEGB hen--about 8 months old--who went broody about a month ago. She stayed broody even though I moved the entire flock & coop into a new location. She gets off the nest twice a day to eat and drink, sometimes staying off for as much as 30 minutes at a time. I try to make sure I see...
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    Rescued pullet ID?

    This game pullet was left behind when renters moved out of a house in rural Alabama; found by a friend of mine. A mix, I suppose, but I'm getting American Gamefowl vibes. Any other ideas?
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    when to worry about a cockerel

    Background: I have a flock of four 12-wk old chickens: 2 OEGB pullets, 1"starlight" pullet, and 1 "starlight" who turned out to be a cockerel. I am integrating them with a flock of 3 adult hens. This week I moved everyone into a coop (separated into a half for each flock) with an enclosed run...
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    Cockerel rounding up pullets?

    I'm new to chickens and have four 10-week-olds: two are OEGBantam pullets, one is a Starlight Egger pullet and one is a Starlight Cockered. All are from tractor supply. Today I cleaned out their brooder/coop/cage and let them run around the screen porch while I changed the straw. This is the...
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    Ecological impact of extreme free range?

    We live in central Alabama, on family land which has been largely left to do its own thing for about 50 years. My husband is working to restore it to its more traditional form and encourage native plant species--removing invasive plants, using controlled burns, opening up the canopy, etc. I am...
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