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    RIR,s getting blonde feathers?

    So I've noticed a couple of my RIR's getting some blonde feathers. Googling tells me that's not normal. Could be a deficiency? Does anyone know what this may be and the cause? Thanks for any help.
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    Safe to run free?

    So below is a picture of our chicken coop and run. Don't mind the feeder and waterer as I changed those out to 5 gal buckets. So we've had our chickens for 5 months. I occasionally have seen a racoon around but never near the house and coyotes never come near the property. We have a dog that...
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    Soft landing?

    So, one of my chickens laid another egg. The shell looked better, but still maybe a little thin. Not sure which one it is but, it looked like it was dropped from the roost bar. The egg was sitting right on the edge of the nesting box almost right under the roost bar. It was broke and yolk just...
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    Soft eggs on the ground.

    So I knew 2 of our rir's were getting close to laying. I go out just before their bedtime to replenish water and food for the next day. Well tonight I found one small egg smashed on the ground and them found a whole one but the shell is very soft. The whole one looks normal for a first egg, just...
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    9 week old Rouens. All hens?

    So Our ducks just turned 9 weeks old. Doing great. They are still shy and don't like us trying to pick them up. Lol Is it still too early to determine drake from hen?
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    Ideas for a muddy duck pen

    First off, I put a good layer of bark in chicken coop. I left it out from under the coop cause they like bathe there. Now my duck pen is 6 1/2' x 9'. Their house sits outside the pen so they can have the entire pen space. They keep this area pretty muddy and of course, all the rain we've been...
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    I kicked them out of the brooder!

    So our Rouens will be 5 weeks old tomorrow. We finally moved them to their pen friday. I think I went out once every hour to make sure they were doin ok. Lol I think they enjoy it much more than the brooder. Our day temps have been close to 80 but will be getting hotter this week. Night time has...
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    Pen bedding?

    So of course our chickens have turned their grassy pen to dirt now. We use pine shavings for their coop but I was wondering if we should add some to their pen/run. They have a small pen area built under the prefab coop and they like to lay under there once in a while. The pen is a 10'x10' area...
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    Can I stop food & water at night?

    So my ducklings are 4 weeks old. I was told that with our nice temps that I can start putting them outside. I'm still gonna wait til the weekend to do that, due to storms, and keep them in the brooder til then. My question is, would it be fine to take their food and water out of the brooder at...
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    First swim today!

    Well the ducks are 4 weeks old today. It's in the 80's today so I thought I would let them play in their pen today, especially since I needed to do a good cleaning in their brooder. I put about 4 inches of water in their pool. They took to it pretty good and now hoping they will get themselves...
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    Should I start watching my chickens?

    So we have 4 Rhode island reds. They are about a week shy of 4 months old. I've read where these start laying between 4-5 months. Is that timing right? Are there things I need to look for such as behavioral and such? Any advice is appreciated! Thanks, Bobby
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    Duck waterer?

    I have another question for y'all please. We have one of those galvanized little giant waterer for our ducks. It really only puts out enough water for them to drink but not enough for them to get their bills wet. Can anyone here recommend a better waterer that puts out enough water for them to...
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    Ducklings and water

    So my 3 Ruoen ducklings are almost a month old. I finally finished their pen and let them out to play today. They had a blast being out of the brooder and eating grass and such. Weather permitting, I'm going to keep taking them out during the day to get use to the pen and their pen feeder. We...
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    New chicken & duck owners here!

    So we live N.E., Tx. Wife wanted some chickens, lol, and we now have 4 three month old rhodes. They are doing fine. We bought a tractor supply coop that has 3 nesting boxes. Before we got the chickens, I thompson water sealed all the wood, sprayed sealer on the composite roof sheet and then...
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