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    Need help with pullets going up the ramp at night

    I have 2 pullets moved to the coop last week, and they’re not going up the coop stairs. The hen house is raised1 home is upstairs and the run downstairs. Right now I’ve seen one of them go up the stairs but not at night. What’s weird is I came out in the eventing and they were huddled in the run...
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    Help! Treating pasty butt gone wrong!

    Help! I had noticed last night that my chick had pasty butt, however I didn’t know exactly what it was and thought she’d be fine. Today I saw her and the poop was dry. I also read online that it can kill the schick. I didn’t do any research and ended up pulling the poop off. In doing so I tore...
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    Is this normal?

    Just took a pic of my chicken and saw something really weird. Need help identifying what it is.
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    Narrowing down my chicks breeds

    I’m thinking the one on the left is a arucana Cochin cross And the one on the right is an RIR and Australorp. Need you’re help though, are these breeds correct?
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    How should I greenhouse my run?

    I’m not in the position to get anything fancy. I’d rather just use something laying around the house. I was thinking seran wrap and some kind of wind blocker, but will the chickens peck at it, or is there some way I can put it on the run only in spots where they can’t peck it. I was also...
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    Can I let my 3 week old chicks explore the coop when it’s cold outside?

    Well it’s time to identify breeds! I do need your help however. I’m pretty sure these guys are mutts though. I did use google photos and was able to determine the left one is a arucana Cochin hybrid. I am starting to thing this guys a roo though. The one on the right looks like an amurcana, but...
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    My cihicks rested on my wrist, is this normal? Never happened to me before

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    How should I get my pullets to eat they’re own feed, while making sure they don’t eat the hens feed in the same coop?

    Hello! I have 2 chicks, and I’m concerned about how they’re going to eat their own feed when they’re in the coop with my older hens. Right now my hens feeder is in the run, with their waterer in a nesting box to keep it from freezing. Right now I’m thinking that I can occupy a nesting box with a...
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    Need help sexing baby chicks

    Well, the chicks have grown older, feathers are coming in and I’m really excited! They’re energetic and curios, pecking at their soundings, so that tells me they’re growing up perfectly healthy and happy! However, I do need help sexing them. I’ve suspected that the yellow one is a roo, it was...
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    Hatched 2 chicks need help telling breeds

    Had a clutch of six eggs from Amazon, only two hatched, I need help telling breeds. Pictures are below, thanks!
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    Hatched 2 chicks need help telling breeds

    Had a clutch of six eggs from Amazon, only two hatched, I need help telling breeds. Pictures are below, thanks!
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    Foxes near my chicken coop

    Hello! I’m writing this because I’m in some trouble and need help. If you’ve seen my other threads you’ll know that I have to girls. Just tonight I was letting my dog out and I saw a fox scratching at the chicken wire on my run. My dog scared it off and peed around the coop, so hopefully that...
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    Chickens won’t lay.

    Hello! If you have read my other threads, you will know that I currently have to chickens, a cross breed of a Rhode Island Red, and a Blue silkie. As my chickens have been getting older and close to laying age, I have noticed that they still haven’t a layed an egg yet. I know that they aren’t...
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    New flock members

    Hello! So I have some news on the rooster, not to long after I posted my thread on my roo he was unfortunately attacked, and is not with us anymore. Currently, I have to hens- and plan to get baby chicks to raise and eventually mix in with my two current hens, however, I don’t know how my...
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    Aggressive rooster

    I have two chickens and a rooster, this rooster- Jerry, being extremely aggressive, by chasing and hurting the rest of my family. Do you guys have any idea on how we can keep him calmed down?
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    Pullets and cockerel plucking their feathers.

    I have 2 pullets and a cockerel, and lately I have noticed that they have been plucking their feathers A LOT, I’ve been finding them in the yard, does anyone know what’s going on here? I have two buff Orpington hybrids and a black sex link.
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    Pullets And Cockerel Sleeping the nesting box.

    So I recently blocked off my nesting boxes to prevent my chickens from sleeping there, and all they are doing is sleeping right by the blocked nesting box that they used to sleep in. I’m not sure what they are going to do. After reading online I read that over time they would just learn to roost...
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