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    Only one chicken loosing feathers

    I have 15 chickens. Yesterday, I noticed that all the sudden one of my chickens went from having very fluffy feathers to loosing all tail feathers (all vent feathers are still there), but her back (maybe saddle?) Feathers are gone and a little more up the way of the back. However, it looks like...
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    How to know when a chicken is broody "enough"

    What are some telltale signs that chickens are broody enough to put down some hatching eggs/try to make her adopt some chicks? ALSO, if she's in the favorite nesting spot, should you let her have it or try to move her to a different one?
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    Raising meat chickens

    I have a couple questions about raising meat chickens (like Cornish cross or freedom rangers). 1. I was thinking about starting them late spring again (May, our temps in texas late in the month are very high and the chicks would need minimal heat). That being said, is it safe to have a heat lamp...
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    Update: Any roosters?

    I asked a question earlier because i thought I may have fertilized eggs and people said it looked like it, I also wasn't getting very good pictures of my chickens. I now have an above-view pictures of them as I scattered their food so I could get a better picture. From my knowledge, I do not...
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    Is this fertilized? Do i have a secret rooster?

    My chickens fairly recently started laying. They all just turned 6 months old and five are laying (there are 16). Recently, when i crack eggs they look different like they could be fertilized? I will post a picture. There has been no crowing and no chickens that grow up faster/look any different...
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    New laying hen staying in run/coop

    I currently have only one out of 16 hens laying. However, a couple days up to laying to now laying for two days, this hen has been sticking to the coop/run area vs free ranging with the rest of the flock. The run and coop part does normally stay open so the chickens can come and go as they...
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    My first egg!!!

    Out of my sixteen pullets, I thought my cinnamon queens would lay first and buff orpingtons would lay last. (I have cinnamon queens, buff orpingtons, easter eggers, silver laced black wyandotte, delaware.) However, today i received my first egg from (I'm pretty sure) one of my buff orpingtons...
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    Am I mama hen?

    My chickens free range for part of the day. They are most active after/around 530pm when it cools down a little and there's more shade. However, if I'm outside just roaming around or standing around, they free range a lot more during the day (otherwise they will be under something in the yard)...
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    19 weeks; eggs soon?

    I've been looking for eggs since my chickens turned 16 weeks 😅 (I have cinnamon queens among other breeds, but apparently they're supposed to lay "sooner"? ) I will post a before (16wk) pic compared to now (19wk) picture. I have several chickens who are going from pink to red wattles and combs...
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    How do you know your free range flock is getting enough food?

    Hello, I free range my flock, they are 17weeks old and free range on 2.5 out of 10 acres. How do I know if they are getting enough food? I was supplementing in the evening so they go back to their run/coop and I could get a good headcount, but recently they've been acting famished and a couple...
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    Looking for first egg free ranging

    My pullets are 15 weeks old and some are starting to get bright red/bigger combs and waddles. (Mainly my cinnamon queen a couple silver laced wyandotte.) They normally free range all day, but as they get closer to time to lay their first eggs, I would like to know! Should I keep them in the...
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    Easter Egger Hen or Roo

    I know it's still a little early as my chickens are about 11.5 weeks old. However, out of 17 of my chickens, I believe one of my easter eggers to be a rooster because he/she is the only one of them with a three row comb. I can't figure out saddle feathers and he/she is still growing them. What...
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    Free Range & water

    So I live where it is HOT! I like to let my chickens free range as we have several areas of shelter/shade. However, I only keep water in their run. Should I put water in other frequented spots across the acreage? I'm just worried about forgetting to dump/replenish the other areas and...
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    Free Ranging on Hay field

    Hello everyone! I am new to owning chickens and currently have 5 week old chicks that I let free range from about 4:30-8:30pm because I have time to check on them and there's more shade at that time outside. We live on a little over 10 acres, but most of it is a hay field, I'd say about 2.5...
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