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    odd egg

    Just found one of these the other day, first one ever. Is this something to be concerned about? It’s soft and small.
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    Amorous chicken?

    So here’s the situation, I have a almost one year old BO hen who is my buddy. When I’m out in the yard with them she’ll come over for me to stroke her chin or pick her up and carry her for a bit, or just simply pet her. Anyway, recently she seems to be a bit more demanding and will peck me to...
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    fluffed up hen

    We have a 10 month old BO hen that recently ended up with a clump of dried poop on her rear. We cleaned her and checked her vent and everything appears clear. But at the same time we also noticed she seems to walk around with her feathers fluffed out although she doesn’t appear to act any...
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    What breed?

    What breed is this chicken? TIA
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    Returning down

    Our hens have bare patches on their backs from the roosters, which has been resolved. I know they will pretty much stay this way until their first molt however I’ve noticed that downy feathers are starting to reappear……OR, am I losing my mind?
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    Bare chicken backs

    We, unfortunately, ended up with too many cockerels for the number of hens (2 out of 6). As a result our hens were being beaten by the boys fighting over them with the subsequent loss of back and wing feathers. We managed to finally re-home the one cockerel (the bully) and the remaining cockerel...
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    Chicken saddles?

    We were unfortunate to get two boys with our six chicken flock and dealt with the two boys exuberance, until we recently were able to get rid of one them, by putting saddles on the hens. This is what the hens look like after removing them after about two months. Not sure it would have been...
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    Odd cockerel

    I have a cockerel (about 9 months old) that would stay as far from me as possible. This morning he stood and let me pick him up with little to no drama. Any thoughts on why out of the blue he would allow this?
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    two roosters

    I have two cockerels, too many for the number of hens (2 out of 6). I know this is not good nor ideal but this is where we are. Anyway, the alpha boy chases the beta out of the coop in the evening for a while before letting him inside. Nevertheless, after witnessing this behavior I’ll find them...
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    chicken saddle question

    Quick question, should saddles be removed from time to time?
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    wood or resin

    I’ve been looking over some threads regarding the conversion of sheds to coops. But I haven’t seen a focused discussion of the pro’s and con’s between wood, resin sheds. I’m looking to build another coop and think a larger shed build would be a good idea so that it could be divided between coop...
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    Which cockerel

    Have two cockerels, one is the alpha and a bit of a bully. The other, the beta, is much more of a gentleman. Looking to get rid of one because, as stated in other posts, we only have six chickens. The alpha hangs with the hens and stay clear of us. The beta is more engaged with us although he...
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    Coop size

    Looking for some opinions. I have six 8 month old BO chickens, two cockerels( I know the ratio is bad as I’ve acknowledged in other posts). I built the coop at about 17 sq.ft, not including the nest boxes, to accommodate 5 chickens at most, the hatchery gave us 6. We have an enclosed run and a...
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    Beets

    Beets are supposedly easy to grow but I never seem to be able to get a good crop and I’m not sure what’s going on. I have sandy soil, augment with homemade compost and fertilizer, have adjusted the pH to insure it’s above 6 and still never seem to produce a good crop. Any thoughts from anyone?
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    Changing coops

    If you need or want to change your flock over to a new coop, what would be the best way to do so?
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    Creating two flocks

    This will probably come across as a no brainer question but let’s give it a shot. Let’s say I have two roosters with only four hens (which I do), and let’s say I can’t seem to find a new home for one of the roosters (which I haven’t as of yet), and let’s say, as an option, I want to split my...
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    Spots in eggs

    Pullets have been laying for about a month now, to the tune of about 9 dozen eggs. Noticed that some of the eggs, but not all, have a small dark(brownish) fleck in them. Some of these flecks are in the yolk others are not. Hoping someone here might be able to provide some insight.
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    Fun times

    Well, I just put my first saddle on my first, and most abused, hen. About 5 seconds later after being cut loose she went nuts and of course sent the rest of the troupe into a hysteria. My, these are good times. So, I guess my question is is this something I should just let happen until she...
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    Chicken saddles

    Once again I’m finding myself stressing( just a bit) over another chicken raising issue. Does anyone, and I’m sure many of you do, have any recommendations on good chicken saddles?
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    Best way to isolate

    Have 6 BO chickens two cockerels, not intentional. All are about 8 months old and the hens are laying, the cockerels are doing what you'd expect with hens and are fighting over the privilege. We are looking to get rid of, re-home, one boy ( no we will not kill him) and add another hen or two...
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