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    The "Boys" - What are we?

    OK any breed guesses for our three new suspected boys... :) #1 #2 - Silver Sebright??? #3
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    Can about 10-15 quail be raised together?

    I have only had chickens in the past, but my father is wanting to get a batch of quail & wanting me to go in with him and take half. I have wanted quail, but am totally clueless. I have an old chicken coop/pen (8'x8' run & 8'x4' coop). My question is I have no way to "pair off" the quail once...
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    So Over Shavings - Advice Please

    As of right now my run is sand and my coop floor bedding is shavings. I HATE the shavings! I tried switching to straw/hay last winter & its was worse! I have read about doing just all sand, coop/run. I like this idea, but with winter around the corner is it really a good idea? Temps here...
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    Well it worked... A little bit...

    After almost 2 weeks of no eggs from 8 hens, I added 3 small golf balls into the nest Saturday. Today I got this.... YAY somebody got the hint! I could tell by dry blood, and overall look of the egg its been in her awhile. Lets hope the other catch on too! If you have a flock that has...
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    Why have they stopped?

    Is it "normal" for 8 active layers of various ages to just stop laying? I have 3 hens over a year old, 4 that are 9 months old, & 1 little hen that is 4 months old. Up until about a month ago we were getting a half dozen eggs a day. Then I noticed two of the hens started molting & the egg...
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    Egg Fell Out - Help

    So I went to collect eggs this morning & I could hear my hens squawking. Opened the coop & my dominant hen was/had trying to run my little banty off her nest. My banty had been nesting on 2 eggs (she is a frickin broody nut) and my dominant hen had never showed signs of motherhood. Well to my...
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    Before & After

    I thought this might be fun. My chicks I hatched this past fall are 6 months old now so I compared the Before (or Then) and After (or Now)....
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    Will They Hatch????????

    So my chronic banty broody started laying FINALLY after I let her hatch 6 eggs last October.. Well last week she went broody AGAIN, and this time she is sitting on 2 EE eggs (thats all I would leave under her) and I candled them lastnight and they are both fertile and developing.. BUT the eggs...
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    What the fudge is this.....

    I swear my first thought was tapeworm, but I really don't think it could be.. Any ideas.....
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    OK these 2 are confusing me.... Your thoughts...

    So I have 3 chicks I am trying to figure out if they are Roos or not.. They are 13-14 weeks old!!! This is my red boy - I know for sure hes all boy... Now this is my little Black EE mix.. No Red, No Spurs, and saddle feathers appear to be curved - but dang that tail looks boyish...
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    Middle TN Find

    Hey guys I saw this on craigslist this morning and if I had the money I would sooo scoop it up!! Looks super nice.. In Middle Tn area!! If your looking to buy a coop/run check it out!!! http://nashville.craigslist.org/grd/2788127439.html
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    Need Help - Not sure were to ask....

    I have integrated my 6 10 week old chicks in with my older hens. Everything is going great, but 1 thing.... The chicks are wanting to roost in and on the sides of the nesting boxes.. I just can't get them to roost with mom and the older hens and its making the nest boxes beyond nasty!!! I have...
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    UGH.. What to do...

    I just went out to let my 7 girls and 6 chickies out to range for the day.. We live in a subdivision, yet our lot is over 1 acre and privacy fenced and we are zoned county and not city!! Well I walk out the door only to see a cat ontop of the coop trying to get in! We just moved our chicks &...
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    For those with experience integrating broody & chicks...

    I need some advice on integrating my broody and chicks back into our main coop and flock.. The chicks will be 6 weeks old this coming Tuesday and have about outgrown their brooder.. They are also about the same size as mom (shes a banty & they are standard size chicks).. I have 6 other standard...
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    Need some creative advice....

    My broody is a PITA when it comes to feeding. For some reason she likes to sling the feed all over the brooder/pen.. She is a scratching fool!!! The thing is the chicks are having a hard time finding it in the shavings.. When I refill the feeder they run to it like they are starving.. I have...
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    Can I let them OUT????

    I have a broody that is itching to get outside. She has been locked up in the coop with her now 1 week old chicks (1 because of super cold temps, and 2 to keep other hens away from the babies).. It is sunny and 60 here today. Would it hurt to let her out to range? I know her chicks would follow...
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    Lots of Cheeps = Cold????

    I have 6 regular sized chicks that were just hatched by my tiny banty. I have moved them to my garage as its getting super cold here today and the rest of this week. All I hear is tons of cheeping and was thinking of puting a lamp on them with a 100 watt bulb. Just to kinda help warm their...
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    Other hens going bonkers

    My six other hens up until this point could have carried less about my broody and her chicks, but today since everyone else hatched out I guess the chirping has a couple of them going crazy.. I have the entrance to the coop blocked off in the afternoon to give mom and chicks room to move about...
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    Now I am worried...

    So when I set 7 eggs under my little banty hen I was told 3 were maybe not fertile. Well turned out they were because now I have 7 little fuzzballs... The thing is they are all full size chicks. (BR, EE, & RIR).. My banty is the size of a 6 week old reg size hen.. So in all logic can my banty...
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    Broody left the nest, BUT... help

    I went to check on my broody and found her off the nest.. When I snuck a peek in the nest to grab the opened shells I saw one of the eggs had an external pip.. When she saw me getting the shells out she slowly came back and sat down on the nest. Will the egg /chick be ok since she left the...
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