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    Hen song

    My pullets will are 20 weeks old and haven't started laying yet. But today, one was singing away. Can this mean that they are getting ready to lay or is she just pretending to be a rooster?
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    My hen/rooster and his ladies

    Well here is Petey at 8 weeks with his favorite girl. Not a hen at all. I didn't want a rooster and now I'm totally in love.
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    Mister okay for 6 1/2 chicks-it's hot hot hot here

    It's over 100 degrees. Is it okay to put a mister on the little ones for a bit during this heat wave?
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    Trying to figure out if I have a boy

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    Flies!

    Does anyone have any natural remedy for getting rid of flies. Aside from cleaning the poop regularly, what other means do I have short of something toxic?
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    Chicken roosts

    Can someone direct to a picture or post pictures of their roosts? My babies are 5 weeks old and I know they like the tree branch I put in their pen, but I'm not sure if that's good enough for when they get big. Help! I want to do right by them.
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    5 week old chick suddenly dead

    All 5 of them seemed fine yesterday and then this morning 1 died. She showed no signs of being sick and then I checked on them this morning and she was just laying there not able to move. She died a few minutes later. The others seem fine and are eating, drinking and running around like normal...
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    egg washing

    Is it necessary to wash the eggs in special egg wash products?
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    Hi from California

    I have 5 adorable partridge plymouth rock chicks who just had their first visit outside at 4 weeks old. They did not like having to go back into their brooder tonight, but it's still a bit cold here in Southern California for them to be in their coop. It's only in the 70's during the day and...
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    finisher vs. grower feed

    I went to the feed store and asked for grower and the lady corrected me and called it finisher. I bought the 50lb bag and am now wondering if I got the wrong thing. Is there a difference between the 2 feeds? I thought I read where the finisher is for the chickens who end up as meat. I'm raising...
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    chicks leaving brooder and moving outside

    This is my first flock. My 5 chicks are now 3 weeks old and growing fast. I have already prepared a nice spot for them for when they are ready to move outside. They have a lovely, roomy coop plus a nice fenced in run to play in until they are full grown. When they are full grown they will have...
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    my baby chick died

    I'm so sad. I just got my 3 baby chicks on Friday and 1 by 1 they all died within a 36 hour period. They seemed fine when they first got here. I put them in a brooder I made inside a bathroom in my house with a heat lamp. It was nice and warm and they were given food and water too. At first it...
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