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Now that my flock is maturing it appears there are 3 roosters and 11 hens. (Already culled a fourth rooster). The current roosters are: 1 White Silkie (General Tso), 1 Black Laced White Polish (Whitey), and 1 Barred Rock (Henri). I don't really want to part with any of the 3 roosters but from...

Why do chickens like to roost as high as possible? Safety, warmth, dominance, all of the above, other reasons? Any body know of any studies on this? Do all chickens like to roost as high as possible? Currently only one-third of my small flock (5 out of 15) are night roosting on the highest...

This Cuckoo Marans was sexed by Meyer Hatchery as female when hatched about 7 weeks ago. A few days ago he/she started attacking other birds in the flock (all are the same age within a week). Is it a rooster?

What would you do to make this ladder more usable? It's for a flock of fifteen 5-week and 6-week old standards and bantams. They have no problem getting up and using the swing (pictured to the left of the ladder) but they don't like seem to like the ladder rungs. The ladder has only been up for...

A few week old Polish fractured her leg. Took bird to vet and vet splinted the leg. Kept leg splinted for 14 days as indicated. Have been hand feeding and watering now for over two weeks. Took splint off yesterday but bird does not bend the leg and still just drags it behind her, often falls on...

This 21-day-old Buff Laced Polish started limping about 8 days ago. I think she probably fell off a roosting pole in the brooder. She/he is eating and drinking okay. None of the other 14 birds are having any problems. All the birds came from hatcheries. I didn't put up such high roosting poles...

Why is this Cuckoo Maran being so mean and how best do I get her to behave better toward the Silkies? One of the two 10-day-old Cucoo Marans will go over and peck at a Silkie and force the Silkie to move to a different spot of the brooder. I just introduced the Silkies and the 5 mixed bunch into...

I’m in the Pacific NW, average temperatures run 40’s in winter and 60’s in summer. It can dip down to the teens and go up to the 80’s on rare occasions. The 12 x 5 coop and covered run are in a shady spot with plenty of ventilation. I’ve read all the archived posts on this list about the pros...

This Black Crested White Polish is 12 days old and seems to act like a roo. Is it possible to sex a Polish at this age? Do you think it's a roo? In the second photo he/she is the one on the right.

All chicks hatched on 8/31, from Ideal Poultry. Sex not known yet. All of them are energetic and healthy, on medicated feed. Am selling because minimum order number from Ideal was a few more than I want to keep. Local pick-up only in or near Port Townsend. $5/ea.

The chicks are 5 days old today. Is it okay to give them some watermelon?

This is the first time i'm trying to attach an uploaded photo. Chicks hatched yesterday and arrived today from Ideal. They flew over 2,000 miles before they were 2 days old and all 15 seem to be doing good. 9 White Silkies, 3 Buff Laced Polish, 3 Black Crested White Polish. Polish Napping with...

15 newly hatched chicks are supposed to arrive tomorrow. I've got a brooder set up at workbench height all ready to go in the garage. I have two Aussies that I want to safely introduce to the chicks slowly right from the beginning. I've got a huge 2.5' x 4' dog kennel in my den that isn't used...

I recently saw a post on one of these forums talking about putting a baby monitor in the coop, then I did a search on the topic and read the baby monitor thread from 2009. Now I'm convinced that a baby monitor for the coop would really help keep the girls safe. (The chicks are going to hatch the...

Does any one have dogs free ranging with chickens? If so, how long did it take? My goal is to eventually have my two dogs mingling with hens in the yard and wonder if this is realistic. I'm thinking it could take upwards of 6 months--i'm willing to be patient and work at it slowly over time...

The coop is arriving in a couple weeks and the chicks will be here soon. I was planning to put the coop with run right along the side of the house but it won't get any sun there. I'm in WA state where the weather is often cloudy and it rarely gets very warm or very cold. I hope to be able to...