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We got fertile eggs for our broody hen and in a couple of days should have chicks. We are going to trust that her excellent mothering will continue through the hatch. My question is how to handle things after that. Our four girls are in a large aviary type coop with lots of free ranging. I...

I'll never buy unsexed chicks again! My heart has gone through the wringer this last week, handing off young cockerels that I raised from chicks, just as they're entering their full magnificence, putting them in boxes and driving them out of the city, passing them on to strangers who will breed...

I live in Seattle with no roosters allowed. I have 4 pullets and 3 cockerels all hatched first week of August. One cockerel is a BLRW, slow to mature, snuggly etc. so he's not a concern just yet, but the other two, a Barnevelder and a Wheaten Marans, will need to be rehomed pretty soon. The...

We raised these guys as chicks, hatched in early August. Free to a good home! I can deliver within a 1/2 hour drive from Seattle, or you collect. We can't ship. BamBam the Barnevelder: Feathers the Wheaten Marans: Both are from a closed flock started this summer, from Pam and Andy at...

I am in Seattle but grew up elsewhere, in the country, where every second house had a pile of rusting corrugated metal roofing behind it. I have designed and built a coop with this in mind for the roof - all it needs is a door and a roof. It's too late to substitute asphalt shingles (the slope...

I have my first batch of chicks, 4 and 5 weeks old, and one has a limp. I posted a few days ago about this but just now got a good enough look at her while walking to realize that the outside toe on her right foot is pointing out at a wider angle than the one on her left foot. The toe sort of...

I had posted this in the raising chicks forum but this might be a better venue. I have 8 chicks that are 3 and 4 weeks old. One of the 4 week old ones, a Barnevelder (we think female), is limping. She hobbles around with short jerky steps, and seems to prefer to snuggle down on the ground than...

I have 8 chicks that are 3 and 4 weeks old. One of the 4 week old ones, a Barnevelder (we think female), is limping. She hobbles around on short jerky steps, and seems to prefer to snuggle down on the ground than to stand. Otherwise she seems fine - eating, drinking etc. I took a good look at...

Hi All, I just joined the list a week or so ago. We have eight fantastic, rambunctious, as-yet unsexed chicks in a big box in our kitchen. They're getting lots of handling and treats and outside time every day, and are 3 and 4 weeks old today. I spent a couple of hours tonight with my eight...

Hi All, I'd post photos but am too new to the forum to do so. I know it's early days but I'd love some help sexing my chicks. I have eight chicks, two each of BLRWs, Barnevelder, Wheaten Marans and Welsummer, that are at least half-siblings, and are two sets of hatch-mates (same rooster but...

I need to build a coop and am looking for advice from anyone who is using a permanent hoop coop. We have eight unsexed chicks - I'm expecting 3 to 5 hens and we have plenty of room. I bought the chicks from Andy and Pam at www.raincreekpottery.com, where they keep almost their entire flock in...