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    How long before the hazing ends???

    I currently own four chickens. They are currently16 months old. Bosco. Sussex Gink. Buff Orph Snoozy. Jersey Giant Skittles. Light Brahma. This past Easter I split an order with a friend and added Jelly Bean. Easter Egger Checkers. Dominique. At three months I took them out of the...
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    Brood, Flock, Clutch, Peep. When to use them

    I was having a discussion with a coworker this morning and he referred to my 6 chickens as a Flock and I said i think its called a Brood. I did a little Google searching and I'm still a little confused. So tell me if I'm wrong.... Flock seems to refer to a group of any birds. I guess...
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    I think my pet chicken may have mixed up my order. Help Please.

    Hello all I recently order 4 chicks from My Pet Chicken. 1 Dominique 1 Olive Egger 2 Easter Eggers But I think I got 2 Dominique's 1 Olive Egger 1 Easter Egger I'm pretty sure the EE's have green feet right? So I assume the Olive Egger is the one with the tan feet. BUT.... I...
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    One Month old chicks and 1 week old chicks. When should I introduce them?

    How long should i wait to introduce the chicks to one another. The 1 month olds are considerably larger at this point. Thanks
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    Question about separating and intergrating the new chicks.

    So this is my situation. I currently have 4 Hens. All 1 year old 1 Buff Orph, 1 Jersey Giant 1 Spec Sux 1 light Brama) My Friend has 4 new chicks at this point they are 2 weeks old. 2 Buff Orph 2 Dixie Rainbows A few months ago I place an online order for 4 new chicks. 2 Easter...
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    The Chick Inn is finally complete

    Took a bit of time but my Coop is finally complete. Did a write up in the Coop section https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-chick-inn
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    Coop in a Coop

    Not the intended inhabitant of my new Chicken Coop but my dog Cooper does seem to be enjoying it.
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    Jersey Giants (Black Giants) are they flighty?

    Hello everybody, Im new to the forum and to raising chickens. I'm picking up 4 baby chicks next week, 1 Buff Orph, 1 Speck Sussex, and 1 light Brahmas. I was either going to get a 2nd Brahmas or change one to a Black Giant. Most of those other breeds i chose were docile and non-flighty...
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    Question about building a Coop that is winter ready

    Been doing a lot of reading on this forum. Amazing amount of information. I had a question about the Hen House door. I plan on building a Coop with an attached enclosed run. I see a lot of people have the door to the hen house on a slide so they can open/close it from outside the coop...
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    Another question about Coop & Run Flooring (2 question actually)

    Hello All I'm new to the forum. I been doing quite a bit of reading and I think I have the basics down (well some anyway). I'm picking up 4 baby chicks in 2 weeks (2, buff orpington's, 1buff brahma, and 1 speckled sussex). I live in NY (Long Island) I'm pretty handy and I would prefer to...
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