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I have 3 welsummers, 1 ameraucana,and 1 buff orpington, all one year old i found a small pile of grey ameraucana feathers but she seems to be fine. I dont know where they came from? The ameraucana just started laying again so idk

I am having 8 buff Orpingtons, 4 Barred rocks, and 3 White rocks. I ordered them from Meyer's hatchery they should be arriving by the 20th of this month im very excited!

I have a two 23 week old buff orpingtons they have not started laying yet. The days are becoming shorter will she lay at all this year? Do i need to start putting a light out there? thanks

This is what i have use. Works great easy clean. I suggest a little chicken wire on top. I had gone into the room to find a few perched on the sides of the tote haha.

Hi everyone i have 2 welsummer roosters about 17 weeks. The one has a normal 5 point comb, However the other has a 7 or 8 point comb?( i couldn't get him to stand still to count well). Is this normal? i haven found anything talking about extra points. Thanks.

Thanks I'm going to try that! Yes sadly the first attack occurred in the coop a raccoon came in and grabbed the smallest weakest pullet and my dominant hen jumped on it! Sadly it killed her for defending her flock! After that I started shutting and locking the door at night.

Hi everyone so like 6 weeks ago I had bad problems with raccoon, fox and minx I found dropping or tracks for all 3. They whipped out half my flock in like 2 week time period. I eventually stopped the predators for know anyway. Sen's the first attack they refused to go to or sleep in the coop...

I have 4 Welsummers 16 week and 2 buff Orpington's 21 weeks I ran out of feed today should I switch to dumor layer or stay on the grower?

Hi everyone. I have 2 - 15 week Buff Orpington girls old girls and 8 - 10 week mix of welsummer and grey ameraucana. I had a few Buff Roosters and sold them. I am thinking of getting ahold of him and getting them back for a week or so. My question is will adding a orpington rooster who was...

Hi everyone, Tragic loss here. Sadly i got a new feed from a farm that has molasses in it.. bad idea. It attracted a raccoon (from the tracks it left) and lucky for the raccoon it lead him to my Girls. Im a country boy so ill tell you what happened from the evidence. The raccoon smelt the feed i...

Hi everyone. So i recently found a farm near me that sells organic chicken feed they make themselfs. However the feed seems damp and dosn't realy feed properly in the feeder. The first feeds i got were chick starter Nutrena country feed, Second was dumor grower/finisher. Both of those feeds were...

Thanks I think I will try crack corn or maby scratch feed and if they like that ill try the container method you mentioned if not ill have to start allowing them to run out of food by the end if the night and see if they will try anything in the mornings thanks again

Hi I have 6 Welsummers one month, 6 one americauna one month and 3 buff Orpington's over two months old. None of them will eat any treats apple,tomato, meal worms earth worms, ill leave a bowl of finely cut fruit or veggys won't even touch it I don't get it?? Any ideas? Also there skidish of me...

I have 3 buff orpington chickens 8-9 weeks old. I also have 12 chicks 2 weeks old I was wondering if it be ok to let them hang out during the day it's been in the 80 90s degree everyday and the run is shaded so they should be fine. I'm not sure if the older chickens will hurt the chicks or take...

Yup I had 8 straight run chicks half were roosters but I sold them today for same money as I bought them all for so i built the coop scrap wood with old and scrap chicken wire so I have like 20 bucks in 50 pounds feed that's it

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I have 8 - 5 week old buff Orpington chicks still inside under a heat lamp. Sometimes they fight for a second outside and some seem to bully the others. The bully's all seem to have combs pail pink. Some have little beginnings of waddles i think. Is there a way to sex them in a week or so or...

here is another close up of the runt of the roosters

that is one I seperated the 4i think might be roosters sens then the other 4 aren't being picked on anymore and they are very quiet where as the roosters are louder scratching up everything and kinda bullying each other are they roosters?

This was more about my idea then your creation but its nice a lot of work tho trying to find cheap less work alternatives so I thought the net might work or those portable pens they have made of wire and cloth netting they have those for other things as well little weight on the sides and its...