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What is the best one for the least amount of money? I googled and could not zero in on one. Thanks. Also, I am not a do it your seller, so I need to purchase one. I saw "small feather" ones, but don't know if that is for all size chickens or not. They ran between $75-$110.

Just wondering if there is an ideal age to cull roosters, or male chicks, before they get that "tough meat" thing started to eat? I had to harvest a mean rooster one time, and did the "slice the neck upside down to bleed out, boil for defeathering" and did the whole nine yards. Man that was a...

Thank you Lazy! So far so good. Both hens and chicks are out and about, and are co-minglng with the adults too. There is peace in chicken land so far. All chicks are staying with their mom with the occasional chick mingling, but not too much.

I have One hatch of 5 chicks with a hen that is close to a month old now. I have a Second hatch of 4 chicks with a hen that is a week old. I have a Third hatch of 7 chicks with a hen that is 4 days old. I have a Fourth hatch that should be hatching any day now. I have a Fifth hatch that...

Wow, that was awesome, thank you. I have a large free range yard that is fenced in, and mostly covered with cedar trees that keep hawks from swooping in. I have a small coop from the feed store I can use, and think I will just buy another one. Seems like that will be a good solution till they...

I have never had more then one hen brood and have a separate pen for the hen and chicks to have till the chicks get old enough to integrate with the flock. I just had a hen hatch an egg, one more is pipping, and a few more should hatch. I have 3 hens that started sitting on eggs in the last...

Well, she never sat on the eggs, so I moved her back to the second floor in an enclosed coop I have up there. She has less room but seems to prefer being elevated and who knows what else maybe. All I know is that within the hour she was nestled over the eggs and everything seems back to normal.

One of my hens has been sitting on her eggs for 10-14 days. I just now moved her eggs to a protected coop for her to nest on, then moved her immediately into the protected coop. She did not squawk when I removed her eggs, and did not squawk when I moved first moved her, now she is squawking and...

Thank you. I was thinking the same thing. I think the ladies will be happier too.

I have 21 hens, and had 3 roosters till this morning. I saw two roos all bloody and they were fighting it out to the death. First sign of aggressive behavior which was very shocking. I have had to cull roosters that went mean in the past, but these guys were going all the way. So I took care of...

Thanks Lisa. No, eggs are not the only goal. Chickens are fun to have. Eggs are just a super groovy bonus. And there is no point in selling eggs for me because I think my selling price to make any profit now is around $2,341 a dozen. So I guess now I need to start adding the last addition to the...

Thanks to you both. I have mixed breeds, none over 4 years old.

I know it's winter with less daylight and this makes a difference (since I do not do artificial lighting) in how many eggs I should get, I did not have this problem the first 3 winters. I have 16 egg laying hens and am getting 2 or 3 eggs a day. Does less daylight make THIS much difference? i...

Just one hen, does not have signs of a predator attack and no lost feathers. Just laying on the ground dead, under two years old. All others are fine. This hen was fine yesterday. I guess this can just happen but it is my first one lost to a non violent predator death. Any thoughts?

I have 20 hen, 2 Roos, a large coop and large fenced in area to scratch and do their thing.

At how many days or months would you put chicks in with the adults? All three were hatched under a hen who has been with them the whole time.

Should I move her in the evening or during the day or does it matter?

Thanks. Actually while brooding, other hens laid eggs when she took her breaks. We moved her and the 17 eggs to a safe area. She hatched two, we incubated the rest and they were hatching one a day. She gladly accepted three, seemed to accept the next two that were delayed hatches, then she...

Austin here.

Thank you TXChickenchick. I appreciate your kind words. I was feeling like a backyard chicken troll there for awhile. :) nice to meet you fellow Texanite!!!!!