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My amazing roo past away a few weeks ago an I really want to get another rooster. When would be a good time to do so ? Now before winter or in the spring ? Should I get a chick or an older bird ? How do I introduce him to my 3 remaining hens ?. My handsome roo!

So I live in southern va ,where it normally won't go past -5 in extremes should I not heat my coop ( it's an insulated 10x8 pump house and I have 3 road island red hens ?

I have 4 birds 3 hens and a roo , there' is plenty of room to roost in the coop . Normally when I come to put the on the roost at night or put them back in the coop in the morning it's only two hens out and then my smallest hen an the rooster sleep inside the hen house on the floor . I'm going...

I have two hens in my flock that trying to roost on top of the coop , falling off and (and out of coop) and now wondering away from the coop . I have tried to show them every night where I want them to roost in the coop but they just won't . I know either covering the coop or cutting wings are...

Would there be any sights to tell if they were not doing well in the cold

Does anyone know of a light weight material to cover my coop with I'm afraid chain link fence would be expensive and a bit too heavy .

Sorry for posting in the wrong place thanks for all of the advice

Help something has hurt my hens wings ! I checked the the two hens that are hurt nothing is broken or still bleeding and everyone is acting normally . Should I clean the wounds of so how ? One of the cuts smells bad and the other looks like an actual part of the wing is gone. I would really...