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    Old English emerged from woods with 5 chicks!

    So she is a very small timid Bantam Old English. The rest of my flock is a mix match of standard breed hens, California White, Ancona, Water Eggers. Bantam golden Seabright. There was 6 originaly only 5 survived. Don't know what happened to 6th was stomped into mud in coop floor.
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    Old English emerged from woods with 5 chicks!

    My Old English hen disappeared for awhile. Well when I went too lock up Coop tonight, I heard chirping. The 5 that survived appear to be Old English/Silkie mixes. How should I proceed now!
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    Got mixed straight run bantam chicks from Tractor Supply.

    Here are better pics of other bantam breed.[/IMG]
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    Got mixed straight run bantam chicks from Tractor Supply.

    I thought two golden Seabrights.However what is a BB red OEG? Old English Game?
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    Got mixed straight run bantam chicks from Tractor Supply.

    Ok, got 6 straight run Bantam chicks from my towns Tractor Supply. They were on sale for . $.99 cents each! Been a couple months since I got them anyone can confirm what breed they are?[/IMG]
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    Two week old chicks introduced to broody hen?

    Do you think a broody hen would, accept 2 week old 8 Mixed Bantam chicks?
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    Black Sex-Link Picture Thread!

    This is exactly what my black sex links from my local feed company look like after four months! Almost no waddle orcomb?
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    I want to introduce two Black sex links to the one year old flock I have.

    Thank you the chicks are maybe a week old, I tried introducing then to my hens, The chicks did not know what to do with the hens, and the hens did not know what to do with the chicks. They kept looking at each other. So I tried putting them in in the COOP with the broody NH red. She got off...
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    I want to introduce two Black sex links to the one year old flock I have.

    I have a flock of four New Hampshire Reds and two Dominiques. My son begged for two Black Sex Link chicks. I wonder how long before I introduce them to my broody hens? I have heard that Black Sex Links can be loud. I hope not my current flock is quiet except for egg song. Do you think the...
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    Londonderry, NH- Two older hens in need of new home

    I am in Derry, next town over. Private message me. Sent from my VS876 using Tapatalk
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    How cold is TOO cold for a chicken?

    Ok have some 1/2" by 3" in slots near the floor. The coop is above part of the run so it sits about two feet off the ground.
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    How cold is TOO cold for a chicken?

    Featherz, how much of there combs can get frost bite and fall off before, I have to start being concerned about gang green? Of the four NH Red hens all have at least one black tip to there comb, two have every tip white or black! I have a Decon at my church that lives on the East side of Derry...
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    New Hampshire Red thread!!!!!!!!!

    Was cold here in Souteastern NH last right -13 ambient, windchill -35. Unfornatunatly our four NH Red hens did not do as well with the weather in there home state, most got frost bite on the tips of there combs.
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    How cold is TOO cold for a chicken?

    Yea, I brought my 4 New Hampshire Reds and my two Dominique's in to my non heated basement tonight. It was -13 ambient last night with 25 MPH winds, making windchill -35 last night. They were locked into totally enclosed, non insulated wood, top vented, 8ft.+4ft. coop with perches, no...
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    Pasty butt on full grown hen

    I have one New Hampshire Redhen that has poop all over her vent. What isbest way to clean it during cold winter up here?
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    How cold is TOO cold for a chicken?

    You were correct, they were happy as clams in there coop, without supplemental heat, and no signs of frost bite either. Put Vasoline on the combs just in case.
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