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  1. The Vail Benton"s

    Poor Planning...my advice to you new to chickens...

    I am sooooooo relieved to hear that I am not the only one! I started out with a pretty large coop - 16X32. Next came the 5X12 coop. After that, the 4X8 condo, and finally we turned the Pig shelter into another coop since we don't have pigs anymore and won't have any for awhile. The thing is, I...
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    Keeping Bachelors with babies

    I have successfully raised cockerels with a bachelor rooster who is about a year old. The cockerels are kept in their own coop and as it happened, I needed a place to put the rooster. Since the cockerels were there first, I think the rooster didn't feel a need to defend the territory. It has...
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    Miniature chicken eggs?

    My girls are over a year old and I still get one of these cute little miniatures every now and then. I save them forever too... I'm glad I'm not the only one!
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    Where do you keep your brooder?

    We brood our babies in a couple of large dog crates in a spare bedroom. The dust is terrible but I would be worried sick about them if I had to keep them any further away than the other end of the house... When they reach 4-5 weeks old they go into one of our smaller coops until they're mature...
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    37 chickens dead

    Tennessee, I'm so sorry for your loss. And I understand your heartbreak and frustration.
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    When do chicks become pullets

    By no means am I an expert, but on my humble acre, we start calling them pullets or cockerels when they lose the fuzz and feather out. I can't wait to find out whether or not I have that right!
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    Barred Rock Rooster/Aracauna Hen...

    Thank you for the pic! Is there a name for this cross? I've been calling them Rockacaunas...
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    What kind of chicken hatches in 13 days?

    Wow I'm glad I'm not the only one! I put 18 eggs in my incubator on 8/23 for a 9/13 hatch. The first chick emerged yesterday followed by 4 more today and 2 more are beginning to pip. It's been so hot and humid here in the Southern Arizona desert that we were dumping our eggs for awhile and not...
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    Barred Rock Rooster/Aracauna Hen...

    What will the females of a cross between a barred rock rooster and an araucana hen most likely look like? If this is a repeat question, I apologize but I'm new here (my first post) and there are over 300 pages to sort through. I made it to page 26:th
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    We too use the extra large dog crate method of brooding chicks and it works fabulously! The chicks remain safe from our cat and dogs who think these babies would probably make a tasty snack The chicks stay warm and draft free, and the crate is so easy to clean and sanitize between uses- just...
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