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    Integrating pullets

    Thank you! Unfortunately the nursery coop is not nearly as secure/winter proof as the main coop, so I think we'll have to consider our space options and needs. But maybe for now we should re-open the small one, due to the one older hen that is harassing the pullets?
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    Integrating pullets

    Will do, thank you!
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    16 week old Golden Laced Wyandotte gender

    16 week old GLW- Pullet or cockerel? I thought roo for sure, (which would mean the second time Murray McMurray has sent us the wrong gender for this particular breed!), but I am getting thrown off because the one we had who turned out to be a roo had MUCH larger legs and and a much more...
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    Integrating pullets

    Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your helpful replies. I wanted to provide some photos and answers to the questions you have asked, and also provide an update and hopefully get some additional advice. The run is about 26' long and 3'-4' wide. The main coop is 8'X5-6'. I have the auto door...
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    Integrating pullets

    Hi there- I would like to encourage integration of my six 16-week-old pullets with my four 3&4-year-old hens. I have read a lot of threads on here which have been very useful, just looking to describe our specific situation and get some advice. Our setup is a long run with the main coop at one...
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    Please help, advice needed regarding base of the tail feather loss!! Rooster has been gone for 2 months.

    Raining here now- I will get some pics ASAP!
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    Please help, advice needed regarding base of the tail feather loss!! Rooster has been gone for 2 months.

    Hello! My 5 hens just turned a year old. Four of them have some feather loss near the base of the tail; you can see the under fluff. One of the four actually has a bald patch that is red but not scabby, it looks like there are pin feathers but it has looked that way for several weeks without...
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    Insulation question

    Or this? Fiberboard Sheathing
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    Insulation question

    We would like to insulate the interior of our pre-fab coop. I was thinking of thin foam board covered with luan to prevent the chickens from eating it. I don't have a lot of space to work with in terms of thickness, so just looking for a thin layer to cover gaps and provide some temp regulation...
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    Please help! Trying to figure out transition from brooder to coop!

    Okay, great, thanks so much for all your help!!
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    Please help! Trying to figure out transition from brooder to coop!

    Ok, so do you think the week long confinement is not necessary? As long as we consistenly put them in at night for a while? We did keep chickens years ago and didn't do the initial confinement....they mostly returned to the coop in the evening on their own but we often had to herd them in which...
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    Please help! Trying to figure out transition from brooder to coop!

    Thank you! Here is NH these temps are unseasonably hot, our lost frost date isn't until June 10! I'm not too worried about them coping with the heat as time goes on since we have tons of shade in the yard and it really isn't usually that hot, but freaking out about having to keep them locked up...
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    Please help! Trying to figure out transition from brooder to coop!

    Ok thanks! So I think the nights in the 40s will be fine! So now just wondering about the heat, and about the swings in temp over the course of the week.
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    Please help! Trying to figure out transition from brooder to coop!

    Hi All- Our 5 pullets and 1 (accidental) cockerel, are 5 1/2 weeks old- they will be 6 weeks on Tuesday. They are mostly feathered out, just some down on their heads, with the exception of the cockerel who is slightly behind on feathering. They have been kept in a brooder in our basement with an...
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    4 week old Golden Laced Wyandotte, Roo or Hen?

    It was warm enough here yesterday that we could take them outside for a while. Seeing them in that environment it was also so obvious how much bigger his “knees” are than the others. Definitely thinking cockerel. Praying he will be a nice one!!
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    4 week old Golden Laced Wyandotte, Roo or Hen?

    Ugh, that's what I'm afraid of! 😩 Thank you!
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    4 week old Golden Laced Wyandotte, Roo or Hen?

    Hi! We have 6 chicks in the brooder. All were supposed to be hens. They are all different breeds so unfortunately I can't compare that way. The GLW has a redder comb area and a much stubbier tale than the rest. All the rest have consisently longer tails and totally flesh colored comb areas...
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    Keeping a rooster with a small backyard flock?

    Wow, okay thanks so much everyone, this is very helpful!! So we definitely won’t try to over socialize and handle him/her just in case. Our youngest, twins, are about to turn four. So not tiny toddler’s but still pretty young. I definitely don’t want a bird that I have to worry about hurting my...
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    Keeping a rooster with a small backyard flock?

    OK, so that is already a strike against us! for argument’s sake, if he does have a good temperament, what will this mean in terms of flock management. Can he sleep in the coop? I’ve heard a lot of people say their roosters sleep in trees. This would most certainly mean he’ll be eaten by a predator??
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    Keeping a rooster with a small backyard flock?

    I know I am getting a little ahead of myself with this post, but I am a planner! We have six chicks in the brooder, they will be four weeks old next Tuesday. They are all different breeds, from Murray McMurray and were supposed to be hens. We have suspicions of our golden laced Wyandotte being...
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