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  1. ladyhand

    Lavender Orpington- almost 8 weeks

    Thank you for the update, they’re so rare! I’m hoping against the odds this one ends up being a pullet, but I’m pretty sure he’s a boy. I’m not sure if the chicks know each others gender, but it and a for sure cockerel (another LO same clutch), weren’t getting along yesterday and it was being...
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    Bullied 8 week old cockerel

    Did you have to keep them all separated or did they all have their own group of ladies? I’m sorry they’ve passed.
  3. ladyhand

    Bullied 8 week old cockerel

    Thank you! What are your Orpington roosters like? Are they loud? Are they gentle with the girls, etc?
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    Bullied 8 week old cockerel

    I have 6 chicks, right at 8 weeks. I’m pretty sure I have two lavender Orpington cockerels and it seems the two of them have been at odds today. I just watched this guy approach the flock and I’m pretty sure the other was trying to crow. 1) what should I do to treat the wounds? 2) what should I...
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    Orpington Sexing Issues

    My hen hatched her first clutch about 6 weeks ago. Some days I swear a couple are female and a few are male. Then, other days I swear they’re all males. I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time stalking other boards trying to compare mine to others. Unfortunately, most of the time there’s no...
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    5.5-6 week old lavender Orpington chicks boys or girls

    Thank you for the update! I have three 5 week olds I’ve been trying to sex so I’ve been stalking these boards looking at others.
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    Lavender Orpington 5 weeks

    What did they end up being?
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    5.5-6 week old lavender Orpington chicks boys or girls

    What did they end up being?
  9. ladyhand

    Chicks hatching early Day 19 (buff Orpington chicks, Rhode Island Red mama)

    4 were born on day 20 (Monday) and the last day 21 (yesterday). I’m absolutely obsessed with them! Momma had a 100% hatch rate!
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    Chicks hatching early Day 19 (buff Orpington chicks, Rhode Island Red mama)

    How funny, my dates are EXACTLY the same as yours. I googled because my broodys first batch happened last night on day 19. So far we have one active baby!
  11. ladyhand

    Broody hatch rates

    It’s day 17 and I just did my final candling of my broodys 6 eggs. They’re all still showing movement. What kind of hatch rate should I expect?
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    How hands off can you be with eggs under a broody?

    She has 6 eggs that she started sitting on last Tuesday. I can see how confusing I wrote that 🤦🏼‍♀️
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    How hands off can you be with eggs under a broody?

    I read that moving them can break their brood. Having NO prior experience and a broody on 6 week old eggs, I’m very curious if I should do this at the end of next week. I have a smaller prefab coop within my custom run and she’s currently inside my custom coop. It’s large and easy for me to...
  14. ladyhand

    Do you “punish” (not abuse) your chickens?

    I used punish for lack of a better word, but I could also argue why would you punish a kid for being a kid? I understand that chickens don’t have the same mental acuity as children, but I’m trying to figure out how to prevent her from running into the woods and putting herself in danger.
  15. ladyhand

    Do you “punish” (not abuse) your chickens?

    They are almost 2 yo, and they’ll still squat if I’m in close proximity and they don’t see a fast way out. They’ve got a decent sized run (it’s 16x8 for 4 of them) and they spend all day in it (with access to their coop and a programmed door with timer). I throw feed on the ground, as well as...
  16. ladyhand

    Do you “punish” (not abuse) your chickens?

    They typically always respond to the mealworm bag shaking, but lately this hen has been like FU I do what I want. I don’t want anyone to think I’m unnecessarily awful to my chickens. I love them dearly and spoil them as much as I can, but it’s my first time with chickens and I’m trying to...
  17. ladyhand

    Do you “punish” (not abuse) your chickens?

    does anyone here “punish” their chickens (I’m not talking about physical abuse)? I have “pecked” back when they were younger and pecked me, but I have a hen that ran off into the woods earlier this week during supervised free range times and I couldn’t get her in for two hours. I told her I...
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    Chicken ran off

    She came back… but only went into the coop because the other three were being loud settling in. I told her I hope she enjoyed herself because her supervised free range time has been suspended.
  19. ladyhand

    Chicken ran off

    one of my hens got spooked and ran into the woods. I’ve gone through the half acre behind my house and some of my neighbors, I didn’t see her and I can’t hear her. How do I get her to come back? I’m so upset, I was frustrated because I’ve had such a hard time getting her to go back into the run...
  20. ladyhand

    Copperhead season

    There’s a creek that runs through our neighborhood and is at the back of my lot. Our path runs down to it but the chickens usually only go down that far if they’re with me. In the 10 years I’ve lived here I’ve only had one copperhead in my yard, but my neighbors had one bite their puppy on the...
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