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    What age for Roos to get busy?

    1) will have to check eggs, off to google we go. 2) he’s just an early riser. Heh. Was just shocked, didn’t think they would start as young as that.
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    What age for Roos to get busy?

    The Roos are Danish Brown Leghorns. And they certainly have looked roo like since about 5-6 weeks.
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    Medicated vs. Unmedicated

    To each their own, but there is science to back the benefits.
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    Medicated vs. Unmedicated

    No more or no less then say…..the dirt and dust they already kick up and breath. And we know what’s in regular dirt as it is. The real concern is high crystalline silica levels in DE, but that is typically a non-food grade DE problem. See the study info below, but generally amorphous silica...
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    What age for Roos to get busy?

    My Roos were born roughly April 26th if this year. Started doing their juvenile crowing at about 7-8 weeks.(pathetically cute, btw.) Yesterday, sitting at roughly 2.5 months old, just as I was telling the wife that our Roos are to young to be mating, so known of the eggs we have started...
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    Medicated vs. Unmedicated

    Sorry for the late reply, and pay no attention to the haters of DE. Benefits in the coop and in the chicken, with minimal risks. See the link below. There are studies where they forced mice to breath DE for an hour a day for a year that had some bad results….but….you breath any powder for an...
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    What's One Accessory That's Made Chicken Life Better?

    I would say keeping the temp right in the coop and predators. Something gets thru the fence, at least they are behind a solid door.
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    Medicated vs. Unmedicated

    I have started mixing the medicated feed with grower feed, as well as providing Diacetamous earth once per week. I had the wee ones on just medicated until I mixed them with some older hens. Now I just mix the feeds, and provide them with 10-12 hours of outdoor time a day, as well as frozen...
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    How to make chicks cuddly and pettable? Feeling discouraged...

    Here are some things I have tried that have failed with my danish browns. 1) treats 2) feathers 3) something shiny 4) something not so shiny 5) pleading with them 6) threatening them with blender 7) demanding they love me. One thing I have done that worked, like one time. I picked up Ms...
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    Culling chicks - how do you do it?

    I used the neck separation method on 4 1 month old Roos today. I was not expecting that the head would separate from the body as easily as it did. Anything larger will be kill cone and sheers.
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    Aloha from Sunny Northern BC, Canada!

    New raptor dad here, with 6 2 week old leghorns, 6 4 week old leghorns, 1 12 week barred hen, and 1 4 week old goose who has basically asserted dominance. Loving it. Been on the bucket list forever, and now I am on my way to a full fledged raptor farmer! My kids have been city raised, so...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    I discovered the intense sport of chick tag. My 12 week barred hen lost a feather, which I twirled in front of my 2 and 4 week old chicks, who snagged it and created an absolute mad hen house. Chirps and running all over the coop between me and the wife and Ms Perchins while they played get...
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