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    My first hatched chick!

    Proud papa here! My 7 month old silkies are both brooding and it had been 3 weeks, so I was watching the first silkie and this one just hatched this afternoon!
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    Worse attack on sultan hen

    Easter eggers and silkies (2). The 3 white birds tend to hang together and the 4 others hang together. The run is 10' x 12', but I let them free range all day. With the Texas heat, they tend to gather under the coop around or on the rocks for shade. The coop is supposed to house 10-12 chickens...
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    Worse attack on sultan hen

    Background: I live in Texas. Our original flock was 13. 7 roosters and 6 hens. We got rid of 6 roosters. Flock is 20 weeks old. This is the second attack on this same sultan hen. The last attack was when we were a flock of 13. I had gone out to gather the one egg from our only laying hen this...
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    First eggs!

    Very beautiful birds! Thanks for the info!
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    First eggs!

    These are the ladies. There are 2 silkies that look the same. The first picture is the brown one in the center.
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    First eggs!

    Thank you very much! I was wondering about the size/weight of the eggs. I was pleased that they have yolks. I ate the two from yesterday and there were 2 new ones today.
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    First eggs!

    Lol! I believe I have 2 silkies, 1 sultan and 3 easter eggers. I want to try and figure out who is laying. I went out at 1:08pm today and found two more in the same nesting box. How long is it ok to leave the eggs in the nesting box to see if they will try and brood?
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    First eggs!

    Well would you look at that?!?! While we were removing 6 roosters from our original flock we found these! Our chicks are 16 weeks old and these are the first 2 eggs. One was on the ground and the other was in a nesting box. These are small eggs, but it's early, so I was expecting them to be...
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    My poor baby!

    We were looking to have the hens reproduce. Will we need to incubate instead of keeping a rooster then?
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    My poor baby!

    So disgusted with our roosters right now. My flock is currently 7 roosters and 6 hens. I have someone from my church that is going to take 6 roosters this week, but it can't come soon enough! This would be blood all over her and it looks like someone (or multiples) really got her on the neck...
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    No coop for you!?

    Thanks everyone for your responses/questions! I live in South Central Texas. Ventilation in the coop is a small window in the back that I have to manually slide a door open for. I guess to predator proof my coop, I need to get locks for the two top doors? I have hardware cloth all around the...
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    No coop for you!?

    Yes, they all grew up together and are 14 weeks old. The coop is 4'6" long inside, roosting bars (3) are 3'6" long each. Typically I only see the roosters on the bars near the top area. The top area is 17" wide and they usually lay together. The bottom section is 26" wide (not counting the...
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    No coop for you!?

    I do remember once hearing some screeching after I was almost back to the house. I guess maybe it may be time to start figuring out what roosters (we have 7 from our batch of 13 chicks) need to go? Our perches are perpendicular to the shelves. Usually the 9 that go into the coop are all on the...
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    No coop for you!?

    Hello BYC! I have 4 white chicks (14 weeks old) that will not go into the coop at night. I have 9 others that go in no problem and have for about 5 weeks now. The 4 white chicks are 2 silkies and 2 sultans. 1 sultan is a male. The other 3 we believe are female. I had been opening the door on...
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    Texas

    Speaking of hot... Any tips for keeping chickens cool on really hot days in southern Texas heat? This is what my setup is and what I am currently doing. I see them panting a lot. I have a TSC coop/run that my chickens lay under the coop when it gets really hot out. I have a sunshade over...
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    Texas

    Guess I have to reply to post in here :) So I moved from San Antonio to Junction a little over a year ago. Been getting used to country living and all of its benefits! Happy to be working on homesteading with the main part of that being raising chickens at this time.
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    Hello! New to raising chickens

    Excellent! Will do!
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    Hello! New to raising chickens

    Thanks! Wow, 57 years! Where in TX? I am in Junction. Thanks, Frank
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    Hello! New to raising chickens

    Thanks! Just finished getting that post created :)
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    Sexing my flock (new to all this)

    Hello! This is our first time raising chickens. We are trying to figure out what sex each of our chicks are. They are about 14 weeks old now. After some research, I am guessing we have 2 sultans (1 male, 1 female), 2 silkies (no clue) and 1 maybe 2 plymouth rock (guessing 1 male, 1 female). The...
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