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Well "rocky" the barred rock turned out to be a roo. He is the 2nd biggest in the bunch and mean as all get out. Jealous too. When we come out to the barn, he starts crowing and picking on the other chickens. Once we leave he grabs a chicken by the neck and stomps it a couple times till it...

Our 6-7 week old chickens are loving the outside run. All but one weirdo are fully feathered out and look like adult chickens. Here is the rub. Over half of them are too dumb to go back inside their coop at night. Some even stand out in the rain instead of going back inside their cozy coop...

I can get free "mulch" from the city. Basically its ground up trees and brush that is picked up and taken to the county chipper facility. It can range from solid poker chip sized bits to shredded stringy pieces depending on who is running the chipper. Would this be ok for the coop/run...

I built a 4x6 coop for our chickens. Our chicks are getting a little big for the brooder box and I was thinking of moving them to the coop and putting the heat light in there. Chicks are 2-1/2 weeks old and trying to fly so they keep banging into the chicken wire top on the brooder box and...

So my goofball baby peeps turned into week old chics in no time! Now they are all taking TEST FLIGHTS in the brooder. Yeesh ! Give a chick a couple stubby wing feathers and they think they are Orville Wright. Its pretty funny. They seem to be having a contest. Who can touch the wire...

Well the replacement chicks from McMurray arrived today and its a totally different story. All were alive and frisky. None seemed cold when I opened the box and they are drinking like crazy and eating. I think the first batch were heavily stressed from the shipping and very cold when they...

I think the chicks have stabilized. They are chowing down like crazy, drinking and running about. Was wondering how old they should be before I put anything other than chick starter, boiled egg, and yogurt in for them. I dropped a dead bug in yesterday and it almost started a riot. A cross...

The death toll is now at 7 and we have 2 more that have the wobbles. Got 26 mixed straight run chicks from Mcmurray. They were immunized A couple (2) of the smaller black/grey/white chicks were dead upon arrival and a 3rd was barely alive and died later that day. 3 more were weak and had to...

A friend recommended your forum and I am impressed! Ton of knowledge here. Just wanted to say Howdy from TN.

My first ever peeps arrived from the hatchery with 2 casualties and one that was buried under the flock so I had 3 die. I have 3 more that are questionable. Had to spoon feed them sugar water since they werent drinking or eating. They perked up and then started fading again. One just layed...