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Good morning. I have a group of 6 week old chicks that I picked up from someone in the area. They are mixed breeds and I am unsure of sexes at this point. This morning I noticed a few of the chicks sparring..jumping up and down facing each other. I noticed a few of them were raising their...

Thanks Donrae, Worked out well. No problems at all.

I think it is a hen. From what I understand, Red Star roosters can be sexed at birth by their coloring. I forget what it is called, but that was the case when I had a Red Star rooster. Much bigger and almost all white. Good luck. Love their eggs!

Hello Chicken Pros out there! I have a question please. Looking for advice. I have 4 chicks that are 5 weeks old. Another set of 9 chicks that are 3 weeks old. I have them in the same general area, but separated by some sire mesh, each with their own food and water setups. I am thinking...

Hello all. Newbie here. Have had chicks for about 10 months now....all raised from day old chicks. All hens. I live in Northern Michigan and have a small coop for 6 hens....they free range all day. This past week I took the coop into out garage where they have a 6 x 16 run. I made this...

We ate them. All were fine.

I apologize for my lack of clarity. We want to eat them!!!! Yahoo....

Found 10 eggs in the woods. Assuming an egg a day, that makes the oldest one 10 days old. If looking to eat them, how long are eggs good for? I thought I read somewhere about 12 days. Thanks,

Well, kept them locked up for a few days... had a little success. One in the nest box one morning. Noticed one of my Red Stars missing...looked around and she was in the lillies, all bedded down. I picked her up, put her in the coop and an hour later, an egg in the ensting box. Found a...

Thank you. So it appears they have their own schedule and I just need to hope they will use the nesting boxes? Have a great weekend.

We found our first "real" egg last night around 7pm. I knew they were ready as there had been a few weak eggs a week earlier. I thought they might be laying in the bushes, but I could never find anything. From the suggestion of another member, I "locked" them in their coop for 24+ hours and...

Here's the first real egg. Probably many more but I had to keep them in their coop for 24 hours to have one finally lay one where I could see it. Now, to get them on a schedule....

Hello all. Thanks in advance for any help. I tried searching the archives, but way too many posts. Newbie here. 6 hens, all 18 weeks old, free range all day. At 17 weeks, found two soft shelled eggs in bottom of coop in morning. Opened up nesting boxes. I have not seen any other eggs...

Good day all. Looking for some advice please. Thanks in advance. Newbie here. I have 6 hens, all 17 weeks old and they free range morning til night. First two soft shelled eggs in the bottom of coop last week. No eggs since then and trying to train to lay in boxes. Concerned about size of...

Thanks All.

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Our first coop. Newbie here. We have 6 chicks. The floor space measures 6 feet x 3 feet, including 3 nesting boxes on the floor. I know too tight for continuous confinement, but our hens free range on two acres. Built the coop in the garage in the winter, moved it outside in April. Plant...

Newbie here....I use a combination of pine shavings as many have suggested along with shredded cardboard. When I first received my chicks, I was also using shredded paper...whoops! They decided to eat some of the paper so I stopped doing that. I shred the cardboard using a standard paper...