adding to flock

  1. CloneFly

    Chicken math strikes again

    Once again, I have been affected by that terribly wonderous thing called chicken math. Here's how it's gone so far: 5 rescued BSL chicks -3 died in the night so I had 2 + 7 more chicks we bought a month later. Our total is (9) then + 4 more chicks 6mos later. New total (13). Lose -1 hen to sour...
  2. jennasips

    Can a single duck live a happy life?

    So, I have been in a bit of a situation I have one drake that has lost two of his mates so far. My little guy has been through a great deal, surviving a skunk attack and losing his buddies. It’s been a few months now and he seems to be adjusted to living on his own but I worry that he may be...
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    • adding to flock adopt a duck duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. Cupcake_

    How to add one 5 wk old chick to existing flock of 5 wk olds?

    I have a flock of eight 5 week old chicks (all hens), the breeds are Barred Rock, Easter Eggers and Speckled Sussex. I’m adding a 5 week old Black Copper Maran (hen). They’ll of course be the same age/size so what’s the best way to introduce her? Are 5 week olds pretty accepting since they’re so...
  4. Jessie Marie

    Hen might have Marek's disease? Worried about baby chicks I already bought before I knew.

    I have had chickens for several years now. My first three were gifted to me by my mother in law. Two have since died - one kept getting sick, hand an impacted crop and then finally couldn't walk anymore and I put her down. The other had HUGE tumors in her abdomen and we put her down as well. The...
  5. M

    What to expect when adding new hens

    So I have 3 black sex links that are a year old. There is not fighting amongst the three they get along great. I’m adding 3 EEs (they were supposed to be AMs). The EEs are pretty big and the run area has been divided for 3 weeks now to give them time to adjust to each other. The EEs have been...
  6. Mother Bwaker

    Broody or something else?

    I've had one single red chicken for a year and she's been a very happy girl. In the mornings she's pretty loud & I go out & open her coop & she free ranges all day. She greets me when she hears my car in the afternoons & during the day she spends time in front of a mirror propped up out in my...
  7. Englishable

    Adding more geese?

    Last year we got a breeding pair of French Toulouse goslings. I'm thinking about ordering some more (perhaps two more females and one more male). Will this work, or would our adult gander claim any new females and pick on a new male? Or should I get them in pairs?
    • Englishable
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    • adding adding to flock french toulouse gander geese gosling toulouse
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    • Forum: Geese
  8. lindakobs

    The boys and girls

    I somehow ended up with 8 male guineas. I had no eggs last year. I want to add females to my flock but don't know how many I need to get to make everyone happy? I will need to get grown females, are there suggestions about introducing them to their new home?
  9. Rhondakaine

    Introducing new birds

    i could really use some experienced direction. I’ve had 7 free range Rhode Island Red hens for 4 years. This past summer we suddenly lost 3. One month ago I decided to add to my flock. A local man responded to my add with an Easter Egger and another Red, both 4 years old as well. I kept them in...
  10. TNchickenmama

    Adding new pullets to current coop...

    Since the coons wiped out my flock, I am left with ONE hen and my a$$hole rooster Cogburn. (I also have 2 rabbits in pen, it’s large.) I got 6 new pullets yesterday from my neighbor. I use “pullets” loosely since some of them do look like they may be cockerels. He said they are abt 12 wks old...
  11. C

    Adding a rooster

    I have 3 Rhode Island reds (1.5 year old) and 2 cemanis (8 months old). I have a 12 week old frizzle sizzle silkie rooster, he is taller than they are but not nearly as plump. Will my ladies get along with him? Should I just put him in the coop later during the night (I am planning on him...
  12. gingerviolinist

    Adding to my flock...

    I'm looking for opinions on adding to my flock. I have 4 9-week-old ducks, 2 pekin and 2 cayuga. I believe the 2 pekin are both female, based on voice sexing, but the 2 cayugas have been so quiet comparatively, I am starting to think neither of them will be female. I was hoping for 3 female and...
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    • adding to flock cayuga cayuga ducks duckling flock dynamic indian runner ducks pekin pekin duck swedish blue voice sexing
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
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