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  1. PrettyBirdRocky

    Woohoo! Mama is going broody again! Yay!

    Yay!! Exciting news! Mama is starting to go broody again! Yay! She has hatched two clutches. And after the second one, she hasn't gone broody since last Feb/March. I have an incubator full set to hatch this Sunday, and planned on gathering eggs this week to put in more. So, if she's gonna...
  2. DC_WIngnut

    Combining pullets and hens

    Hello everyone, We have seven mature hens in a coop some of which have begun to lay and a run attached to a grow out pen containing ten pullets. They are going on 8 weeks so I was wanting to combine them. I’ve made two entrance and exit doors for the pullets to go in and out of the run with the...
  3. ChickenMommy83

    What breed is this chicken?

    I bought an assortment of chicks at TSC a few months ago and this one was labeled as a Sapphire Gem, which it obviously is not. I have another that looks exactly the same. Thoughts on breed? Maybe Welsummer? They are 7 weeks old. PS- Excuse their messy holding box while their pen is cleaned out!
  4. C

    Mixing grow out pens

    Hey all, Somewhat new to chickens. Have had meat birds for years @ the farm but this is the first year we’re adding backyard layers. Currently we have 4 gals - bcm, oe, legbar & silkie ranging from 6-12 ish weeks in our coop. I’m picking up a few 7 week old bantam Cochin frizzles & wondering if...
  5. M

    Growing out Roosters

    New rooster mom here. We have been hatching out eggs this year to increase our flock, we will be keeping one rooster with the girls but the others we will grow out and cull for meat. My question is this, if we build a grow out pen for the roosters and have various age roosters together...
  6. Chickentenderash

    Ameraucana + Speckled Sussex = Specaucana?

    Hatched some babies out of my splash Ameraucana Roo and Speckled Sussex hen. Only have two at the moment, but they are feathering very differently! 11 weeks old! Up first we have Midday (My kids love Toby Mack and our girl, Midnight, needed a sister), she hatched out smaller, and had no cheeks...
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  7. Reiki Rooster

    Built a poult brooder box!!

    We built a poult brooder box but I’ll def use it for chicks and keets too...as the time comes
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