new additions to flock

  1. brooder

    One duck left... Now what should I do?

    Hi, I posted a thread last week about introducing new ducklings after I was left with only a drake and a hen due to a string of predator attacks. Well, I woke up this morning to find that a predator (allegedly the raccoon I caught in a live trap) had manged to get through my newly secured duck...
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  2. Lauryn229

    3 year-old Barred Rock Molting & stopped laying

    My Plymouth Barred Rock is 3 years and two months old. About 4 weeks ago, we went out of town for 10 days. While away, we think she was molting and did not lay a single egg. She is mostly a free range backyard chicken and eats Purina Layena feed everyday. When we got back, She had many new...
  3. Zolamarie

    New duck update

    Yesterday I adopted a duck. I posted about it last night. He doesn’t look like he’s in the best shape(poor baby) and he was terrified of me yesterday. It’s clear he isn’t used to be handled. He is not quite as scared of me today, but still doesn’t trust me yet. I know it’ll take some time...
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  4. Chickycammy

    My first self-hatched chicks!

    I'm new to incubating so when I had 8 eggs ready to hatch out I was very scared that none would hatch or they wouldn't be normal looking after hatching. I followed advice on this site and read everything I could. I knew the hatch rate for a new hatcher would be low so having 4 alive and perfect...
  5. M

    Introducing one hen to flock of chicks

    So I had an unfortunate event happen this week. I had a small flock of five chickens. A neighbors dog broke into my yard, then into the coop. He got all but one of my chickens. The fence has been repaired, and the coop. My co worker gave me four little bared rock chicks today. As if right now...
  6. AshleyNicole06

    Duck Names...

    I am getting more ducklings this spring. Mostly girls. I need names! Please help me with names! Male or female will work. Thanks! :)
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  7. betR2

    The new hens finally used the ramp; little successes!

    Here in east coast Australia, we have been experiencing quite a heat wave. My days have been full of iced water and frozen grape duties and making sure of solid shade during the days. I got my two beautiful new hens ( 1 Lavender Orpington and 1 huge Gold Laced Wyandotte) on such a day and...
  8. MEH0806

    Adding to the Flock... Quartentine Thoughts?

    Good Morning! We have 9 chickens, about 20 weeks old, but we just added 5 more chickens (silkie hens) that are approx. a year and 4 months old for a total of 14. We currently have the 5 new girls quarantined inside the coop (more like a small shed) using the "look but don't touch" method...
  9. AshleyNicole06

    Duck things!! HELP please?!

    Rescued a male duck.. now my 3 drakes are acting shy and my biggest one isn’t really fond of him he pulls on his feathers. Is this normal behavior? I know they’re not used to him yet. I don’t know if they ever will. My poor babies! Will adding this duck change their whole routine? Like coming in...
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  10. meganjhett

    Advice on Adding Chickens to Flock:

    In a few weeks I am going to be getting three new d'Uccle hens and since I already have two (cochin bantam) hens and a (bantam) rooster, I thought I'd ask for some advice on how to get started adding them to the flock. I have read that I should keep them separate from the "originals" but keep...
  11. AshleyNicole06

    Looking for new ducklings...

    Where do you all order your ducklings? Good websites/hatcheries? Any of them have free shipping?
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  12. MyISAbrownhens

    Should I adopt this new chicken?!

    I already have five adult hens who are all siblings. Recently, the people at the barn where I board my horse just rescued a small chicken from s neighbor who moved. It is a tiny white bantam chicken but I can not tell the gender. They now realized they can't keep the chicken because it keep...
  13. ChickenGrandma2202

    Our flock has expanded...do I need more boxes?

    So our flock started as 5 laying, 1 getting ready within a month, and 5/7 still not sure who is boy and who is girl who will lay in Jan/Feb. And one very happy Rooster. Well this weekend it grew! New ones ares as follows 2 laying, 5 very close if not already, 2 no where close to laying, and a...
  14. scalci

    Quarantine advice!

    Hello, I currently have 3 older hens (range in age 4-6.5)and I will be adopting 2 10month old hens. I have never quarantined before and never had a problem, but I know I got very lucky and I don't want to chance it again. I now have a coop that can house 6 with a 2 part run that can be...
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    • adding chickens coop and run new additions to flock quarantine
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  15. E

    Hello fellow chicken pickers!

    For those of you who got that I Love Lucy chicken picker reference, watching that episode as a child is one of the many reasons I'm now the proud owner of a backyard coop and four (soon to be five) hens! I decided to set up a backyard coop when we bought our house about a year and a half ago...
  16. LeighPea

    HELP! Flock is wheezing and sneezing, not responding to treatment

    Hello everyone, I am desperately seeking help for my girls. I inquired at a few local vets offices and it seems the nearest Poultry vet is about 2 hours away from us. I have three hens in a coop and two in another. The two are new and I bought them from a flea market. They showed no signs of...
  17. ChickenLady&aRooster

    Chickens stopped sleeping inside

    Okay so looking for reasons to their craziness or help. I have 3 older pullets and Martin who always slept in their coop with no issues. We do now have 6 - 6 week old chicks who we have recently divided off a section of our run (its huge we expanded for them) so that they can all get used to...
  18. jonig

    New Buffs don't know how to roost

    We have 4 birds in a mixed flock, SLW, Danish leghorn and Barred rock (all 19 weeks old). My son gave us 3 Buff Orpingtons (about 14 weeks old), 2 weeks ago. We kept them in the run area in a dog ex-pen. At first they didn't know how to roost at all, as my son had raised them on the ground in...
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    • buff orphingtons new additions to flock roosting behavior
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  19. NetBelleAnie

    Introducing single chicken to flock?

    I recently lost one of my 4 chickens to drowning (she fell in the water bucket and couldn't get out, I have switched to a different watering system), and my city ordinance only allows for 4 chickens. I'd like to add another to my small flock, but I'm unsure if I were to get a pullet or young...
  20. khybentz

    New hen not eating or drinking

    I apologize a head of time for the long post.. I just recently got a new silkie hen, my first 'outsider'. I've had my exsisting flock since chicks..I just lost one of my two silkies so I found this silkie so my lone silkie would have a companion. Anyways, the new hen is in quarantine currently...
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