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DesertChic said:
I know @bnjrob already gave you some outstanding advice regarding separating the cockerels and pullets, but here are some photos of my current setup. Keep in mind, please....the pen that I've now turned into the bachelor pad is typically what I use as a grow-out pen for chicks, but this time around since I had so many boys I removed the girls and kept all of the boys in the nursery-turned-frat house. :D This is the exterior of about half of my chicken cabin where I've added the exterior runs. This half houses the bachelor pad and the bantam pen...for now. The window that's front and center belongs to the bachelor pen. The run you see is divided in half outside. You can see some of my other free-range birds showing off for the camera. This is the interior shot, showing all of my boys crowding the man-door and probably hoping I'm bringing them more food. I originally planned on having two pop-doors, but settled on one. The other cutout will probably hold a nesting box in the future. And I gave them multi-tiered roosters both indoors and out. I also have a heat lamp and homemade mobile stand that I made for when the chicks are really young and need a little extra warmth. It's stored to the right in front of this pen...visible in the next shot. And here's a couple shots of their outdoor pen. You can see the recently separated girls still crowding around the pen, wanting back in. They're slooooowly adjusting to the separation. You have a VERY thoroughly thought out set up! Very Impressive! You must have nearly 100 birds.Thank you for posting your pens!
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Ha ha ha! You can't get me! Na na na!
 
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DesertChic, your chicken digs never cease to impress me!!!

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DesertChic said:

This is the interior shot, showing all of my boys crowding the man-door and probably hoping I'm bringing them more food.
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I was thinking the same thing about roosters. I currently have two adult roosters that are brothers and same age. They do fine. I just added two more roosters and 14 pullets that are about 12 weeks old or a little older to the coop. I hope they do fine just like all of your roosters in your pens. You might want to give them more space because some look like they are being beat up around the neck area.
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.. LOL I would love to have a pen that looks like that. Some day.
 
lpatelski said:
AR - Boone County - Commercial Turkey flock - 40,020 birds - 3/11/2015 - H5N2(different strain last year, not H7N8).
It does not look like Arkansas was very affected. Only one flock in Boone County March of 2015. Do you live in Boone County? But that is still one flock. Mostly over crowding, stress, and disease outbreak go hand in hand. Backyard flocks can be infected, but it is far less likely to happen just due to the fact they are not as stressed. But people get cheap and forget to provide good nutrition for their birds. Poor nutrition can create low resistance to disease. Take dogs...a well fed dog has resistance to sarcoptic mange. That is why you see starved dogs and wild animals with sarcops.
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Boone county is about 2 hours away. That's by car, however I don't know how far according to the way the bird flies.
 

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