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Welcome to BYC!
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We're glad to have you. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Good luck with the flock!
 
I'm still here, just been busy with work. We just got back from picking up 3 more americauna/Easter egged pullets ( I understand they aren't the same, but I'm always skeptical when any chicken is advertised americauna), and two buff orpington pullets. I'm going back next weekend to get me one more americauna and likely 4 more pullets of buff orpington, speckled Sussex, or light brauma.

The cornish X chickens are about to get put in a separate pen and get me and the family prepared to get em in the freezer. Now I HAVE to get the permanent coop finished lol.

I'll get some pictures of my birds up shortly. I have one I'm really proud of that I'm going to name Osprey (you'll see why) and she's going in a breeding pen with my young EE roo to breed when they are big enough.
 
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Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. You have a nice mixed flock. I'm looking forward to seeing your pics. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock.
 
My new chickens are a little poor looking right now, the Easter eggers have nearly all the feathers picked from their bums and they are very pretty but look lopsided lol but given enough room they'll fill out to be pretty birds. The two buffs look great though, their pen wasn't nearly as crowded. Outside of being featherless on their behind they look great. Once I get laptop access back I'll be posting some pics.
 
How crowded was your Easter Eggers's pen? The recommended bare minimum is 4 sq. ft. of floor space per bird in the coop (more is better) and 10 sq. ft. of ground space per bird in the run (again more is better). Overcrowding can quickly lead to aggression, feather plucking, and even cannibalism.
 
Those birds were very over crowded. Part of the reason I'm going back to get more. Now the 5 new chickens will have plenty of room to run. I'm sure the picking will stop now that they have MUCH more room. Most birds there for sale had bare butts, some even having bare backs. I gotta get back up there next weekend and save some more pullets. I mean she's not abusing her birds or anything, she's just grossly over run with this year's hatches.
 
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wirerat123 said:
Those birds were very over crowded. Part of the reason I'm going back to get more. Now the 5 new chickens will have plenty of room to run. I'm sure the picking will stop now that they have MUCH more room. Most birds there for sale had bare butts, some even having bare backs. I gotta get back up there next weekend and save some more pullets. I mean she's not abusing her birds or anything, she's just grossly over run with this year's hatches.
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i'm so glad you can save some of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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