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    Advice on merging flocks

    I just wanted to give an update to all of you who’ve been kind enough to reply my post. We ended up just throwing them in there. Kept an eye on them for the first couple of hours. And it went so much better than I thought it would! No fights, some pecking though, and the little ones even went to...
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    Advice on merging flocks

    So there's no chance they can actually kill each other? Two girls are the worst offenders while the other seem to be more cool with things.
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    Advice on merging flocks

    I have three young birds (hatched in June) that I need to have merged with my existing birds (8 chickens and a rooster) ASAP. They’ve been in enclosures next to each other since the chicks moved out and we’ve let them out in a run together for weeks. It is okay as long as the newcomers keep to...
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    Night temperature for fully feathered chicks

    Just an update in case anyone needs the information: I moved them out. It's maybe even been a tad colder than the forecast said. They've been totally fine. They haven't seemed cold at all, even during the coldest hours. It's the earliest I've had chicks come off heat (like at 3 weeks or so) and...
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    Can brittle eggs be an age related problem?

    I've on very rare occasion gotten brittle eggs from my hens. They are 2 and 3 years old. It's not been a problem in the past. At the same time some of them seem to occasionally eat eggs, but not consistently, and if I give them an egg, they just look confused. So maybe those eggs had brittle...
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    Night temperature for fully feathered chicks

    Good to know, thanks!
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    Night temperature for fully feathered chicks

    Thanks so much!
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    Night temperature for fully feathered chicks

    I know this question has been asked a million times but when searching online I find so many different answers. I just want to make sure I'm not putting my chicks at risk. They're Cream Legbars and about 3,5 weeks. They are fully feathered and only have a little fluff left on their necks...
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    Sexing 3-4 week old Cream Legbar chicks

    I’ll try to get a good photo of her. :)
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    Sexing 3-4 week old Cream Legbar chicks

    Awesome! This looks much like ours, but she is the only one that has this color apart from the one I’m sure is a roo.
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    Sexing 3-4 week old Cream Legbar chicks

    Thanks!
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    Sexing 3-4 week old Cream Legbar chicks

    Thanks! They all look kind of brownish, right? Are your roosters, assuming you have any, more gray in color?
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    Sexing 3-4 week old Cream Legbar chicks

    I just haven't found many photos of the difference at that between stage and no one has mentioned difference in color at that age, so that's why I'm unsure whether hens can appear gray or if it means she's really a he! :)
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    Sexing 3-4 week old Cream Legbar chicks

    At 3-4 weeks, or when they're just about fully feathered, are there any distinct differences between the males and females? I can't seem to find the answer online, it's usually about sexing newly hatched chicks. Thing is we were sure one was a hen with the striped back, eyeliner and all. No...
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    50% hatch rate, where did it go wrong?

    Ah ok! The seller claimed people usually had 100 % hatch rate on shipped eggs and was very surprised mine was lower. But then he might want to say that. Thank you!
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