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  1. FunClucks

    Hen pecking

    Consider using XXL wire dog crates to separate them within the coop or in the run (good size for perch, feed, and water for several hens). Medium to large size can work for one or two hens. You can zip tie feed bags to the crates also to cut off line of sight, and put the plastic tray above...
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    Hen pecking

    I love your coop and run!!! Couple things you can try - 1) isolate the bullies by themselves for a few days. Out of sight/sound. Then add them back to the flock and see what happens. 2)Pinless peepers - it's a product that reduces/eliminates pecking by the chicken wearing it. Only for...
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    Will 1st-year layers resume laying soon after treatment?

    I had a pullet molt early in her first year, but now she's done it two years in a row, and is laying thru winter. Guess we had enough daylight down here in Alabama for her to start back up again. Until this week, it's been t-shirt / spring weather, with only one hard freeze about two months...
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    What breed is my chicken?

    Does she have white on her tail feathers? If so, could be ISA Brown.
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    Age of chicken?

    Sounds like you've done what you can to find owners. Enjoy your new chickens! Sounds like they have acclimated to the cold, and have found an out of the wind location where it is slightly warmer to hang out - this is great for them. You are providing food and water in the sheltered location...
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    Age of chicken?

    I saw your pictures on another thread, and then that thread was deleted. So I'll answer you here. You may be in the middle of posting your pictures to this one? What sweethearts! They look like adult hens to me. For better identification we would need better pictures. Can you get closer to...
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    ALABAMA!!

    Welcome!
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    Suggestions? URGENT ** GRAPHIC

    I was sorta getting the impression you knew what you were doing with their diet. Now I'm certain. Definitely chicken paradise! We get folks with all levels of knowledge on here, raising chickens in all types of different situations. I wasn't sure if the foods you mentioned feeding her were...
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    To Mix or Not to Mix

    Swedish Flower hens available in my area have been super skittish and don't tolerate confinement well. Ideal for free ranging, not so much for 100% confined. Really depends how you're keeping them. They're gorgeous, but I do 100% confined due to predators, so I haven't gotten any yet - I...
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    Suggestions? URGENT ** GRAPHIC

    Man, if I was a chicken, I'd want to live with you. Except for the lack of dust bath, this is a chicken's dream life! Chickening is what you make of it. It sounds like you and your chickens both enjoy this routine, so go for it! You will probably end up with friendly chickens that like your...
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    To Mix or Not to Mix

    Good call on only putting 4 hens into that coop and run! That's the most amount of birds I would put in that space, and hope they're all friendly to each other. Very cute setup! Easy to get around in and nicely laid out. See how it goes, you might add some run clutter for them to break up...
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    To Mix or Not to Mix

    They were sold to me as a docile breed, and they were very docile and sweet to me - I was surprised they were so ornery to themselves and other chickens. They were my worst feather pickers. Really sucked, cause they laid great. But I didn't have space at the time to keep them by themselves so...
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    To Mix or Not to Mix

    Those are all pretty hefty breeds, except for the Amerucana. I'm personally wondering if those are Americana (easter eggers) instead. Either breed, they tend to be on the smaller side, and usually quite friendly to each other and other breeds. Speckled sussex generally slightly smaller than...
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    Crossed beak help

    @art2700 unfortunately, the above from rosemarythyme is true. This is a really bad crossbeak. IMO this is one bird that will require tube feeding to thrive. Crossbeak gets worse as they grow, and for it to be this bad this young is not a good thing, as it's just going to get worse as the...
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    To Mix or Not to Mix

    Also, sometimes you don't know about individual birds' temperament until you get them home. You just do the best you can. Breed generalizations are nice, but not always accurate for the individual birds you actually obtain. Good luck!!!
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    To Mix or Not to Mix

    The only guidance I'd have, is pick either large fowl or bantam. Don't try and mix sizes. Even the size difference between large fowl white leghorn (maybe 4 lbs full grown) and some cochins or larger large breed birds (e.g. ISA Brown, 7-8 lbs hen) can present an issue if some of them have mean...
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    Suggestions? URGENT ** GRAPHIC

    So glad she's doing better! She looks awesome! Chickens are amazingly resilient compared to pretty much any other critter I know of, myself included. Glad she's healing well!
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    Real world experiences with rooster to hen ratios 18 to 2?

    I hatch whenever I want to really - sometimes it's a couple times a year, sometimes its once or less. Depends what my goals are and the time I have available. Sometimes I'm letting a broody hen raise me some meat birds. Sometimes I'm raising eggers to sell. Sometimes I'm experimenting with...
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    Real world experiences with rooster to hen ratios 18 to 2?

    Sounds like you have a great path forward. Go for it! I've raised any number of roos with a flock (anywhere from 2-5), and rehomed and/or eaten a number of them once they were a few months old and I decided which ones I liked. Finding a roo that's not human aggressive has been harder for me...
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    How long does a cracked pullet egg last?

    For every person on here who wouldn't eat an egg the chickens cracked slightly, I can guarantee you will find any number of folks who would. They just may have not responded to your post. It's an individual decision and totally up to you. I wouldn't feel bad about it either way, as long as...
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