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I also think you should get several more hens if you want to have 3 roosters. Some will say 10 hens per rooster. We typically have about 4-5 hens per rooster, which is on the low side, but these are silkies, where it works a bit better. Fewer hens means...
Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow
So glad you're already maneuvering around in BYC and finding it helpful for you! We're glad you're here!
Oh, and congrats on the first egg. That's always so eggciting! :)
I had just opened, let me count... 13 pages, so I'll clear my browser, log out, and go from there after I'm done.
I did notice in the past couple of days that I did not get one frozen page, but just a few minutes ago, a picture I posted loaded, then disappeared. I refreshed, and it was back...
I have to deal with broodies year round, but mostly in the spring, of course when you want them to start laying better, and from then on until fall when it slows down a little bit.
The way many of us break ours, is to make a broody jail.
Here's ours. It has food in a bucket with hooks so it...
Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow
It's pretty common for many of us older folks to have had chickens at one point in our lives, then fast-forward a few decades, and here we are again. :)
We're glad you're here!
What have you planned for their coop for where they sleep, lay eggs, get cover when it rains, etc.? I'm guessing if this was ours, we would have looked on Marketplace for some dog houses or crates to remodel or make a few with roofs that you can raise to check for eggs.
These aren't our...
If you want to have your own thread here, one place to do it is Pictures & Stories of My Flock. Many of us have our own thread there. You can share your link elsewhere too, so friends and family can come see, even if they aren't members. :)
Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow
I'm glad you found help here for bumblefoot. I presume you were either in our Emergency forum or articles, but regardless, if you need help with where to post something, just ask or check the forum list. You'll see something that's close, and post there...
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I love the brutal honesty of your intro. Beautiful coop, run, and brooder! Your brooder looks just like the two hubby made for me. Ours sit counter top height though as I'm old and didn't want to bend over at all to take care of them. When you get older...
When I get those, which actually have slowed down quite a bit, I hit the Exit page. You'll get "Oh Snap..."
If you hit to reload, the page you were on is reloaded immediately at that point.
Like @notabitail mentioned above, there's a large thread about this and similar issues, and it's...
Hiya, Barbiie, and welcome to BYC! :frow
Roosters are pretty easy to come by if you ever decide you want to let them have chicks. :)
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