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    Chick beak trimming?.

    It looks perfectly fine to me. As long as it’s not crossed. Cute little fluff ball.
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    Chick identification

    Are they white Are the white ones flighty like leghorns or calmer? I have a California tan hen and rooster, and the hen is white with black and grey spots. Much calmer than leghorns. I can pick her up with no problems and the rooster walks around my legs.
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    Success rate of sneaking chicks under broody hen?

    I’ve done it several times and been lucky each time. I put the broody hen in a pen by herself after she had been sitting for a couple of weeks. On the 20th - 21st day I’ll get chicks and slip them under her about an hour after dark and remove any eggs that haven’t shown life after candling. Of...
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    is 1 rooster enough for 11 hens?

    Then you would need to add another rooster if you plan to incubate eggs.
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    is 1 rooster enough for 11 hens?

    He’s going to have his favorites anyway. If you put in another rooster they will be fighting and over mating the hens.
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    is 1 rooster enough for 11 hens?

    Yes, that is a good number of hens to rooster. Any more roosters to that number of hens would cause problems.
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    New to backyard chickens! I need help!

    If you are leaving it where it is, I don’t think it will be too muddy because of the gravel.
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    New to backyard chickens! I need help!

    I also would not cover the run with anything but hardware cloth. If it’s raining the chickens can get under the coop. I use large shavings in my coop. It’s easier to shovel out. I tried hay a couple of years and the hardest time shoveling it out. The water nipples work fine, but you will need to...
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    Dolly or Dean?

    Pretty sure it’s a Dolly.
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    Please help Identify my 13 chicks

    I think the black one is the australorp.
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    Hardcloth

    It should be fine. Most hardware cloth is 19 gauge. And since it’s galvanized it will last a long time without rusting.
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    Hardcloth

    What gauge was it? Was it coated?
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    What breed are these?

    Looks like they free range. If so there is the possibility they have a nest somewhere that you don’t know about. They like to hide when they are laying.
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    Broody trying to kill babies!!

    You should’ve waited until hers hatched and put the new ones in after dark. I’ve not had one yet that didn’t accept them when I put them under the hen after dark. You might try again after hers have hatched, but you’ll need to set up a brooder just in case she doesn’t accept them and to keep the...
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    My chicken ate a fly should I be worried?

    Yes, she’s an australorp. Lays one of my nicest eggs. Big, brown with a nice sheen to it. Her name is midnight.
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    My chicken ate a fly should I be worried?

    Your chickens will eat many kinds of insects as well as frogs, small snakes etc. They will be perfectly fine.
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    What to do?!

    The warm circulation of the air will dry them. Chicks don’t typically eat or drink till they are 3 days old. During those days they are absorbing the yolk that sustained them during development. Just make sure your brooder is ready and warm. If you don’t notice any chicks starting to eat/drink...
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    Breed help on these sold as Sapphire Gems

    Those are definitely not sapphire gems. There are several breeds that have the chipmunk look. Will have to wait till they feather out.
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    Should we try to adopt a neighbor’s chickens?

    Sweet pictures. Glad she is doing well.
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    How long to lay

    Might it be possible that she is laying somewhere else than where you want her to? If she is free ranging she might have a nest you don’t know about.
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