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    I’m happy to be here

    Welcome to the start of your chicken adventure! You came to the right spot!
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    Greetings everyone

    Welcome to the flock! 😁
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    Bent toes? Should I be concerned?

    I think I would keep an eye on those toes and make sure they don't get worse It may be this particular bird needs more b vitamin than the others. It would not hurt to get some b vit supplement and add it to the water. It's one of the things I keep in my poultry medicine chest, just in case....
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    Bent toes? Should I be concerned?

    Bent toes and leg and foot deformities or weekness in young chicks are sometimes caused by vitamin deficiencies. We're the toes like this before, or something new? What are you feeding? Have there been recent changes to what you are feeding.? Going outside would not cause this
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    Formerly “head rooster” was overthrown by a younger one - now hides all day and won’t eat!

    This is my 15 yo hen "Everest". She was also a hatchery chick (Americana) from Murray's Hatchery named her that because she had white on top, like the mountain!? Sorry for bad quality picture.
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    Formerly “head rooster” was overthrown by a younger one - now hides all day and won’t eat!

    I have a hen that is now 15 years old. And she is matriarch and still very active flock member. I dont see 5 years old as over the hill. Too many roosters are disruptive to a peaceful barnyard, and can make hens miserable!
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    Formerly “head rooster” was overthrown by a younger one - now hides all day and won’t eat!

    You will have to choose. One or the other. Jack has accepted defeat, and Wade is not going to stop. Either that or build a whole new secluded coop and run for one rooster and some hens so they both have a flock.
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    Crooked Toes and One Growing wrong

    Free ranging chickens gleen almost all the needed nutrition from natural sources. Farmers have been doing this for thousands of years sucessfully, with no formulated feed. Grass & Greens (Vit A, E, K, C, B6 as well as needed fiber), Bugs & Worms (High Protein) that supports energy, feather...
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    Crooked Toes and One Growing wrong

    If these toes were straight before, and are all the sudden now twisting and turning, it's nutrition related . Scratch is more like dessert and should not be part of a daily ration. I believe toe, leg and foot abnormality are related to deficiencies of B vitamins. Individual chickens can be more...
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    Crooked Toes and One Growing wrong

    What are you feeding i am wondering?
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    Coop Design to Include Broody/Hatching for Dual Purpose?

    I am wondering how big your coop is? You will loose coop space somewhat to dedicate a section off just for chick hatching purpose. I opted for separate broody hutch accommodations just outside the coop. It gives my broodies peace and seclusion from the other flock members messing with them and...
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    Sudden rooster aggression

    6 months is typical age for some roosters to start testing and asserting their dominance. After years and years of chicken keeping, I have some rules of rooster keeping. 1. I never befriend my rooster. It's best if he always is leary of me. THe hens I will hand feed and pick up but the rooster...
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    Fertilized?

    I would like to know your hen/rooster ratio, and the age of your flock.
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    Adding heat to new momma and babies?

    I would say no extra heet needed. Mom will keep them warm Just make sure the brooding box area is not drafty, and also that unfrozen water is always avaliable. Good Luck!
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    New Member - Looking For Local Friends

    Hello and welcome to BYC! I'm not local to you but wish you health and blessings from above. Glad you joined the flock at BYC!! ENJOY!!
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