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    Nest Boxes for Large Breeds?

    I am having a hard time with my Light Brahma's breaking eggs getting into and out of nest boxes while setting. My current hen started with 8 eggs cause I didn't want to overload her she is in a standard apple crate which has worked just fine for regular egg laying hardly ever had a broken egg...
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    Hen died suddenly!

    I had a hen die last night and I think it was pneumonia. Its rained here for 4 days strait and my chickens got good sized coop and big run but the run is just netting so they get wet. When I found her this morning I did a once over on her no injuries anywhere and they all seemed fine yesterday...
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    Rooster Injured

    My 2 18month old brother Light Brahma roosters decided to get into a fight about 3 weeks ago. One was hurt pretty bad when the others spur broke off in others thigh. I removed the broken spur and cleaned disinfected the wound treated with iodine and antibacterials for 2 weeks and its healed over...
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    Jersey Giant X Light Brahma

    Could someone post some pictures of Jersey Giant Rooster cross Light Brahma hens for me? Peeps to adult if you have them please. Mainly doing this for free range meat birds to be butchered at 10-18 months can you give me idea if they will be same ish size as parents or will the be larger thru...
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    Getting them in at night.

    I got bunch of new chicks 6 weeks ago raised inside first 5 weeks last 3 days I finally let them out into the run. Now they will not go in at night to roost they stay on ground in the run. They go in during the day from time to time but not a single one goes in at night. Have 3 old hens that...
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    Free Chick

    I got a free chick from hatchery with my order. Its a black sex link that looks like barred rock with a guessing Black Aus or Giant. Sorry no picks to show atm he is Barred feathering coming in all black plumage no red and has black legs and yellow pads. Is this a Jersey Giant X Barred Rock? And...
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    Breeding for size

    I have always like large chickens and am wondering if you can breed for exceptional size or is it pretty much random? I had a Buff Opt that at 3 years old topped scales at 22lb when I was in FFA in the 8 years I had him only 1 of his sons out of more than 50 ever came close to his size and he...
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    New Coop

    I currently have a 3 X 5' by 5' height coop on a 16X4ft run for 6 chickens I plan on going up to 18 chickens by end of setting season. I plan on building a 6 X 8' by 8' high walk in coop, will I need to increase my run length as well and by how much? These will be partial afternoon free range...
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    Sick Bird

    I got a sick 10 month old hen I think it might be poison of some kind. Last night she and the others where free ranging and was fine this morning she was extremely tired can barely move I figure she going to die all my other hens and roosters look fine. Should I remove her from the run or put...
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    Roosters for everyone.

    I have two Light Brahma Roosters that I hand raised and they are great with me come running to me climb up on me but with my nieces and nephew and my mom they get a little aggressive and have flopped at them couple times kids are 6 and 7 and roosters are 13 and 15 lbs so I am trying to keep them...
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