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    pross/cons of chickens?

    PROS: Delicious, healthy, cruelty-free eggs every single day. Great entertainment, and some can even be great companions. Way to get rid of table scraps. Free fertilizer and aeration for lawn. CONS: The coop is not fun to clean and seems pretty gross. They are just overall pretty messy animals...
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    Comment by 'Emmapee' in item 'Barred Rock'

    Mine has done that too! It's very bizarre, but interesting
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    Review by '' on item 'Barred Rock'

    Dali is one of my favorite chickens. I am a little disappointed with her laying, she doesn't lay as many eggs as we had hoped, but my chickens are just as much pets to me, so it's not the biggest downfall. She is full of personality and life. She has cracked us up many times with her jumping...
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    Review by '' on item 'Ameraucana'

    Beardsley, my ameraucana, is a very pretty bird. But, she is almost impossible to catch because she just runs from you. She nearly flew over the fence one day while we were trying to catch her too. She has pecked us when we get close and she is just sort of a pain due to her lack of docility. If...
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    Green poop, need advice

    I have a buff orphington who has been pooping this bright green/white poop lately. She had been acting normal until a few days ago when she started to become really lethargic and was puffing out all of her feathers. I brought her inside to isolate her and keep the others from getting sick if it...
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    poopy butt

    my buff orphington has a gross amount of poop built up on her behind. I read some stuff about cleaning it off. some people said to use soap, others said that soap is bad. What do you think? I also read that you can trim the feathers back there, has anyone done this too?
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    Comment by 'Emmapee' in article '"The Egg Plant" Coop'

    the porch is sooo cute i love that idea
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    Chicken names?

    My boyfriend and I have named our chickens some of the dumbest names haha the first one we got, we didn't know was going to be a hen so her name is Jackson our yellow buff orphington is Butters our new Ameracauna chick is named Beardsley since has has the biggest beard puff we also thought about...
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    Review by '' on item 'Orpington'

    My orphington, Butters, was given to us by a friend. She is a real cutie and very quiet. She is also really timid which can be annoying when trying to catch her to dust her or treat a cut. She is older and has stopped laying, but when she was laying her eggs were huge. They were way too much...
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    Alternatives to wood shavings?

    I want to try the pellets. It sounds so much better for the hens, and me. I hate all the disgusting poo dust you get from wood shavings that you inhale and get all over you while cleaning the coop. I did put some play sand in their run area and they seemed to hate it. I put it on one side and...
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    Comment by 'Emmapee' in article '~Common Chicken Practices ~ How to do so, why, and preventions'

    While it may be reasonable in certain circumstances (where it is incredibly cold all the time, aka a small area of the US), I just don't think I could do that to my chickens! I honestly think it would be the equivalent of cutting off your ear lobe! I wouldn't have the guts to do it unless it was...
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    Comment by 'Emmapee' in article '~Common Chicken Practices ~ How to do so, why, and preventions'

    I'm glad to find an article about nail trimming but the dubbing is just to much for me... I would have to imagine it would be similar to someone cutting your earlobe off... :{
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    Why did you get your first chickens?

    I love this thread! I had worked at a farm and ranch store when I was younger and always loved the little babies. During my college photography class I decided I wanted to get two for a photography project. I got two and one ended up dying. I was really upset, but kept the second one. I couldn't...
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    Comment by 'Emmapee' in article 'My Mid Life Crisis Coop'

    the little framed pic on the inside is so cute
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    Ideas for homemade heated waterers

    dog dish is a good idea too, and apparently walmart sells some pretty cheap ones
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    Ideas for homemade heated waterers

    thats my concern too... i mean, theres a bunch of wood shavings in the coop, so i worry about the safety of the tins as well. I think the heat tape sounds perfect
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    Ideas for homemade heated waterers

    so those do work?? I read the label on them and it said it needed to be used with glass and if the water runs out and the heater isn't submerged it will break it
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    Ideas for homemade heated waterers

    So I only have two chickens at the moment and need some ideas. I live in Colorado, and it gets collllddddd. Their water is always frozen and I'm constantly having to change it so they can get some. I know they sell the big three gallon heated waterers, but I only have two birds and that thing...
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    Review by '' on item 'Rhode Island Red'

    I've had my RIR for two years now. She was my first backyard chicken. I love her eggs, they are the perfect size and she lays a ton of them. She has never been broody and has typically been decently friendly towards me. Sometimes, however, she can get REALLY aggressive and will attack my...
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    Sick chickens?

    Thank you sooo much. This was REALLY helpful and I'm going to start the apple cider and the fenbendazole today! I don't think they have the coccidia, but I will keep an eye out for it! Thanks again, this was the reply I was looking for!
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