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post #41 of 116
4/8/12 at 8:22pm
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If embedding works, here's a video of him crowing;

 

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Try this;

 

My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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post #42 of 116
4/8/12 at 8:25pm

It works. I'm thinking about a rooster. Darn this chicken math Lol 

Father of 1 2yr old daughter, 1 beagle/basset hound, 1 pit bull/basset mix, 1 mutt chicken, and 2 dominique pullets, 2 rir pullets

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Father of 1 2yr old daughter, 1 beagle/basset hound, 1 pit bull/basset mix, 1 mutt chicken, and 2 dominique pullets, 2 rir pullets

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post #43 of 116
4/8/12 at 8:28pm
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I'm beginning to understand the chicken math too. I've only had these new ones since Thursday, and I'm already thinking that it would be cool to get more. lol

My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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post #44 of 116
4/8/12 at 8:42pm

Thats how it starts i got 2 hens from my neighbor, his father is older and didn't want to care for them over the winter. so i got them at the end of summer. 1 died  after 2 months. so i got 3 chicks around nov first,  1 died shortly after they arrived. Now the other two are in the big coop. and i got 2 laying hen chicks and 4 cornish x about 3 wks ago. I think i'm addicted Lol. hide.gif

Father of 1 2yr old daughter, 1 beagle/basset hound, 1 pit bull/basset mix, 1 mutt chicken, and 2 dominique pullets, 2 rir pullets

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Father of 1 2yr old daughter, 1 beagle/basset hound, 1 pit bull/basset mix, 1 mutt chicken, and 2 dominique pullets, 2 rir pullets

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post #45 of 116
4/10/12 at 4:17pm
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He was found dead today, in the leaves behind the coop. There were no apparent injuries, so I don't know what happened.

 

Good-bye, little guy.

 

Roo chasing hen.JPG

My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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post #46 of 116
4/11/12 at 10:17pm
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Tomorrow (Thursday) morning will make one week since I brought my new chickens home, and here's the eggs I have so far;

 

Eggs - 1st dozen (2).JPG

 

I'll be eating some of them tomorrow, to celebrate. jumpy.gif

 

I'm almost positive that the dark ones in the back row were laid by this hen;

 

Copper Maran hen.JPG

 

...and the lighter ones by this hen;

 

Cuckoo Maran hen.JPG

 

They're the only ones I've actually seen getting up off of an egg, and the barred hen got up off one of the lighter colored eggs today.

My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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post #47 of 116
4/12/12 at 2:56pm

sorry to hear that the little fella died.

Father of 1 2yr old daughter, 1 beagle/basset hound, 1 pit bull/basset mix, 1 mutt chicken, and 2 dominique pullets, 2 rir pullets

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Father of 1 2yr old daughter, 1 beagle/basset hound, 1 pit bull/basset mix, 1 mutt chicken, and 2 dominique pullets, 2 rir pullets

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post #48 of 116
4/12/12 at 7:23pm
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Thanks.

 

Today they all wandered farther than ever before, and one of the roosters didn't come back. They had gone up near the pond, where I saw a bobcat while I was deer hunting in November, so I'm guessing he's not just lost (though I'd love it if he came back tomorrow). After all the others were locked in the coop, I drove up the road and the woods trail to the pond, hoping to see him, but no success. I didn't see any feathers around either though, so maybe...

My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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My old page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/rvl-rookies-progress-page

My coop/flock progress:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/630215/i-started-converting-my-shed-into-a-coop

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post #49 of 116
4/12/12 at 7:54pm

I am bran new to this,and am looking for ideas before I start my coop. Same deal, turning a shed into a coop. I love what you've done! Like you said if I hadn't discovered this site I would be doing everything wrong!I don't have as much time though, I have 9 babies and am keeping them in a box in another shed. But it has windows and heat already so they're warm at night. It's still pretty cool at night.

I am a wife of an original cowboy in Colorado, living in the country 60 miles outside Denver. All I had was a cat until 2 weeks ago.

I now am the latest backyard chicken addict with 9 baby chicks.

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I am a wife of an original cowboy in Colorado, living in the country 60 miles outside Denver. All I had was a cat until 2 weeks ago.

I now am the latest backyard chicken addict with 9 baby chicks.

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post #50 of 116
4/15/12 at 7:06pm

Coop came out great.  I like the corner nest box.  I may have to steal that design!

 

Butternut squash is such a let down.  No butter.  No nuts.  Just squash.

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Butternut squash is such a let down.  No butter.  No nuts.  Just squash.

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