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    They finally did it!!!!!

    http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k25/asilva_02/?action=view&current=20130928_172856.jpgThey finally laid their first egg!!! Ive beem waiting all year for eggs! They finally got old enough and then the days were too short. Put in a light on a timer and ggradually adjusted to 5 am giving them 14...
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    Anyone making a Silver Laced Orpington?

    I cannot wait to start my projects! I have some black orps coming and going to pick up SLW soon! I am absolutely in love with the SLO look.
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    FREE Giveaway for Partridge Wyandotte Chicks!

    My goodness what beautiful birds! I am absolutely in love with the 4th and 6th pics. I dont even know what they are but I wamt them! One looks to be a blue laces red wyandotte and the other is pink almost with bla k feathers on neck amd tail! Gorgeous! What are they and can I order some?
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    So much poop! How to manage?

    Sorry I should have mention its portable. Pvc frame fully enclosed in hardware mesh including the bottom. So the floor is basically grass. You would like the poo would just go through the holes, but it doesn't. There is a huge pile of it in the morning all stuck in the holes, impossible to rake...
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    So much poop! How to manage?

    Having problems with my current coop design and managing the massive amount of waste my sweet chickens create. Its mostly the night time poo, great big pile under roost bar every morning. I know lots of people put trays underneath but I feel like in my case it would hinder them flying up to...
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    North Carolina

    Lee County! I see quite a few people close to me!!!
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    Who do you follow?

    Where to you go to get your chicken fix when you aren't here? I'm currently loving the chicken-chick. Adorable chickens, owner, coop, everything! Great informative articles, and she has a "daily Rachel" that I just can't do without! How about you?
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    Are these Lavender Orphingtons and how old?

    Ok thank you! That is very helpful. I live in eastern nc, we have another 6 weeks at leasr of summer weather, do you think I can expect eggs this year? Ive read that if it gets too close to winter before they are of age, that they'll wait till spring.
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    Are these Lavender Orphingtons and how old?

    I purchased these from a lady off craigslist. She sold them as Lavender Orphingtons around 5 months old. That was a month ago, so they may be 6 months? She was just guessing as she had purchased them 2 months prior. I really haven't thought they looked like orphingtons, but they have started...
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    Hello from a new chicken owner

    Thanks guys, will do!
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    Hello from a new chicken owner

    Hi everyone! Ive lurked long enough, time to join! We purchased our first chicks on Easter , 4 buff orphington pullets, raised them up with all the love amd care possible to realize every last one of them were ROOSTERS!!! They became quite aggressive and we weren't prepared to get enough hens to...
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