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    Pullets Wanted - Orlando and surrounding areas

    Hi, Thank you for your reply. I have decided to wait until my regular chicken supplier has some, she's local and she has great product. If it had not been for a bear, I'd still have the chickens I gotr from her 3 years ago. I have only one chicken left and did not want her to be lonely, so I am...
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    Pullets Wanted - Orlando and surrounding areas

    Hi, I am interested in purchasing 8-10 pullets (see list below), I don't have the set up for chicks, so I need older ones that can go through this Florida winter minimum 6 weeks old. I am looking for all or any combination of: Australorp, RIR, Plymouth Rock, Barred Rock, Leghorn. I went with...
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    Bear Trauma

    Yes, I have always given them meal worms by hand, at least they don't run from me, will continue to persevere. Thank you for responding.
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    Bear Attack

    I feel your pain. I just lost 3 of my 6 last friday to a bear. How stressed are your Hens, are they laying? Mine stopped laying, no clue how to deal with their stress from the attack.
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    Bear Trauma

    Hello all, Last Friday night I lost 3 chickens (of 6) to a bear. I have cleaned the coop/run, added clean dirt, removed all traces of feathers, yet the remaining chickens are very stressed. They don't allow me near them now, and they are very friendly. Does anyone have any advice how to help...
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    Advice for Chicken Run Smell

    I too have aroma issues with my coop and run. I clean ours every Sunday, I rake out all poop and replace with new pine and sprinkle DE, but the smell is still there after a few days. I read that adding fans to the coop helps, I will be building a new coop and adding the solar fans to it. I...
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    Best Flooring for Chickens Do's and Don'ts/Whys?

    I clean my coop weekly due to the poop build up and the smell of poop, can you add a picture of the interior of your coop? (I only have 6 chickens, and currently have a plywood floor, I add DE for bugs etc. and pine shavings on the flooring)
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