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    Can a bantam cochin join a flock of 6 large breed hens?

    Hello! We have 2 orpingtons, 2 speckled sussex, and 2 dominiques. This weekend I met a sweet bantam cochin and just loved her. I am wondering: Can a bantam cochin join a flock of 6 large birds? What advice do you have for me? I will say that we love all our girls but one Dominique is pulling...
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    New from Maryland

    We got them all from Myer Hatchery. http://www.meyerhatchery.com/ Great purchasing experience and support since then. Happy healthy chicks. Pearl, the blue orpington, is beautiful. I don't have "permissions" to attach photos to posts, but if you look in my profile there's an album of them and...
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    New from Maryland

    We have 2 dominiques, 2 speckled sussex, 1 buff orpington and 1 blue orpington. We love them!
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    The Run thread

    Oooh I love your colours!
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    Fireworks and chicks

    How hard do chicks sleep?? it will be well after they have put themselves into the coop and I've shut the door
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    Lighting and Chicks

    Really????????? They are ok in the dark? Thank you!
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    New from Maryland

    Hello from a fellow newbie and Maryland resident! We got our 6 for pet/fun/eggs/4 h project. They are 6 weeks old.
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    Fireworks and chicks

    I just realized that the 4th of July fireworks are coming up this weekend. Is there anything we can do to help our chicks through them? They just moved outside 2 nights ago.
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    MARYLAND THREAD!

    http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/26382363 Hero is a four-year-old livestock guardian who found his way to rescue because the farm he lived on did not have adequate fencing. He doesn't require anything special...just a fence to keep him safe. He is not an escape artist and his energy level is...
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    MARYLAND THREAD!

    Ah if you're a veterinarian then you know what you're doing! :) Me, I'm just a layperson who does animal rescue. I see it too. Our own personal dog we adopted b/c he was abandoned, then deemed unadoptable and he ended up in a Sanctuary setting in West VA that was not good for him. We adopted him...
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    What kind of builder can help me with a Run?

    Thank you all! I made the coop and a small run, I made a predator proof base, and I put it all together. It's ok looking, but it's not level despite my best efforts. I will indeed look for a handyman to give me an estimate on leveling a dog run to attach to the set up for more run about...
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    Lighting and Chicks

    Well I got that wrong. I didn't acclimate t hem to the dark before moving them outside to their coop.
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    Lighting and Chicks

    Well, I'm the poster child for how to do things all sorts of wrong! Mercifully the chicks seem to have survived me just fine. Night 1: I earned my official red neck medal by being out in the dark, bitten by mosquitos, rigging a sawhorse outside the coop with the brooding light pointing...
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    Lighting and Chicks

    Our chicks were born May 6, 2013. They were brooded inside, and with a lamp. Now it's time for them to move to the coop. I'm worried they will be scared, or cold. What do I do about lighting??
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    Need help regarding Lighting and Chicks

    Hello. Our chicks are nearly 2 months old (born May 6, 2013). During the day we've taken them into a big dog pen for supervised hop abouts. They are desperate to move outside. So yesterday we built our first coop. The foundation took longer than predicted, and we ended up moving the chicks into...
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