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    Single Silkie

    Well he started crowing this morning. Down to two birds now.
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    Single Silkie

    🤦‍♂️ Haha out of the initial 4, we got a black Australorp that was supposed to be a female that clearly isn’t. So if this one turns out to be a dude the we will be down to two. Keepers. I guess we will have to pick up a few more this spring.
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    Single Silkie

    Thanks for all the replies. Best I can do! She was a little squirmy.
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    Single Silkie

    I know it’s a little early but I wanted to see if anyone wanted to take a stab at what our solo silkie is. Hoping for a hen. She is 9-10 weeks old.
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    Bakersfield, CA Legalization Effort

    Hey Ryan, I am a fellow resident of Bakersfield as well. Due to your efforts, months back we dove in and picked up a few hens becaue the local media said backyard hens are “NOW” allowed. I am pretty upset that all of a sudden they apparently aren’t allowed. Anyways, I’ve attached a picture of...
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    Introducing our new coop

    my wife showed me some pictures on Pinterest and I came up with it. Watched a few YouTube videos and made sure to incorporate some of the features that would make my life a little easier.
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    Introducing our new coop

    Im located in central California. If anything like that happens, we will thin the flock with a nice chicken dinner.
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    Introducing our new coop

    1 of the 4 is a silkie. The 16 SF does not include the nesting boxes. Looks like most on here recommend 2 or 3 SF per bird so I think I’d be fine adding 1 or 2 more if we go that route.
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    Introducing our new coop

    The house is 4x4 = 16 SF and the run is 14x4 = 56 SF
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    First time chicken owner : new coop intro

    So far we have a total of 4: 1: RIR 1: Silkie (hopefully a hen) 1: Black Australorp (starting to look like a roo 😤) 1: Buff Orpington my bird dog ate two others before I got the coop done.
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    Introducing our new coop

    First time chicken owners and our new coop for our 4 hens.
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    First time chicken owner : new coop intro

    Been picking information up from the site for a while. Figured I’d officially join and introduce myself and the new coop I just built.
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