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    What is the best materials to make a run.

    A lot depends on budget and aesthetics. I would not use chicken wire as my primary fence. It is good at keeping chickens in but poor at keeping predators out. I like hoop coop/runs because they are easy to build and look nice if you take your time during construction. I would suggest looking...
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    Boys VS Girls

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    Boys VS Girls

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    Have i been had? I think i got the wrong color eggs..

    I have an ee and I also purchased eggs from a breeder on the official ameracauna website. Honestly, the color of the eggs are almost identical. My ee's eggs have a slightly greener shade to them. But the real ameracauna eggs had a little green in them as well. If you'll notice the hatcheries...
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    BIG move today. 25 feet...

    I have a somewhat moveable coop and today I moved it 25 ft in order to have some bulldozer work done tomorrow. I probably should have waited till night, but holy cow, my chickens were screwed up worse than a football bat. They kept running to where the coop was, they are let out during day...
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    Girls started to sleep/pool in the nest boxes!

    My chicks did the same. By the time they started laying all were sleeping on the roost. They figure it out. Cole
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    sick australorp

    It's cold and windy. She has started wheezing. She is drinking. I went to TSC and got some duramycin as she is drinking this. I've ruled out egg bound, sour crop and gleet. I have isolated her with a heat lamp water and yogurt. She did have neon diarrhea but there is solid waste in her...
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    sick australorp

    I just went to let the girls out and found one acting different. She came out about ten feet and sat down and it looked like her whole body was heaving with each breathe. They have only been laying about a week so I thought that she was going to lay an egg. The more I watched I could tell...
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    adding guineas and ducks to the flock

    I want to add ducks and guineas to the flock. I understand that there may be some pecking order issues. I have 5 month old chickens. I plan to raise the ducks and guineas in the same pen until mature, away from the chickens. My main concern is disease/parasites. At some point all will free...
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