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    Question about chicks being outside....

    My hen hatched only one chick about 2 weeks ago. She is very very protective. Even tucks it under her wing and jumps in and out of the nest box with it to take it out into the run! That little chick is fiesty and now named "JJ"! I tried to give it the chick starter food by the other grown...
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    Advice from the experts please.....Broody Hen

    My beautiful big fluffy RR hen "Goldie" went broody 3 days ago...she is in the nest box sitting tight. I have a beautiful rooster that mates with her regularly so I am sure the eggs are fertile. My other hen hasn't laid any eggs since Goldy went broody (at least she hasn't laid her egg in the...
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    When to add some heat?

    The temps got down to 15F here in Rainier, OR. The roo and his two girls are new to me (just got them a week ago). Then we got snow two days ago and they havent come out of the coop once. I have been feeding them in the coop and put in straw over the sand floor. When I check in the morning...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    My first eggs from my two new girls 2/25/11! (Rainier, OR)
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    New rooster....newbie owner...Uh oh!

    Well my new Barred Rock rooster arrived today a handsome young fellow newly named King Harold....well he loves a great roost I made OUTSIDE of the coop and it is going to be 20F tonight! Do I just man-up and get him into the coop, the gal that gave him to me said that he is used to coming and...
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    Wackiest Chicken Actions! *CONTEST ENDED* WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

    Oh my...three hens in one is the most amazing thing I have seen in a long time...sooo cute!!!
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    Outside

    I have chicks that are just 10 days old...so if I am reading right..at about 3 weeks (as I turn down the heat light gradually)...I could put them in the coop with a light? It is still quite cold here at night...25-30F at night..50 in the day...as long as the coop is warm enough...will they be...
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    Tacky Coop and Run Contest 2011: Winners Announced!

    The Maha-Egg Temple Materials: Painted Tiny Tykes Doll House, Free Pallets, Recycled wood from wood pile, 10,000 staples from my handy dandy pneumatic nail/staple gun (dont ever build a coop without one)...Rainier, Oregon Completed by my hubby and I on Valentine's Day 2011....our gift to each...
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    Coop and Run are Done! Woohoo and thank goodness for Craigslist!!

    Put the final touches on the Coop and Run today. Little Tykes Chicken Coop, chose sand for the floor of coop....run made with free pallets and other various wood that I scavenged from Craigslist. Painted the Coop to look like a little Buddhist Temple..planted bamboo by the coop that will...
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    Locking up at night? Do you or dont you? (Newbie needs to know)

    I wasnt sure how to find this subject, so forgive me if I am asking a silly question...Is it common practice to lock in the girls and their Prince into the coop each night? I have the coop and run built...I have the chicken ladder into the coop, but it does not have a door on it...the run is...
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    Oregon

    Rainier, Oregon here! Anyone nearby?
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    Starting from "scratch" in Rainier, OR!

    New to feathered friends! I am new to Rainier, OR and living on 1.5 acres. I found this forum from another website..what a great find! I am wanting to build a coop from completely recylced materials. I have been collecting wood pallets and found some blueprints to work from. I have yet to...
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