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    South Carolina

    You are a bit far for me. I will keep you in mind if I can't find anything closer. Thanks!
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    South Carolina

    I started with 19 RIRs. I'm down to 9. I am interested in adding a RIR rooster. Does anyone have one in the upstate???
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    Coop Habits/Habitation

    I trained my girls that the coop was their home by leaving them in the coop for several days straight. After a few days I opened up the door to let them free range. They were very hesitant about leaving at first. Four weeks later they are roaming my 5 acres and then some. I have built a run and...
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    South Carolina

    Westminster SC here. I have 13 Reds that are all pullets. I eventually want to add a rooster to the mix and start breeding them.
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    Free Range or Not? What Does Everyone Prefer?

    I started out with 15 pullets free ranging them. I'm down to 13. They were free ranging right around the coop and on my property but wandered off yesterday. Not sure where the crap they went. I hate to lose any of my girls. I built them a run today. 8 feet wide by 16 feet long.
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    Possibly Moving...What to do with all my girls?!?!?!?

    If I were closer I would take them for you. I'm in SC though.
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    ability to forage : hatchery vs. farm chicks

    My TSC birds aren't the best foragers. I have them in a coop with a feeder I have slowly been weaning them off of since I have begun letting them free range during the day on my five acres. They seem to be doing ok but they all consistently check the feeder for food. Should I continue...
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    Bumblefoot surgery - with pics and "how to"

    Right now my girls are only about 6 weeks old and haven't really taken to roosting. I have a piece of bamboo right now for them but they mostly ignore it.
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    Bumblefoot surgery - with pics and "how to"

    Will having flat boards for my girls to roost on prevent bumble foot?
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    New to here from Upstate South Carolina

    New here. I am in Westminster, SC. I am very new to chickens... I bought 19 on Saturday. 5 days in and I am down to 18. I am very inexperienced at this and love the vast knowledge this site offers for me.
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