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    10" wide entry to nesting boxes...

    We keep our babies separated in their own (smaller) coop right next to the adult pen separated only by mesh so they see and smell each other and integrate them with the adults at or after they are 16 weeks old. They're nearly full grown by then. We've had great success without any or minimal...
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    10" wide entry to nesting boxes...

    We've had the same experience. We have 16 chickens and 4 nesting boxes and they have a favorite one but use two.
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    Hey there!

    Meant to reply sooner. Thank you for your welcome! Yes, Cornell is the best in the nation for hotel management and close to the best in the world, so it was very exciting when our son got accepted. Now, we're very used to it and are looking on to when he will graduate (2021). It's very...
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    Hey there!

    Thank you, TwoCrows! I love your coop, btw!
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    Hey there!

    Decided to take a few more pictures on this moist day. #1: Speckled Sussex all/mostly grown #2: Chowing down on kitchen scraps #3: We open up our chick to pullet side after we migrate them, so they get access to another "room" and small house #4: Another "hidy hole" to access the baby pen in...
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    Hey there!

    A few pullet pics taken on 11/17 (12 weeks old)
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    Hey there!

    Not so much unusual as interesting and spacious
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    Hey there!

    Some pen pictures
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    Hey there!

    Thank you for the warm welcome!
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    Hey there!

    First, thank you to Nifty-Chicken for posting sample introduction questions. Here goes: We live on a couple of semi-wooded acres outside of Austin in a country subdivision. We wanted chickens for several years before actually starting a coop, but it's been almost six years since we got our...
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    Copper Marans laid her first eggs but they're small

    Thank you so much Rosemarythyme and Pretty Birds! Glad to hear it.
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    Copper Marans laid her first eggs but they're small

    Among several other breeds, I have a young Copper Marans, born 8/26/19, who laid her first egg (a beautiful dark brown one) on February 1st and has laid an egg every third day since for a total of three so far. All three have been small, weighing just 36 grams each. My understanding is that...
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