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    Coop build

    You’ll lose some length on the original 4’ bar, depending on how far it is from the wall, plus hens probably won’t want to overlap at the intersection 🤣, but this might buy you an extra foot or so.
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    Coop build

    You might consider laying it at a right angle to the first one, making an L, at the same height. I don’t know how long your coop is, which is relevant to having them face one another. It’s good to have “fly-down” space in front of the roost bar(s), although if they’re not high off the coop...
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    Coop build

    How long is the longer roost bar? One linear foot per (eventual 😉) chicken is often recommended, although many will snuggle up more tightly. On the other hand, some cranky ones can demand more room.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    A cockerel-raising question for @Shadrach and anyone else who does broody-raised chickening: I read the guess-the-breed-and-gender thread for fun. There is often wailing and gnashing of teeth when a young chicken starts looking like a roo, accompanied by “it’s always the boys who are so sweet...
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    Suggetions needed! Rodents control and Odor control

    Can you post a picture of your current coop and run? What do you use as "flooring" (litter) in your run? Many have found that, except in certain climates, sand makes smells worse. For now, you might try some zeolite, often called Sweet PDZ or stall sweetener. It absorbs a lot of the ammonia...
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    How old are pullets before they establish a clear pecking order?

    Hi, everyone! A little flocklet of three 15-week-old pullets here: 1 barred rock, 1 buff Orp, 1 Easter egger. We've had them about 8 weeks now, and they still haven't established a clear pecking order. It's been fascinating to watch them go back and forth between who bosses whom. They do have...
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    Chickens vs. Barn Cats - Looking for Suggestions

    Apropos of nothing at all, but the laughing cats reminded me: last night my husband made quesadillas, and they were nice and spicy. 🌶️ Our cat of Deeply Unstable Emotions and Temperament decided to lick his plate when he was done, and when the spice hit, she hissed at him! 😾 Little weirdo.
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    PVC Chicken tractor with shadecloth

    I can’t be the only person who clicked on your profile to see your location! Best of luck with your plans.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It’s spring! Life persists! 🍓
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Low carb diets are the saddest. 😭
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    Need help with identifying new chicks

    When I tap their name, the pop-up says that they were last active in summer of 2020. This mystery may remain a mystery!
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    Spoiled Chicks

    They’re all wonderful, but you should submit the one of the chicks and rabbits to POW! 💕
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    My parents had a beautiful hawthorn in Memphis, but fireblight got it. I ought to plant another - it was really something.
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    Advice needed for predator proofing this

    Just a comment: my pullets recently tasted a daffodil, said the chicken equivalent of “bleh,” and haven’t tasted them since. No guarantees, of course, but they are often good about not eating what they shouldn’t. Styrofoam peanuts excepted, of course.
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    MJ's little flock

    :hugs
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