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    I NEED CHICKEN NAMES FAST!!

    Hi There I try to include "chick" or "hen" or use foreign words for chicken in my names - lucky I have a small flock cause l will run out eventually! Chickadee Chickolatte - She is a Barnvelder and lays "chocolate coloured " eggs Chickorita Chickolette Tiddlechick Torchick - a pokemon...
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    Hi from Australia

    Hello I'm an Aussie Bird myself here in Melbourne. Drumstick Diva is right to suggest that we have different products here in Australia to that of the USA. I have had enormous trouble with mites in my flock and have come up with a treatment plan that seems to work well. You will need to treat...
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    Suggestions for turning this existing shed into a coop? Pic included!

    Oooh that looks like a fun project! Lucky you to have such an asset on your property. Like everyone else I would wire in the longest/biggest area you can spare either off the end of the roof or to the side of the building - with its own gate so you can take a wheel barrow in to get scratched-up...
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    Starting a flock

    Hi There I started with 8 week olds. At that age they are still quite small, cute and cheeping but big enough to withstand the weather and generally able to look after themselves. I spent a lot of time in the first 2-4 weeks visiting them in the pen, picking them up, feeding them from my hand...
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    **SHARE YOUR MOST UNIQUE CHICKEN NAME**

    We had a bantum rooster named Richard Rooster AKA Dick Cock - he was such a character and we were all very sad when he passed away.
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    Hello from Aussie Bird

    Hi Everyone My name is Liz and I live in Melbourne, Australia with hubby Dale, 2 adult sons - Russell and Tim and 6 chooks. We have 2 old girls - Muffy a white silkie who is about 11 years old and Roadrunner an English game hen (we think) who is 8 years old. Then there are the new chicks - 12...
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