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    Hello From Santa Rosa, CA

    Welcome! I'm new as well, but have already learned so much from this place. Enjoy! PS - I'm originally from SR but moved to Sac about 10 years. Still visit family and friends in SR every few weeks tho. Did you get your chics from Western Farms?
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    Newbie here! (Urban dweller attempting to reconnect with nature)

    Haha, yep, my wife is already taking to them like a mother to children. As soon as she wakes up or comes home from work, she checks on them. Last night, she took them both into her lap and watched TV with them. They thanked her with a couple bowel movements, of course! :) Both are already...
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    Deep litter method

    Due to the size of my backyard, and this being my first time, I went with a smallish coop for my two chickens (only a couple weeks old at the moment). This is my coop, and I purchased the compatible extended run. Obviously I can't do the deep litter method in the coop area, but there's a...
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    Newbie here! (Urban dweller attempting to reconnect with nature)

    Thank you all for the warm welcome and tips! The sand idea is fantastic and I will definitely do some research into it has the little ones get older here in the next few weeks. Oh, on that note, my wife and I picked up a RIR and Ameraucana, though I doubt it to be a "real" one. I had gone to...
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    Newbie here! (Urban dweller attempting to reconnect with nature)

    Beautiful, I love this community already! Thank you SO much for the links and tips. Yes, I will definitely see about modifying the coop to install a fan for air circulation. I just found out a buddy of mine grew up on a farm when he was young and they had "100s" of chickens, and he literally...
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    Newbie here! (Urban dweller attempting to reconnect with nature)

    Hi all! I first found this site when researching coop designs a year or so ago. My fiance (now wife as of 2 weeks ago) went ahead and got herself knocked up, so I decided to really get moving on raising a couple of chickens for eggs. Quick synopsis: I have lived in the city/suburbs my...
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