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    Chickens in their new coop

    Isn't if funny how they know exactly what to do so quickly? We have three (two Rocks and one Cochin) and they always go to bed in the same order...the Cochin always goes first and makes a snoring/growling sound to alert the others that it's bedtime, then the second follows and the last usually...
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    Bald eagle tried to eat one of my hens

    What area of Seattle are you in? We are in Columbia City and have seen a hawk and racoon here or there--which concern us enough--but I never thought to worry about Eagles too...yikes! Our girls free range in our fenced backyard but now I'm a bit worried.
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    I have a sinking feeling she's not what I ordered...

    Our white rock looks just like this one....
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    Chicken Names- whats your chickens name?

    We've got 3 beautiful gals that were hatched in April... Barred Rock-Gertie White Rock-Daisy Partridge Cochin-Fanny We had such a hard time coming up with names the whole family could agree on...wishing I'd have seen this thread before we got them as there are some very cute and clever names...
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    Cooling my chicks off?

    It's been in the 90's here in Seattle (hot for us!) and our chickens are panting like crazy. We've been doing the ice cubes in the water dish trick as well as frozen treats--I gave them a scrambled egg that had been in the freezer for a little bit. Another trick I used was wetting a light dish...
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    Why are people feeding birds yogurt?

    I just had a farm vet in my backyard today (our neighbors had him over to check their goat and he stopped over to peep at our chickens)--I was so proud of myself for having plain nonfat yogurt out as a treat for our chickens--this vet also said that yogurt is should NOT be given to chickens as...
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    Hello from Seattle

    Hello neighbor! We've got three 8week olds here in the Columbia City neighborhood. There are so many urban chickens around now in Seattle--we have 2 other houses (that I know of, maybe more!) just on our block! And I've heard there are a lot of people with chickens in the Ballard area--some...
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    grit

    We have been giving our 8 week olds grit made especially for baby chicks for the past month (graduating up from parakeet gravel/sand)--it is red granite so you can tell it apart easily from the adult grit. It probably wouldn't hurt to make it available to them in their coop just in case. We...
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    socializing chicks/chickens?

    We ordered 3 rock chicks from mypetchicken with great results--all arrive happy and healthy--although one did turn out to be a cochin (happy surprise). I agree that getting them as chicks is much better with regards to socialization as well as making sure they're all healthy and bond as a flock...
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    grapenut cereal for chicks?

    We have 6 week old Rocks and we give them organic rolled oats and organic baby spinach (which we chop up a bit first) as treats. I sprinkle the oats in their brooder so they can actively scratch around for them all day. I've also given them worms from the backyard as a special treat every so...
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