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    Advice needed for breeding our Blue Favacuanas

    Wow, thanks for all the information. I know that there is a lot more too it than allowing nature to take it's course and your post really helps. The chicks are still very young and we have only had chickens since May of this year. As we are beginning our homesteading adventure, this could be...
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    Advice needed for breeding our Blue Favacuanas

    Hey everyone, We are new to chickens as of this year. As it happens, my husband and I were able to purchase 4 Blue Favacuanas chicks from a back yard flock for a very low price. The chicks are about 9 weeks old right. It was not our intention to breed these chicks we simply wanted to mix up...
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    What to do about our RIR hen

    Hey everyone! We are new to chickens, this being our first year. In May we got 6 Isa Browns that were 4 wks old at the time. Our intention was to add to our flock, so we saw a great deal for 4 wk old black copper marans and favacuanas we purchased 8 of them - 4 each from a back yard flock in...
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    Crops for chickens

    I appreciate the response! And yes they eat just about anything huh, including the kale we have started. I took your advice and moved our peppers around some of our greens so the ladies are less likely to head that direction. We decided to go with wheat to fill the rest of the open area...
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    Breed Suggestions

    Thanks for all the information. It is very helpful. Likely we are going to end up with one other breed this year and then add an additional next spring. We are beginning our homesteading experience and want to make sure we plan for growth and long term needs. The Isa Brown's are very sweet -...
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    Breed Suggestions

    legbar - sorry:)
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    Breed Suggestions

    Haven't really considered Austratlops - I will do more research on them. There is a breeder near by that has cream leg horns as well. Anyone have any experience with this breed?
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    Breed Suggestions

    Wyandottes are very high on our list.
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    Breed Suggestions

    Egg color isn't important, dual purpose birds seem to be where we are leaning. Also, would like to raise some birds on our own. We are not interested in show birds, although they are pretty for sure. We live in Michigan, so cold hearty birds are a must. We would like free range birds for...
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    Crops for chickens

    Hello all. My wife and I have some extra space in our garden, only like 1/5 of an acre or a little less even. We have been thinking of growing some sort of grain our chickens can nibble on. We were leaning towards buckwheat (we have bees coming soon and buckwheat blooms for a month and is a...
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    Breed Suggestions

    So my husband and I are about 2 and half weeks in to being chicken owners. So far it's been awesome and we have already learned a lot. We purchased 7 Isa Browns locally that were about 3 weeks old. The more we learn the more it's becoming clear we want to add a couple different breeds to our...
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    coop lighting

    Hello all. I am between building a coop in the back of our garage and one in the run connected to it. I have a question about lighting. The backroom coop is what we are leaning towards but are concerned about the amount of lighting they would receive. I would have windows to the main part of...
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    musty conditions

    Thanks for the quick replies. The back room is separated from main part of garage, it looks like it was maybe where they stored canned food. It is built into a hill, there was no gutter and had some water damage to back wall. Solved the problem from getting worse but replacing the wood would...
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    musty conditions

    Hello all. My wife and I are new to chickens. We have 7 isa brown chicks and are needing to get a coop up. We have a back section of our garage that would be an ideal space with lots of room and is connected to the run we have set up. The only problem is it is a bit musty. I am wondering...
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