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    Why does every single retail coop seller lie about how many chickens their coops can hold?

    To tie into the OP question: They don't lie necessarily, there isn't a global standard that is enforceable for them to comply to lower the numbers on the box. (Only speaking for the US :)) How it starts, you go to your local chick store during the Spring months and decide to be a backyard...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Zero, zilch, nada. There are two still laying but irregularly now that they've both caught the molting bug and cold weather in Delaware.
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    Wanted to use tree mulch for chicken and geese.

    Green undried trees will always produce wet green chips. No way for you to stop the mulching process if you put it in a large pile -- just nature doing its thing. While it makes for good substrate, there isn't any good way to stop the mulching process unless you have a way to kiln dry the tree...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

    Inside the coop (10'x12' inside): We perform a full cleanout seasonally. We compost our substrate for the garden -- making two piles in 6 month increments to ensure we're not spreading unmulched/decomposed substrate into our garden. We perform spot removals under the roosts to ensure the...
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    Howdy from Delaware!

    That's the thing -- the stuff sold by Home Depot (In Salisbury, MD for me) is small pine chunk or pine bark mulch. It's 1/4" size and the chickens tear right through it like aspen/hay/hemp. They used to have the large pine bark nuggets but have since stopped supplying it to the store near me...
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    Howdy from Delaware!

    ADDITION :) ::: In terms of pests killing our chickens. The ONLY critter that got into our coop and killed a few chickens before we got them out was a skunk. If a chicken escapes and we didn't notice, usually the death of that chicken is an eagle or hawk -- which has happened twice since keeping...
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    Howdy from Delaware!

    We got it from The Mill: https://www.themillstores.com/ address of the location we got two pallets from was: 7121 Church Hill Rd, Chestertown, MD 21620. Picture of the outside of the bag attached.
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    Howdy from Delaware!

    Here are some angle shots I quickly took just now. Inside of the coop looks like I murdered a few chickens as they're molting right now :).
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    Howdy from Delaware!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've kept chickens for several years now. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have 20 chickens but have had a peak of 38 at one time. (3) What breeds do you have? Astralorp, Green Queens, Easter Eggers, ISA...
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