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    Terror on the roost

    It's horrible! They are SO mean to the gals at the bottom of the pecking order! I've decided that I can't see or hear it anymore--and if I go in to the coop after they are settled, it riles them up again and it starts all over again. So I leave them alone after dark. Cant' believe those cute...
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    What's the name of your chicken coop? "Chicken" Hilton here

    My father came for a week to help build the "coop" (what an understatement!!!) A few weeks later he sent a plaque to hang on the wall of the "foyer" (the storage room)....a LONG list of possible names...the winner was "Circle 4p Ranch"--with it's own brand!! stands for the 'pampered poultry...
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    New guy in Montana saying thanks

    HOWDY AND WELCOME! We're just south of Livingston--- BYC is awesome!
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    how many husband building or remodeling chicken coops this weekend

    Yep...my chicken-lovin' fiance just layed in the wiring for the lights and outlets for water heater/timer lamps etc this eve////while I constructed yet ANOTHER version of a roost area---saw a great idea here for 2x4 roosts with a slide out pan under to catch the poo///should help keep the mess...
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    The true cost of building your own coop -

    OK--very sweet (coop-building) fiance just said..."you have to be DONE building to estimate a "total"!!! Just what is he implying???????
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    what has happened? no shell, just raw egg, no yolk. (PIC)

    OK, got it! Whew. These chickies remind me of when my DD was a baby---such a foreign experience, but oh, so addicting!
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    what has happened? no shell, just raw egg, no yolk. (PIC)

    Thanks for the feedback....yes, "Rose" had a good day--out having fun in the yard with her pals, picking at bugs and ranging normally--when I picked her up to look at her backside, the vent looked clean (finally), pink, moist and open! Apparently that's all good! She had another dose of...
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    You might be a crazy chicken lady/gent if...Go on, post yours!

    now I know I'm NOT crazy (or if I am, I'm in the best of company!) I'll have to show this thread to my fiance, who is VERY patient, helpful and careful with my 14 sweet girls... and, yes, I crouch down quietly almost every morning to see who might lay an egg while I'm watching--sometimes they...
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    what has happened? no shell, just raw egg, no yolk. (PIC)

    OK--DITTO! I've been reading all about shell-less eggs and "egg-bound" pullets here all week! Started on Tues PM with my Red sex link (now 19+ weeks old)--she was likely the first layer two+ weeks ago...even a pretty BIG beautiful egg last week. Tues eve she was NOT herself--squatting in the...
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    Montana

    Thanks Lori! Seems crazy to be thinking about the winter in July, but the summer is so short, you know!
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    Montana

    Hi to fellow Montanans! Livingston is our home--just a mile south of town. Started my first little flock of 14 (well, 15, but he was overly RUDE to the girls, so now he live in Big timber!) in April. The "Pampered Poultry Princess Pavilion" (or as my father dubbed it-- the "Circle 4-p Ranch"...
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    how aften do you clean your coop

    HI...new to BYC posting, but have lurked here for a month or so....14 assorted pullets in my "pampered princess pavilion" (ie coop) in DRY Montana... the PDZ is for absorbing wetness in horse stalls, no bug killing potential; easy to find here (food grade DE was impossible)... I have fourteen...
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