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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Here is my ode to Gypsy's 6ft wide x 8ft long x 9ft high
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    Chicken Cam

    Do you still have this cam?? I am thinking of doing this for my own flock so I can seem them while at work.. would love to know what is involved in the set up?? [email protected] Thank you so much Didi
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    Am I feeding too much?

    Thank you....I thought because they weren't fat that they were "healthy" ...glad I posted. The comments today were a good wake up call! Thanks again for taking the time Didi
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    Am I feeding too much?

    Thank you! I appreciate the feedback....
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    Am I feeding too much?

    Hello I have 14 hens ( of average size- not bantams and not Jersey giants ) Mostly red and black sex links and a few Plymouth rocks as well as a very large Roo (24 lbs) My question is: My neighbor who has 7 ...only goes thru 1 #50 lb bag of crumble a month plus table scraps and his birds...
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    Is my Roo sick??? Please help

    Thank you! Didn't think of mold because I use sand not straw and scoop up droppings every morning so I just assumed since the coop never smells that all was well but maybe not! They all free range in a 300 ft enclosure all day so there might be a spot where water collected or pee and got moldy...
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    Is my Roo sick??? Please help

    Hello First fall with chickens. About a week ago my Roo who is study and large and about 2 yrs old sounded funny when he cock-a-doodle-doo'd (sorry)...kind of like he was starting laryngitis but as he is eating...mating and running around fine I let it go but now I'm worried..he is still...
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    Chicken buyers beware !

    Sorry not meaning to gripe but I am astounded at the lack of integrity and honesty amongst Penna chicken sellers. I went through Craiglist to start my flock as I didn't want 1 day old chickens ( I have a large dog that would have ate thru basement door to get to the babies ). I traveled 2.5 hrs...
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    Stopping Broody Behavior- Not cruel

    Hello Relatively new here and read a lot to learn as much as I can so I can be good owner. I googled broody behavior and how to stop as I have a cochin only 20 weeks old...started laying about a month ago but is brooding already. Read alot here and other places about making broody box and...
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    raising Chickens is for the Birds

    Seriously- tie a dead chicken around the dogs neck??????????? You should not be a pet owner of any kind...any kind...how awful! Dogs are intelligent creatures that need to be taught not abused. Chickens are treats to dogs until you train them otherwise. You don't punish a dog for being a dog!
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    What scares off daytime predators ???

    hahahah ! figured it out!!!! it was crows stealing eggs!!! I put scarecrow put and hung windchimes by coop door and wallla...eggs left in the coop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wohooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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    What scares off daytime predators ???

    it was crows!!! got them now....so glad to have figured it out
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    What scares off daytime predators ???

    After thinking on the advice I rec'd here yesterday and checking the yard for nests which I couldn't find I am wondering if hawks or racoons are slipping into the coop during the day and stealing the eggs??? It was suggested that I leave everyone in the coop until all eggs are laid but that...
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    hello - help needed please - new mom

    Thank you everyone!!! Really appreciate the advice.... we def have squirrels etc that make it into the pasture.... didn't even think of them
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    Gypsy Caravan Coop

    Love looking at this everyday...builder friend built it to look like it got stuck in the mud on our hill and was abandoned 9 ft high total - coop is 6ft high ( with 3 ft underneath for shelter ) 8 feet in length and 6 feet wide for 14 kids ( right now ) 6 bantys- 4 mid size girls and 3 red sex...
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