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    Official BYC Poll: What Kind of Roost(s) Do You Have Installed?

    We used 2 x 4 handrails. Right size and smooth.
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    Ended Funny Chicken Name Contest - Win 60 lbs of Grubbly Layer Feed From GrubblyFarms

    Mean Broody is her new name and I have one. She's a Black Cooper Maran 14 months old her. Her name was Velvet until she became broody.
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    Ended 11th Annual EHAL - Contest #3: Cutest Baby Fowl - Win a Brinsea Incubator!

    My girls Thelma a Salmon Faverolle in front.
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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    I've had chickens for almost 6 years. We have had Easter Eggers, Black Sexlink, Coco Maran, Golden Laced Wyandotte, Copper Maran, Blue Splash Maran, Black Cooper Maran, Salmon Faverolles, Dominique, Lavender Orington and Road Island Red to name a few. Love every one of them.
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    Ended Official BYC Mini Contest - Handmade Holiday Decorations

    I make Christmas Trees out of feathers .
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    #1 Recommended breed to new keeper?

    Easter Eggers first very sweet birds. The Salmon Favorelles also sweet.
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    Topic of the Week - Moving chicks out of the brooder and into the coop

    I started the move at 5 weeks. I put my new chicks in a separate small coop in the large run for 2 weeks. The first week I put a fence around the little coop so they could see each other. The next time I made the fenced area bigger then I took the fence down at 7 weeks. No problems. This...
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    The highest value treats?

    My girls love anything and everything in the garden. Fruits and vegetables it does not matter. Butterscotch stills the blackberries when she get a chance. Kale, broccoli, collards, cauliflower, melons, peas, all salad ingredients. Off it grows they love it. Fish, beef, pork, and chicken...
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