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    Venomous Snake: Friend and Foe

    I thought I was the only one dealing with this. The other night about 930pm, i went out to collect eggs and right on top of the eggs (not eating them) there was a copper head. In 4 years of having chickens, chicks, and eggs I've never had a snake in the coop. A few black rat snakes around the...
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    Broody hen enclosure

    Bantam cochin size birds, did fine with 6 chicks for about 3 weeks in a large dog crate. Something full sized with 6 chicks, I'd go 4 feet by 4 feet minimum and probably only for 2 weeks. I have a lav orpington with 2 chicks and she can't stand to be in her 10 foot x 4 foot run with her week...
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    Broody hen enclosure

    I've done a few different things to keep a broody in the run with her flock yet separate. 1st go round I simply took a large dog crate, wrapped it with some plastic mesh (so the chicks stayed in it), flipped the bottom tray over and Sat it on top of the crate. This worked well but is not much...
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    Why are my chicken drinking so much water in a single day?

    What is your humidity In your area right now. I know my chickens (8 total) are drinking about 2 gallons every day but our humidity is super low right now. This happens every year in winter for me. Hope this helps a bit.
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    Not lurking no more .. from SC

    Welcome, Florence sc here, glad you joined up. I know byc will serve you well. Best wishes, David
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    Colorful eggs

    Cream legbar= blue eggs Easter egger = blue, green, pink, and just about any color egg ( one that is) Croad langshanks (spelling may be wrong) =pink eggs or so I've read orpingtons = light brown eggs (some with white spots some not) I had a cochin cross with Easter egger who laid a beautiful...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Very nice eggs! Love olive eggs. Wish I could have an entire flick of what my my 1st olive egger was ( blue marans x blue americauna). Such a sweetheart and the very 1st chicken I ever picked myself. Ah, memories, lol. Here's a pic of her
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    The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

    Awesome on the YouTube subs!
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    Freedom Rangers

    Tractor supply will have some red rangers (close to /if not the same as freedom rangers) during chick days. If you want the. Before tsc starts chick days, I believe Hoover hatchery is where they get their chicks.
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    Ceramic eggs?

    My new layers had no idea where to lay. Added golf balls to the nest boxes, still no idea where to lay. Put a ceramic egg in one box, all of them fight over that one box to lay. Go figure.
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    Super Bowl 52 Predictions by my Chickens (video)

    Cowboys fan 1st and foremost, then I'm an anybody but the patriots fan second........can they both loose please? Lol, I think pats will win though.....just because I don't want them too.
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    Which chickens are the best at laying

    White leghorn lay really well. Red sexlinks lay really well. California whites lay really well. All 3 of the above chickens will lay almost everyday for you.
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    Calico Cochins *Please tell me I'm wrong*

    I would say 1&2 are pullet 3&4 are cockrels Beautiful chicks!
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    Topic of the Week - Moving chicks out of the brooder and into the coop

    I personally, can't wait until they are out of the broader. Which incidently, I have all but stopped using thanks to broody hens. I don't not like all the mess that comes with a brooder and healthy chicks/chickens. The constant cleaning and smell is more then my family and I prefer. That said...
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    Attaching Hardware Cloth to Metal

    Just overlap the hardware cloth 3-6 squares and run the screws through both sections of cloth. I've don't this several times by starting at the top (hardest part) then leaving out the bottom screws until the next section is overlaid. Then just repeat until done. I will say that hardware cloth...
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