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    Help, I have a bully in my flock!

    Thank you for your help, I do give them oyster shells. The run that they're in isn't very big though, and we are planning to expand it this spring, so maybe that will help. Also we have had a long cold winter here in Connecticut! So, how do you keep chickens from being bored? I never heard...
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    Help, I have a bully in my flock!

    They eat Nutrena layer pellets and I just switched to Nutrena Feather Fixer which is 18% protein...because I thought they were still molting...so they've been eating that for a few days now. My daughter brings them the pulp from her juicer everyday too...they love it. I don't let them roam the...
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    Help, I have a bully in my flock!

    I have one or more egg eaters in my small flock of 8 (4 Rhode Island Reds and 4 Comets) I don't know who it is, so I end up going out to the coop many times during the day to check for eggs...trying to get the eggs before they do. There are 3 comets who have missing feathers at the neck and I...
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    leaky poultry waterer nipples

    Mine leak too...but not that bad, we still only fill the 5 gallon bucket that feeds the system once every several days or so (I have 8 chickens). I was thinking about digging a hole in the ground under the nipples and filling it with gravel for drainage and maybe that will prevent the puddle...
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    Nipple Water Question..

    My chickens (8 of them) had been in the coop and using a regular waterer for several weeks when we installed an automatic waterer with nipples....my husband showed them once by putting the beak to the nipple and after one day they were all using it. The second day I removed the old waterer. I...
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    Hello from SE Connecticut

    How many chicks are you getting? We have 8...they're 4 weeks old and still living in my dining room! It's still so cold at night here in Connecticut.
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    Building our coop

    Thank you so much for your suggestions, they are very helpful ...I sure have a lot to learn! and I'm sure I'll have many more questions along the way.
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    Hello from SE Connecticut

    What type of heat light should I look for? The coop isn't close to the house so I'll have to run a long extension cord.
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    Building our coop

    Hi there...I'm new to BYC! Our chicks are 3 1/2 weeks old and my husband is almost finished building the "Coop" and he will be starting the run this week. The coop looks great but we have a few questions about the design....as I'm worried about the cold winters here in South Eastern Connecticut...
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    Hello from SE Connecticut

    Hi everyone I'm very new to raising chickens. I've been wanting to do this for a long time but couldn't get my husband on board. I went to a chicken "TALK" at our local feed store and decided to just jump into this. The "girls" are 3 1/2 weeks old right now and still living in the dining...
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