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    Well it's my first

    Ok no problem and thanks for the shorthand lesson I just didn't know;) and your right I would rather fix a problem now than double work later. And I have a another newbee question is there a certain paint I should use on my coop? Is there a paint that might harm my babies?? There is a few...
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    Well it's my first

    Kittymomma what is "LF"??? I have 6 Reds and 4 Bantam. I was going to start with only 6 BUT my cat snuck into the garage and ate two chicks (one dead cat not really but you know what I mean) witch put me at 4 and since TSC would only sell in QTY of 6 thats where the 10 came into play.
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    Well it's my first

    Hello all well I don't have the carpenter skills that some of you have by far some of those other coops look great ( wish I could do that). Any way me and some of the box builders at work came up with a simple do-able design for my 10 hens. Best of all it only cost me $50! Most of the wood is...
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    Moved Some Young Chicks In With Me..........

    Nice looking ladies and don't feel bad I'm a newbe too never raised chicks, so were both going from ground zero.
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    Well here we go!!!

    Alrighty then well we went back to TSC and got 6 more so.... now our count is 6 Reds and 4 Bantam here are a few shots Mattlynn age 7 Megan age 9
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    Please post your chicken dogs!

    Well here are my two, the Black and white one is Percious and right now he can't figure out why the tennis balls are chirpping??? He just gave them a lick and smelled them. The white one is Kelala our little poddle mix she just smelled each one of the chicks and went on her way?
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    Well here we go!!!

    Thanks to everyone for such a warm welcoming. I would have bought more chicks but with us living in a subdivision I didn't want them to bother the neighbors, and with us not knowing how nosiey the chickens (very first flock) get we statred small. There is still room to grow;) As far as the...
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    New coop and run... DONE

    Very nice I've been looking and thinking over a lot of coop/run plans and I think I'll be building one kinda like yours thanks for the idea.
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    Well here we go!!!

    We have 3 Rhode Island Reds and 3 Bantam not for sure whitch kind it said on the sticker Assorted Bantam Special so...??? not for sure cause I believe there is several sub-catagories under Bantam right???
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    Well here we go!!!

    Hello all, well we took the plunge today and got our very first pullets. I built the brooder out of a pallet from work and some left over wood, but it did nicely. We went this morning and bought the lamp and other starter stuff set it up and the and got our girls. We are so excited and now we...
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    Hello from Houston Tx

    Well hello to everyone. We're Matthew and Miracle from Houston Tx. We are very new to the whole chicken raising thing but got the idea after attending the Houston Livestock show and said why not? We eat eggs, and our two girls (9 and 7) will learn with us so..... let's give it a go. We are not...
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