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    Coop floor

    I have an outdoor coop with 2½ walls in chainlink fence, and the rest in tin. I'm wondering if I should pour the floor with concrete. I would like to harvest their waste to till into my garden, and to deter some rats that have been seen cruising around the place. If i need to, I can throw...
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    What to do?

    So, my mother bought 3 silkies in April - 2 black ones and a white one. It turns out that the 2 black ones are cockerels. They need to go, but what do we do with the pullet? I have a spare coop that is close to my main coop so that she can hear and sort of interact with them. What are other...
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    Run: roof or no roof

    There's an existing "run" at the house that I just got, and it's roof is tinned. I've read that the birds like and are benefitted health wise from different flowers & what not, and they bring bugs around which is helpful. I don't mind cultivating & adding irrigation to get those plants. Would it...
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    New guy

    I'm near Provo, and I'm looking for cold tolerant meat/egg combo girls. So far I've come up with Orpington Easter eggers ameraucanas Welsummer Leghorn (cuz my dad and I would watch foghorn leghorn together) I'm technically allowed 6 hens, so getting enough for that, plus a couple turkeys
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    Starting a flock

    I'm new to everything, really. My first idea was to get a few straight run chicks along with a couple of older laying hens my thoughts were to offset the egg layers. After reading the I terwebs, I'm not so sure that that's a great idea. Maybe some straight runners along with some pulleys will...
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    New guy

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Getting the first chicks this month, hopefully. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? ZERO (3) What breeds do you have? (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Internet searches for information (5) What are some...
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