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    Anyone have pics of Speckled Sussex crosses?

    Iprybby, do you have updated pictures of these crosses?
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    Moving adult chickens, can I do it without catching all of them?

    Hello there! I am trying to move my chickens into their new coop from a grower run I had them in. So far I've tried throwing food in there and that's about it. A few wonder in there but the rest seem very skeptical. Is there an easy way to do this or am I just going to have to catch all 12 and...
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    Several different types of bedding in coop?

    Thank you! Tarp it is!
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    Several different types of bedding in coop?

    Ok well at least now I know I can put the huge amount of leaves we get in the fall to use! That'll be great. If I put a tarp down in the shed that we are converting to a coop, will I be able to do deep bedding method? Will all the materials compost themselves with the tarp on the bottom? It...
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    Several different types of bedding in coop?

    Oh wow that is a great idea. I didn't even think about that. So what is the material in your coop like?
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    Several different types of bedding in coop?

    So I watched this youtube video (I'll paste the link below) where a woman had multiple types of bedding in her coop. I believe she had everything from leaves, dirt, sticks, hay, etc. She said her bedding was 3 years old and had NO smell. She said she would come out and turn it every once in a...
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    Limited Free Range?

    MsKathyNY, I feel more comfortable that my chickens will be limited free range only because we have lots of predators around. Having two big dogs in the yard is a plus as well. I've heard even little Chihuahuas will scare off most predators. Do you have a dog?
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    Limited Free Range?

    Everything was going well until my Wyandotte got out and the dogs tried to play with her...like a toy... but luckily I saw it right as it happened... She is fine though...my dogs weren't trying to kill her, just play. Still not ok. They won't be put together for a long time. Atleast until they...
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    Limited Free Range?

    Thank you! So much good advice. Just let the dogs in the same fence as the chickens and they did amazing. Much better than I thought they'd do actually. The Pyrenees playfully chased a couple but I scolded him and I think he learned that chasing them is BAD. Haha. I've been letting them out...
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    Limited Free Range?

    That's awesome! But also forgot to mention that they will be in a coop at night...it's a big shed we're converting into a coop. Also i say limited free range because it's really just a big sectioned off part of our backyard. They'll be in closed with a 4 foot high chain link fence.
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    Limited Free Range?

    Check out these girls! They're at my friends barn right now. I'm not sure what the Sussex was mixed with to make a chicken like this. I think they're so pretty.
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    Limited Free Range?

    Wow thanks so much for all the helpful replies! Great information... As of right now I have RIRs, Golden comments, Easter eggers, a barred rock, cuckoo maran, black austrolorp, golden sebrite, Cochin bantam, and will be getting a speckled Sussex hybrid this weekend. I have heard that some breeds...
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    Limited Free Range?

    Hello! I am new on BYC but have seen so much good stuff. So I have 12 pullets right (10 standard and 2 bantam) now in a 6.5ft x 30ft temporary run. We have a section of our back yard that we don't use very much and it is very woodsy. There are lots of shrubs and trees for the chicks. We do have...
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