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    If you have a dog.....

    we have 3 dogs all pitbull/ hound mixes and they are great with the chickens. They all lay around together. I think it's all about how you introduce them.
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    My hen ate a rubber band

    She is doing well, no obvious ill effects :-)
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    My hen ate a rubber band

    I guess it's not an emergency but it worries me -- I saw Mary with it in her mouth I raced over to grab it from her and before I got it -- it was gone she swallowed it. Is there anything I can do -- should I worry?
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    Super Loud Salmon Faverolle -- What can I do?

    I'm not quite sure where to post this -- we have 4 lovely backyard girls. 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Cuckoo Maran, and one Salmon Faverolle -- Peepers. Peepers is my first Faverolle so I don't know if her behavior is normal for her breed or not -- she clucks clucks clucks all day long and she is super...
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    Laying From Roost Pole -- Help

    I know this seems crazy but one of my hens appears to be laying (at leats her first two eggs) from the rooting pole at the top of the hen house and I am finding broken eggs on the hen house floor below -- I'm reasonably sure I know which one it is (I saw her up on the roost at like 11am this...
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    Is Parakeet Gravel okay for baby chicks

    thanks for the advice guys -- I think I'll try without since they wont be getting treats for a while -- but I think sterile sand is probably a godo option -- hadn't thought of that one
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    Is Parakeet Gravel okay for baby chicks

    I've read several posts about giving Parakeet grit to baby chicks -- so far all I've found is Parakeet Gravel -- that seems to be a mixture of charcoal, oyster shell, and grit -- is that what everyone is talking about? I've also read some posts that say it is bad to give oyster shell to baby...
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    City Chicken House Nearly Done

    thanks for the kind words -- I was feeling a little down today and that really gave me a lift. i just came in from giving the coop a second coat of paint and some extra primer for places we didn't hit -- inside it's just a plain plywood box and one roosting pole this far. I have a 1/2" x 1/2"...
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    introducing Dogs and Chickens

    te toa sk something so dumb, but I've seen other people use it and I don't know what DH means -- Dear Husband?
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    City Chicken House Nearly Done

    I posted before to show the construction, it seems like it has taken us forever but we are finally seeing what looks like a real house -- all we have left is a second coat of paint, building the nest boxes, adding on the roof and attaching the run. At least it's starting to look like a real...
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    Mallory's Chicken Mansion now open!

    really clever -- I love that under roost cleaning box and the sand fill -- really great idea
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    Feed and Water Inside or Out, Dogs and Ladder Doors

    I think that's where I'm gonna land -- seems like a good plan, thanks
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    Construction Pix Chickentopia?, Taj Cluck Hal? Hen's Hyde Park?

    I suppose since I've had about 10 years to ponder and dream about getting another hen house it may be getting a bit out of hand (well not to me). After seeing internet pix of some very high end coops I figured my girls deserve the best so why not. I am not particularly handy (at least not with...
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    Construction questions

    we live in a warm place but as I am building our new coop I am including a detachable linoleum (well really some sort of vinyl flooring) floor (the regular floor is 1/2" x 1/2" welded wire) so I can have a solid surface for cold times (we get a few weeks to a month or so) and for raising the...
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    introducing Dogs and Chickens

    I'm not sure how I managed it but my cat is actually a chicken lover -- when I went out to feed in my big yard in Colorado he would insist on going too (he'd even hop the fence if I didn't open the gate for him. He'd drink a little water and eat a few nibbles of corn and lay down and take a dirt...
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