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    tasty foam insulation...?

    I'm planning to add insulation to my coop here in the frozen north of Massaschusetts. I am planning to use foam panels since that seems easiest, but I'm afraid the chickens will pick at them and eat them. Do I need to cover them so they won't? I walked around Home Depot trying to find...
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    growing (?) hole in beak

    hi folks -- one of my ladies has a hole in her beak which I just noticed the other day. I am 75% sure it's growing, and I'm worried. I'm attaching a picture. It is a fairly smooth hole and so it doesn't really look like a single trauma to me; rather, it looks like a hole that is growing...
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    does my newbie need another sister?

    Thanks for the quick replies. Funny, the new one is quite brave in general, but goes submissive when pecked. I am testing the idea of isolating the "pecker", but it seems to stress all of them out. I'll give it a little while and see if they settle down. Still debating going back for...
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    does my newbie need another sister?

    hi -- Totally new chicken owner here (although somewhat experienced with hens). I have room for only 3 in my little yard, so I built a coop to suit (12 sq ft). I started with an Ameraucana and an Easter Egger, they got along great. It took me four days to find my third, an Australorp who is a...
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