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    Getting mixed up...deep litter

    I'm in New England (AKA: Massalaska) and I'm having a rough time with my coop. I have sand on the poop board, but since it's been so frigid, the poop is literally frozen solid and stuck to the bottom of the board...I can't even scrape it off! Also, I have sand in the run as well, but since...
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    Help! My chicken is biting me!

    Thanks so much! Good advice- She actually had a time out in the coop today while her "sisters" got to free range...I'll show her whose boss! lol
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    Help! My chicken is biting me!

    They are 20 weeks old - and no, that's not blood, but these obnoxious berries that fall from a tree in my yard. The chickens LOVE them! lol
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    Help! My chicken is biting me!

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    Help! My chicken is biting me!

    All 4 chickens look pretty much the same- 2 cinnamon queens and 2 NH Reds. Some are a little larger than others, but their combs/wattles are all equal in size, so I don't think she's a Rooster.
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    Help! My chicken is biting me!

    Hmmmm....I do usually wear bracelets, I always have my nails painted...I wear gloves when doing coop maintenance.
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    Help! My chicken is biting me!

    Hello all - I am new to raising chickens, and I have 4 that are 20 weeks old. 2 cinnamon queens and 2 NH Reds. The other day, one of the chickens came at me and bit me in the arm when I was trying to get her back into the coop....well today, same thing, except she actually tried to jump up...
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    Wondering about oyster shells

    Great, thank you so much for the info!
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    Wondering about oyster shells

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    Wondering about oyster shells

    Hello all - I am currently using sand in my chicken coop (on the poop tray and in the run) I'm seeing all kinds of stuff about having to feed them grit and oyster shells. Do I have to give them those things if they have sand in their coop? Sand gets in their waterer all the time, so I know...
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    Waiting for Eggs!

    Hello all - this is my first time with chickens and I have 4. They are just 17 weeks so now I'm waiting for them to lay eggs. What I'm wondering is - are there any indicators (other than the obvious) that they are preparing to lay an egg? Will I just go out one morning and find an egg...
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    Why won't my chickens eat food scraps?

    My chickens wouldn't eat any scraps I gave them either ....at first. Now, at 17 weeks, they go to town on corn cobs, the tops of strawberries, the ends of green beans, and yesterday bananas. I was thinking the same as you a while back, like ..I thought chickens ate EVERYTHING? I would put a...
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    Deep litter method

    Help! I'm just starting to establish a routine for my chickens in their new coop.....My coop is on top of river rock. I have spread sand in the run on top of the river rock (floor), inside the coop, I have also put sand on the poop board, pine shavings in the nesting boxes. If I chose to do...
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    Deep litter method

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    Feeders and water outside coop

    That just answered one of the questions I had, thank you! I'm new to keeping chickens, and mine just moved into the coop 3 nights ago. Do you give them access to food and water all day and just let them "graze" or feed them just in the morning and evening?
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