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    Soft eggs—not intact

    Hello, I keep finding eggs like this in their poop sand box (under the roosts) and this weekend we had to pull remnants of one out of one of the hens vents. Is there a reason for this? She is young and maybe new at laying (I’m not sure which of the younger ladies are laying—haven’t had a full...
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    Bumblefoot recovery

    Thank you. I think we will wait and see. It’s not red just a little puffy. I would like to try to avoid opening it again and risking another infection.
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    Bumblefoot recovery

    We did a bumble foot surgery on one of out chickens feet. And this is about 4-5 (originally went in on Sunday and went back in to make sure we got everything on Monday—today being friday) days later…it’s less red and less swollen but still a bit puffy. Is it healing okay? Do we need to do...
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    What breed?

    Any idea what type of chicken this is? Shes about 14/15 weeks. Much smaller than my leghorn of the same age, closer to my bantam which is two weeks younger. Thanks!
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    Introducing chickens to coop/yard but heatwave coming??

    Thank you! That’s all great to know. I’ll go make some ice things now and hopefully it will be good to go when we are ready to put them out. I attached pictures, they aren’t the best angles. There is shade (I’m sitting under it for one picture so you can see it), I have to figure out shade for...
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    Introducing chickens to coop/yard but heatwave coming??

    We are planning to plant some stuff in the fall, right now anything new would just be cooked. I want to replace the tarp with a sail cloth by next spring, hopefully the tarp will keep till then.
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    Introducing chickens to coop/yard but heatwave coming??

    That’s a true story. They all hop up on the edge of the brooder every time I open it and the australorps are starting to try to escape and explore the room. I think we will put them out and just give them all the stuff to keep cool and just usher them inside the coop at night.
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    Introducing chickens to coop/yard but heatwave coming??

    We have two black australorps and two leghorns. There are two big-ish windows with hardware cloth on them and vents on both sides of the window with a similar look (but sturdier) to the hardware cloth. And there is a fan in one of the windows. If we don’t finish the outside before we put them...
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    Introducing chickens to coop/yard but heatwave coming??

    So I was planning on putting my chickens in their coop from the brooder (that is in my house), they are very much ready to go out but it won’t be secure if I leave the doors open (I have a screen door but a raccoon could super easily get through it, we are working on the yard/run around the coop...
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    Run/Yard roof question

    Ok, that all sounds great. I think we are going to put a metal roof coming off the coop itself and the. Some wooden ones in the corner that are low enough for them to jump on but also gives a shaded space. I think I’ll add some bushes too just to give them something else. But still cover the...
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    Run/Yard roof question

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    Run/Yard roof question

    Ok, thank you. ☺️
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    Run/Yard roof question

    Hi. It is about 20X40 feet with the coop inside (as a corner). I’ll try to get pictures tomorrow. We are in northeast NC, USA so not a lot snow (pretty mild winters usually) but some hot humid summers.
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    Run/Yard roof question

    So we are almost done with the walls of the yard/run and inside the coop. The yard is pretty wide so I’m hoping for some light roofing ideas, we are building in shaded areas as well but I need something to cover everything because hawks are a problem here. Would anti-bird betting work for the...
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    Making a feed and water station with buckets question

    Hey all! We thinking of making our chickens’ feed and water stations out of buckets, for those that have done this does the color of the bucket make any difference? Thanks. 😊
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