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    Best place for flock during a hurricane

    Thanks. At least I have an idea what I need to work on. Right now I only have one usable arm, so I have to get help to do anything I decide on.
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    Best place for flock during a hurricane

    I do have a garage and could conceivably crate them inside my "chicken room" in the garage. It would be a lot of work to catch all eight of them and set them up, but It is possible.
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    Best place for flock during a hurricane

    Coop is elevated 3 feet off the ground and built on four by fours sunk in concrete. Metal roof, vented at the top, hinged when does that can be held shut with wire closures. 150 square-foot run, all wire, with wire roof. Run fencing is sunk about a foot in the ground. The door to the coop is...
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    Best place for flock during a hurricane

    I'm in North Carolina, and we are under advisement that hurricane Irma may be headed our way next weekend. What's the best place for my 8 hens to stay safe in the event of a category 4 or 5 Hurricane? My coop withstood hurricane Matthew very easily, but I didn't have chickens yet at the time...
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    Girls are not laying

    Thanks
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    Girls are not laying

    Knee was two years ago!
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    Girls are not laying

    I had a very bad freak fall and broke my right shoulder in four places. of course I am right-handed, so that arm has to be completely immobilized for six weeks. They're also being very careful that I don't do anything that might make me trip and fall again, such as walking around in my hilly...
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    Girls are not laying

    They are getting clean water, food, and simple treats like scratch and meal worms. I live in North Carolina, it's still 90° and winter is nowhere in sight. Because the person who is looking after them for me comes to open up in the morning and to put them back in the coop at night, and it's...
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    Girls are not laying

    I apologize for the typos – I'm having to dictate on my iPad and spellcheck is not always my friend LOL
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    Girls are not laying

    I have eight hens, no roosters. Seven of them are not quite a year old. The eighth one is about five or six months old. The youngest one is not laying yet, and the other seven have really slowed down – they went from six or seven a day to three a day. I'm laid up with an injury, so I can't get...
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    New pullet with adult hens

    City ordinance allows up to 10 max, but how many an individual permit allows is dependent on coop and run square footage. 3 sf per chicken in the coop and 10 sf per in the run, minimum. I have a 25 sf coop and 150 sf run, so I'm limited to 8. That's enough-I also have 4 dogs.....
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    New pullet with adult hens

    I actually introduced her after dark last night into a dark coop -- this morning she was in the nesting box (she's not laying yet) but wasn't being tormented. I guess I wait and see. Tomorrow I'm taking her out into the yard by herself for awhile. Unfortunately my permit (city backyard chickens)...
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    New pullet with adult hens

    One of my 8 hens (my favorite one) was killed by a foster dog in my back yard. My hens (golden buffs, barred rocks, and a Rhode Island White) are 9 months old and get along well with each other. Yesterday I went out and bought a 4-month old Ameracauna, and they have terrorized her. She either...
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    My 8-week olds pigging out on Greek yogurt, boiled egg, and flax seeds. The slow feeder dog dish is perfect! Barred Rock and Golden Buff
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    Brown egg layer hybrids -- any ideas what these are?

    The one that looks solid red actually has creamy white wing tips. This is fascinating!
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