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    Hello friends!

    Thanks so much everyone for the wonderful welcomes! My old goldie Buster is going to be 13 years on January 5th! He's an amazing companion and is just the sweetest dog I've ever met. He loves dust bathing with the chickens, and they like to clean off his fur whenever they get a chance. He...
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    The problems with new introductions..

    @aart Yeah, that was our idea! It wouldn't be able to fit through the door, but it's about 4 1/2 inches too big even if we unscrew the roof! Also great link, I definitely want to go bigger on the coop so we can fit more things inside, the shed was what we had available at the time and it wasn't...
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    The problems with new introductions..

    Yeah, I've been thinking about moving the nesting box down and attaching it to the back wall of the coop with some nice screws and getting the top more fluffed up, but I've been out sick for 6 months with sciatica, which is finally going away, yay! I can do things for my ladies. The coop is 6...
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    The problems with new introductions..

    Sorry about the mess! It's been so muddy these past few days I've been trying to pick stuff up to not get rained/snowed on. Also we normally use pine shavings for bedding, but by the time we were cleaning stuff out we ran out and had to improv some straw for the day! I've moved some things...
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    Hello friends!

    I've already made a post in the managing your flock section, but I was kind of jumping the gun! I want to make sure I have an introduction too! My husband and I just bought 12 acres of property last year with the idea we wanted to start a hobby farm! I'm an ex-massage therapist who after a...
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    The problems with new introductions..

    These are all great ideas and thoughts. I'm really thankful everyone has taken the time to help me out, thank you so much! We tried putting them in the coop one night after an (okayish) introduction since it was late, everyone was sleepy, and we had read on a few sites that the best way is to...
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    The problems with new introductions..

    We did try to separate the meanest ones out for a few days, but they came right back into the flock like nothing had happened. We made sure to put them in an area that was pretty far from the run, but we can try separating them again when we do introductions again. @aart these are fantastic...
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    The problems with new introductions..

    Hello friends! I'm currently in the middle of a grand war between the Old Flock and the New Flock, and I think I have about hit my wits end, so I have come to humbly ask for assistance! The Old Flock: Currently 2 Cinnamon Queens, 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Easter Eggers. The Cinnamon Queens are...
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