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    Fencing For My Chickens

    Thanks guys for your comments. I had forgotten to say that I have already clipped one wing. So I guess you guys are saying as long as the fence is over 4 feet. We should be ok.
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    Circle P Coop...Relocated.

    Looks fantastic.
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    Fencing For My Chickens

    Hi I want to put some fencing up so that my chickens have more room to roam. However I don't know how high this fence would need to be. I saw on Omlete that they do a 1.25 metre high fence which according to reviews was not high enough. I live in the UK. Any ideas or thoughts would be truly...
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    New to BYC, and chicks in general!

    Welcome to BYC.
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    Unruly Chickens

    Thanks guys for your replies. Very helpful. But I did read somewhere that hay was not good for a chickens respiratory system and that's why straw is reccomended. Is this true?
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    Unruly Chickens

    Hi as I have only had my chickens for a week I decided to clean put the coop yesterday as it was a bit dirty. I changed the straw in the nesting box and in the coop relaxed the wood shavings and newspaper. Ever since then the girls are taking the straw and putting it in the main coop leaving...
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    Hi first week of keeping chickens

    Many thanks for the advice. I have thrown the mixed grit on to floor of their run. This includes oyster shell. The chickens are 20 weeks old. Should I put the mixed grit in a bowl or something similar rather than on the ground.
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    Hi first week of keeping chickens

    Hi. This is my first week of keeping two chickens. Today we had our first egg although it was soft shelled and broken. I have put some mixed grit in their run. But am sure that as it was their first egg that's why it was broken. Am I correct in this assumption.
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