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    When to let my babies out full-time?

    My big suggestion is to start building now. The weeks fly by fast and having that many in you living room for the next few weeks when they practically double in size every week. Oh and the flying! Mine started flying out of the 22" tall brooder at week 3. I'd be afraid. 20 chicks digging in...
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    5 week old chicks to go outside.will they need any heat?

    I'm in an almost similar situation. I have three chicks. The youngest is 5 weeks old. Night temperatures are in the 30s. When I purchased the chicks from my neighborhood chicken seller/expert. He stated the that my 5 week old was good up to 40 degrees outside. He also stated, they could...
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    poll: are you legal or an outlaw?

    Legal in city. I received my Limited Agriculture Permit from zoning two weeks ago after completing the coop and pen structure to city requirements. I have a large lot, but not large enough. .9752 acres. Only allowed to have a maximum of 10 hens, no roos. There is some crazy quantitative...
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    Steps instead of ramp?

    Quote: Thanks for the information! Having a landing pad near the door and another about halfway sounds very doable. LOVE the picture of the rooster pen, with all the ladies on green grass checking out the studs on the other side. How big should a landing platform be?
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    Steps instead of ramp?

    Quote: Love the idea of mocking up the steps. I thought about how to do a half ramp with an attractive/want to use landing pad, but since it would be in the middle of the coop seemed a little weird for making a sturdy base. I could swing a hanging sturdy base at the end of the half ramp...
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    Steps instead of ramp?

    We are missing this one major piece of our coop, minus the cosmetics. A way for the ladies to get down from the coop to their run. Bottom of the door is about 3.5 to 4 feet high. The length of run is about 7 feet to the wall from the coop door. I bought an 8ft piece of wood to acheive a...
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    Hawk in my chicken pen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    As long as your chickens are legal and your are in the city, can you call animal control? They have those special sticks with the grabbers. Then you don't have to get close, just grab a foot. Scary. Glad that the chickens are safe.
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    uncooked beans

    I've eated string green beans right off the plant and even fed a few to my kids. Yes, they definitely contain toxins but at a low level. A few here and there are not a problem. I don't know much about chickens passing toxicity through eggs, but I don't think there would be an issue if the...
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    Bug eating?

    Quote: My area has good soil, decades of composting pine needles, over clay. Not a lot of pebbles and just enough sand for a good loam for my vegetable garden. I might have to bring soil and pebbles in. Thanks for the information, I'll have an area of their run pen set up for grit and dust...
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    Bug eating?

    I've been reading about grit and thought they wouldn't need it until they were outside. Also with the two week old chick, is it the right time for it? Is her crop even developed or large enough? We can't let the chicks out for a few days. The coop walls need to go up to fully close off the...
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    Bug eating?

    What age is it okay for chicks to start eating bugs? A spider fell into the brooder. The oldest (6 weeks) got it, the youngest (2 weeks) was trying to chase her down and steal it. I know table scraps aren't for a while. Spider was about the size of a dime without the legs, a quarter with...
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    Chicken Wire & Hawks

    Quote: What do you suggest using then? Were the chickens on the ground or roosting when attacked? I'm so confused on how this is possible and how to remedy. We are building coop now and my municipality requires a very stiff wire 14g and all that we could find was a 2x4" with a 1x1" overlap...
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    Hot, new chicky mama/worry wort in NC

    Thanks everyone! Saw the DR yesterday and it's a reoccuring sinus infection. Antibiotics work! I'm a lot less paranoid about the temps in the *brooder*. The chicks are such different ages that I feel weird about calling it a brooder and more likely an indoor containment area. On another...
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    Hot, new chicky mama/worry wort in NC

    Let me explain the *HOT* from the start. I came down with a fever in the drive to pick up the babies, which has really put a damper on my ability to check the temperature in their room. We now have a themometer in the brooder bin. I'm having an awful time trying to trust it and the babes to...
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