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    Tired of Silkies Running Into Things - Scissor Suggestion?

    Oh, my loyal husband is the Holder.
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    My 'shabby chic' chicken coop built under arched cabin's deck

    I tried using the yellow tree car air fresheners and by Jove, they seemed to make a difference. I used 6 of them in a 4' x 7' coop. (They free range and only sleep in the coop so there wasn't THAT much poop.)
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    Tired of Silkies Running Into Things - Scissor Suggestion?

    I tried to trim the feathers around their eyes, but even my small scissors made me nervous. Does anyone have any really good go-to type of scissors to suggest?
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    What? What? - Hen growing spurs!

    I came here cause my 5 year old girl just grew one spur. Big one too! Henopause is full of miracles. Glad it's nothing abnormal.
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    We finally finished the run.
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    What do you recommend?

    Whenever you cook burgers, bacon, whatever - put some oatmeal in the greasy pan when you're done. It will soak up all the grease AND become a chicken favorite. They know full well when I'm carrying the oatmeal bowl out to the run. And don't buy premade flock blocks - everyone and their sister...
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    Comment by 'Jerhanner' in article 'Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!'

    My husband is a logical man; I'm saving this to show him when he questions how 4 chickens became 8, and now 11.
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    Silicone mat on the bottom of coop for ease of cleaning?

    You know those rubber mats for shoes and boots? I put that under the roost and then throw in the shavings. Then on light-clean weekends, I only have to pull out that mat for 80% of the poop.
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    A visual - adult chickens in Producer’s Pride Sentinel Coop

    Hey! That was our first coop!. Now it's our hospital/maternity/time-out coop. Be very religious about getting snow off the roof or it'll be shot in 4 years (an easy fix, but still...). Super smart perch idea too.
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    How Many Do I Have Room For?

    I make sure to shovel them a path to the summer house and the sun house. I also put straw bales against the front of the coop in the winter and they love hanging out underneath the coop - that way they can still have little dirt baths in the winter!
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    How Many Do I Have Room For?

    Guess who has room for 4 more chickens if she adds one more vent to the coop?!
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    How Many Do I Have Room For?

    Oh, I could care less about the inbreeding; I just didn't want mutant chickens. I have the nicest rooster in the universe and don't want to give him up! If it really is a 'normal' thing, then straight line breeding it is!
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    How Many Do I Have Room For?

    The door is blocking it - but there is a 'summer house' back there which I use as the nursery.
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    How Many Do I Have Room For?

    Right now I have 8 ladies and a gentleman. My Broody Girl is currently sitting on 5 eggs, and I'm wondering how many more I have room for? Follow up: is 'trading roosters' a thing to keep the inbreeding at zero?
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    Thank you very much!

    Thank you very much!
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