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    What's the best ground cover for a run

    So if you have sand in your run, do you still need to scoop up poop? How often? I have 4 chickens in an enclosed chicken run. It started out as grass/weeds but of course they destroyed that quickly. I've added grass clippings and weeds periodically. But it's starting to STINK and become a fly...
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    moving chicken tractor

    If I let my chickens free range for a few minutes while I move the tractor, how do I keep them from going too far? Our yard isn't fenced in
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    Chickens may have eaten moldy feed! Help!

    *first time chicken mama* We have some feed in the run that the girls (6 weeks old) inevitably made a mess of. It rained and there is still some feed on the ground that is clumpy, I'm afraid it might have some fuzzy mold on it too. They have PLENTY of fresh, dry feed in the feeder. They don't...
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    Deep litter method

    Hi! I'm a first time chicken mama and trying to figure out the best way to keep a clean coop! I have four little ladies (six weeks old) in a relatively small coop (52.8 x 28.9 x 28.5 inches). They range in a large enclosed run during the day, so it's only for sleeping and eventually laying eggs...
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    Virginia

    I'm in Virginia, new to BYC! We live in North Chesterfield
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    First Time Mama Hen in Virginia

    Hello! I am excited to join the BYC community :) I got 4 chicks for Mother's Day - 2 Blue Wyandottes, 2 Ameraucanas/Easter Eggers - all female. They are five weeks old now! I bought a New Age Pet ecoFLEX Fontana Chicken Barn, scheduled to arrive tomorrow. It will be put inside a large enclosed...
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