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    Easy Clean Chicken Nesting Boxes (with dimensions and pictures)

    Hi Everyone! thanks for the interest:) We actually only have about 30-45 birds on average (fluctuates as we loose some every year due to age or other wildlife). But we wanted to have lots of room so everyone could find a spot - plus we have 19 babies that are just starting to go out with the...
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    *NEW COOP* ideas and recommendations

    Hey ! I just posted what I built for my nesting boxes - we painted everything white too to help make the coop feel bright in the winter. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/easy-clean-chicken-nesting-boxes-with-dimensions-and-pictures.1264114/
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    Easy Clean Chicken Nesting Boxes (with dimensions and pictures)

    Hi all, I just redid our chicken nesting boxes, and thought I would share! Below are some photos of the coop. Each box is just a 2$ "dish bin" from the dollar store (this way we can remove and clean as needed - the bins are not actually attached, but resting on the bars). The wood for the...
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    Chicken by the Dozen - What are we?

    Hi everyone! I have a few chickies that are about 2 1/2 or 3 months old. Just wondering if yall can help me with what breed and gender they are. They were sexed at birth, but I think we got a couple roos in here ANGEL Pretty sure she is an easter egger type and female. BLACKIE also think...
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    Adult Chickens ate Medicated Chick Starter

    thanks everyone! that was what I was hoping - I just remembered that the local feed store had warned not to eat the eggs when I bought a few years back - but perhaps they were just overly cautious. I will call them in the morning just incase, but good to know if the only medication is amprollium...
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    Adult Chickens ate Medicated Chick Starter

    Not quite an emergency, but I need help. Last night my boyfriend accidentally put the medicated chick starter in with the adult chickens (not realizing). We only just noticed tonight (so about 24 hours with that food). There is about 30 chickens, and they went through about half a 30kg bag (i...
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    Week old Mystery Breed Chicks

    UPDATE: They are now just over a month old and some of them look very different! (And I think i have quite a few roosters, even though they were sexed at 90%, but I guess that is the luck of the draw - lets just hope they get along) Lumpy: Dot: (forgot to take a picture of) Chub-A-Lub...
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    Week old Mystery Breed Chicks

    Awesome! thanks, When they get older (if I remember) I will post photos of them just for those curious And I just noticed the brown today too! Strange colouring for sure!
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    Week old Mystery Breed Chicks

    Thanks everyone! yall are always so fast & helpful!! Below are some questions/follow ups Just out of curiosity, for #6, what colour ears belong to each of the white rock and white leghorn so I know what to watch for once she's older? I have attached more pics of the comb for the 7th chicken -...
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    Week old Mystery Breed Chicks

    This weekend I finally got to the feed store and picked up my chicks (twenty, six of which are guinea fowl). That said, the guy who runs the place was not available, so I have no clue what I purchased - busted picked what looked cute and a bunch of yellow ones since my dad wanted yellow. I am...
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    3 week old "Mutt" Chickens - What gender?

    Huh - learn something new every day :) Thanks anyways... Hopefully this guy is friendly and gets along with the other roos otherwise we may have to find a new home for him
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    3 week old "Mutt" Chickens - What gender?

    Darn it... That's what I was thinking too - just hoping that maybe one of the mom breeds might have a tendency to be larger with red combs early (because most of our hens do have red combs as adults), or that maybe the bantam from the father had a larger roll on the first hen then the second...
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    3 week old "Mutt" Chickens - What gender?

    Hi all, I was wondering if you could help me sex these chicks. We tried our luck hatching chicks this year and ended up with two little ones. The father is a missed breed which includes barred (little bit of bantam, and something else that gives him feathers on the sides of his legs). The mom...
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    Barred Mix - Gender (and mother's breed?)

    Sweet thanks everyone! Hopefully once they get older they are beautiful hens :)
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    Barred Mix - Gender (and mother's breed?)

    Thanks for the comments so far! I was mainly just getting worried after reading stuff about colour sexing breeds that I may have ended up with both males... here are some more of the chicks (Not sure if you can tell, but one has been slightly taller than the other sincr birth just about. Not...
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