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    Creating a Food Forest/Chicken Habitat

    Thanks for everyone's input! I think we'll give it a go this year if possible. We'll fence off the food forest and leave the run intact to start. That way we can control how much freedom they get in the food forest, but we won't have to worry about them getting into our garden. Maybe after...
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    Creating a Food Forest/Chicken Habitat

    I've been trying to research creating a chicken habitat that doubles as a food forest. We're talking cereal grains, berries, herbs, and other edible perennials very densely planted in a 10ft x 30ft area. The coop and 5 hens would be inside the area with free access. I'm wondering how this...
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    4mo RIR Hen or Roo?

    I posted this on the BYC facebook, and I'm hoping for more answers here. This is my 4 month old RIR, "Red." I've never been convinced that she was a hen, hence the gender neutral name. She is much more tall and slender than the rest of our hens (diverse flock). She has never been very people...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    We made two of these a couple of weeks ago. Very easy and so much cleaner! We already started using them this week for our 3+ week old cornish x's. I was surprised they could use it this young, but I guess they are quite large. The hens (same age) are not nearly big enough to use it...
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    Free class on chicken behavior

    I see now, I pulled it up on my pc and it became more clear lol. Thanks!
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    Free class on chicken behavior

    Is it free? Or does it cost $50? I signed up for free, and it says it costs $49. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the website... Lol I hope it's free!!
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    We just talked about this being a never ending project right after I posted last night! We literally just built the run, and after seeing it by the coop for a couple of days, we've decided that we're going to double the size at least! Haha! It just looks so small once it's put into...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Hi all! I thought I would post a picture of our coop and run since this is where we got our inspiration! It's not quite finished yet, still need to add some finishing touches to the coop and cover the bottom with the hardware cloth. But we're so close! We built the run in panels so that it...
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    Post pics of stock from Ideal Poultry please !!

    Our 14 chicks from ideal came in this morning. Well should have been 14, but there were only 13. Not a big deal. We also had one Cornish rock that died within the first hour. Got a refund for both issues. They also marked the Cornish rocks for us, which we requested they do. All of the...
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    UPS vs USPS

    No, they are in the news too often for me to feel comfortable ordering from them.... We went with ideal since they're only about 12 hours from us.
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    UPS vs USPS

    I know what you mean loveclucks, we are waiting on usps for our chicks this morning. It's amazing how much down time they have!
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    UPS vs USPS

    Actually I think USPS is the only carrier that can ship live chicks!
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    When can chicks go outside

    Okay, thank you!
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    Raising Chickens - A New Video Series

    Following!
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    33 degrees first night out, worried first time chicken owner/parent!

    Oshy, let me know how they do in the cold. I will be in the same situation very soon!
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