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    Please Post Your Pics Of Landscaping Around Your Coop.

    Improvements: Honeysickle bushes in bloom behind coop. Dug up and planted daylilies beside coop legnth to deter runoff. Slate walkway to egg doors : )
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    honeysuckle

    Hey all, I must admit, I didn't know that honeysuckle would be toxic to chickens. We have two honeysuckle bushes behind our coop, and last year, when we let the chickens out, they would almost always be pecking and jumping at the honeysuckle, liked they loved to eat it. As Brian stated, do...
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    Please Post Your Pics Of Landscaping Around Your Coop.

    Here is the coop that my husband and I built last spring. Mainly with old scraps laying around the garage. I too have thought about planting to offset smells, or just "green" the area. I love the idea of using vines and flowers to landscape the "not-so-great-smelling" area. Of course, any...
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    Maryland?!

    Hey everyone!!!! Posting from Gaithersburg, MD. Backyard chickens at work in Montogmery County : ) Current flock (6), One mixed Barred Rock rooster, 2 Rhode Island Red hens, 1 Plymouth Bared Rock hen, 1 Salmon Favorelle hen, 1 red cornish 11 - 4 week old hens - delivered from efowl.com on...
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    Black Jersey Giants

    Our Jersey Black Giants are about 4 weeks old now. Purchased from efowl. We have Rhode Island Reds and Ply Barred Rock in our existing flock.... will keep you updated on behavior with existing flock : ) So far, so good. Beautifull, and sweet.
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    Comment by 'jstagrl8110' in article 'Interesting Facts About Chicken Eggs'

    Awesome!!!! Just read most of it outloud to my husband.
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    Does keeping a roo make for a happier flock?

    We are def. in a suburban area, where roosters aren't exactly welcome by everyone (so our free eggs musy help the cause : )...... However, when our flock was new, we were repeatedly attacked by racoons and foxes. Since our flock has matured and our roosters have grown their spurs and mastered...
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    looking for opinions on breeds

    Thank you Eric. We bought 2 Rhode Island Reds, from a gentleman that purchsed online. We bought them at 6 months old, and are now about 1 year old. They laid app. 2 eggs a day this summer, and app 1 egg a day (or every other day) this winter. Their offspring are a mix between rir, and...
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    Any thoughts on what my mystery chick may be?

    Please dont ban me for posting this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Egger
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