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    Jersey Giant Pullet With Crippled Foot

    Thanks for the encouragement wolfpak, I hope that your chick's foot problems are all sorted out. We made a couple of attempts at this when our Giant was about 2 weeks old, and she and her brooder mate picked the tape/band aids off within a couple of minutes, so the cure was not successful. She...
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    Jersey Giant Pullet With Crippled Foot

    Our 8 week old Jersey Giant has a foot that is all curled up like a fist. She does ok on it now, but we know that she will be 11-12 lbs. when fully grown and we worry about her ability to perch and to get up and down the ladder ramp into the henhouse. Does anyone have any experience or...
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    Comment by 'junebug6262' in item 'Ameraucana'

    One of our Ameraucana hens also turned out to be a cockerel. We were able to give him to a free range farm where they will raise him up. He was a big time playground bully too, always herding the others around and pinning them to the ground. It is amazing how peaceful it is in the coop now...
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    Review by '' on item 'Ameraucana'

    We have two of these in our flock of 7, and they are very skittish and a little bit strange. They are loners and tend to disrupt the calmer birds in the flock.
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    Review by '' on item 'Leghorn'

    Our California Grays are clearly the leaders of our little flock. Named "Castle" and Cake" by our granddaughter, they are very affectionate birds who are always the first ones to check out anything new that we introduce to the coop. We love them!
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    Review by '' on item 'Rhode Island Red'

    Our reds are adolescents right now and in our little flock of 7 pullets, are clearly the followers to the grey leghorns. They are docile and friendly, and very curious.
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    Comment by 'junebug6262' in article 'Cluckstrong'

    Thanks! We had a lot of fun building it, and our girls have now been in it for a month, and I think that they are loving it.
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    Cluckstrong

    Well, here it is. We decided to take the plunge over the winter, did our research, and away we went! After buying our 6 adorable little peepers from the local feed store (2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 California Gray Leghorns, 2 Araucanas) and putting them in the brooder, we got serious about...
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    Comment by 'junebug6262' in article 'What To Do With Unwanted Cockerels'

    We have a large and thriving Amish community in our area, and they are always more than happy to take the stray cockerel, even bartering for a new hen of the same age in exchange!
  10. Nesting box roof, pure copper that Karen swirled with an orbital sander.

    Nesting box roof, pure copper that Karen swirled with an orbital sander.

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  11. These are the nesting boxes as viewed from the inside of the coop (now covered with bedding). Our adolescent hens actually dogpile in there when they sleep at night!

    These are the nesting boxes as viewed from the inside of the coop (now covered with bedding). Our adolescent hens actually dogpile in there when they sleep at night!

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  12. Here's a peek into the henhose through the human access door. We used vinyl flooring for the floor and walls of the coop to make it easier to clean. The inside is osb painted with white glossy enamel paint, and the roosting bar is from a lilac tree that we needed to remove in the spot where the coop now sits.

    Here's a peek into the henhose through the human access door. We used vinyl flooring for the floor and walls of the coop to make it easier to clean. The inside is osb painted with white glossy enamel paint, and the roosting bar is from a lilac tree that we needed to remove in the spot where the coop now sits.

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  13. This is our coop as viewed from the west. Human access and hen access doors. Feeder and waterer are under the henhouse.

    This is our coop as viewed from the west. Human access and hen access doors. Feeder and waterer are under the henhouse.

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  14. Our coop viewed from the west. This is the human access door to the hen house and also the chicken access door and ramp. The green portion of the chicken access door slides up via a cable/pulley assembly accessible from the front of the coop.

    Our coop viewed from the west. This is the human access door to the hen house and also the chicken access door and ramp. The green portion of the chicken access door slides up via a cable/pulley assembly accessible from the front of the coop.

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  15. Our coop viewed from the northwest.

    Our coop viewed from the northwest.

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