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    Feathers

    I have found an extra added plus to raising chickens. I have been collecting some of the more beautiful feathers that are hanging around my coop. I really need to know how to clean them without damaging them. I figured anything that has been that close to chicken droppings would have germs...
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    new chicks

    the little pen inside of my coop sounds like a great idea. So let me get this straight. I will build a small pen with no "doors" first and put the mama and the chicks in it and put this pen inside of my big coop? and in a couple of weeks make a small hole that the chicks can get in and out of...
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    new chicks

    If I put the hen and 6 one day old chicks back into the coop with the other 2 hens and rooster will the older chickens pick on these baby chicks? I can't have that. plus It looks like I will be having more babies in 2 weeks. I will try to get some pictures...they are tooooo cute. I have never...
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    new chicks

    I just found my hen that has been missing for a few weeks.....she now has 6-7 "peeps" with her. I am assuming that they were just born. My question is this. We have a chicken coop but the hen escaped to have her eggs. I live in Georgia so it is really heating up here now. What should I do...
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    laying outside coop

    I have 4 hens and a rooster. They roam the yard 4-5 hours then get back in coop. One hen missing. I found her sitting on eggs in liriope in yard. Should I move hen and eggs to coop for safety? We have dogs, cats and lots o black snakes around. Or put in incubator? how do I make cheap,reliable...
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