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    Saturday a.m. We started building our new henhouse, laying it out and changing our plans as we went along. Things are looking up.....it's beginning to look more like a henhouse! It's 5'x12'x5.5' - tall enough for me to stand up inside, but not my menfolk. We backed it up against the fence...
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    Texas Member List - Updated 1/2010

    Put us down for Pflugerville, Texas!
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    How noisy are they??

    We ended up with seven and I'm not sure we'll keep all of them. They are noisiest about 6:45am when they stand at the door to the henhouse wanting to be let out into the chicken yard. Also, I have one that does something like BGWAK, BGWAK at the top of her lungs mid-afternoon. She doesn't...
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    43 degree heat-how to keep my girls cool

    We put up shade cloth in strategic areas around the coop, and then went out and bought a mister at our local big box store. The chickens LOVE the mister. They go under it and spread their wings and give a good shake and then off to bug hunt. We also put out ice in water pans but with 104F...
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    Please show me your hot weather coops

    Oops, forgot this view from the other side..... It gets early morning sun, and then mid-afternoon sun.
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    Please show me your hot weather coops

    Here in Central Texas our temps have been in the triple digits for weeks. My husband and son built our coop last week with warmer weather in mind, the hens still pant but I set out ice water pans and they seem okay. I built shade cloth covered awnings on each side. Under construction...
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    Weird egg?

    I inherited seven hens one week ago: 4 white leghorns, one plymouth barred rock, one rhode island red, and one welsummer "mix". These are the eggs we've gotten so far- (except for the first one I dropped and broke, two I found a leghorn eating, and one "rubbery" one that didn't have an outer...
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    What type of hen is this?

    Thanks everyone for y'alls input. This is a great community - I'm excited about getting to be a part of it!
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    What type of hen is this?

    She does have a bit of a beard. She lays dark orangey-brown eggs.
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    What type of hen is this?

    Here is another picture. They thought she was an ameracauna or a mix?[/img]
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    What type of hen is this?

    I've just inherited seven hens and I know that the left one is a Rhode Island Red and the little white one is a Leghorn, but I don't know about the one in the back right: [/img]
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