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    Flies

    I've gone to the hardware store and grabbed some hanging fly traps, they usually fill up within a week or two but keep the numbers down. unfortunately if you google search the best way to get rid of flies, getting chickens is at the top of the list. The traps do let off a foul odor at first but...
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    What is your 'chicken to nesting box ratio'?

    Boston MA, We have 6 girls and 3 boxes. they use all three and sometimes use only two, the outer boxes. I have researched them for about a month before building them and i think I found a good size...12 in wide, 12 in deep and 9 in high.. they have been laying for about a month or two and I have...
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    Coop Heaters

    Hello...it is that time of year where we are starting to think about the cold winter. We were looking at heaters and other gadgets and stumbled upon the flat panel heater... http://www.shopthecoop.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=STC&Product_Code=2FP&Category_Code=He Has anyone...
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    Poisonous plants/trees? Planting trees and want chicks safe!

    Thanks for the list! is there a preferred plant list? we are definitely planting a grape vine!
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    HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR CHICKENS COOL!!!!!!!!!

    I've been freezing a large fruit juice bottle and placing it in the coop before work. I wrap it in a towel to collect the condensation, or else the pine shavings will get wet. If I get home for lunch I check on them and usually find them huddled around the bottle. we also give them grapes and...
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    New coop... Hens wont roost?

    Our Chix are about 3 months old now and have been in the coop for about a month. every day, after work, we let them out to roam the yard and like clock-work they head in around 8pm. The Girls have been piling in one corner and it looks uncomfortable but they seem to want to be there.. even...
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    Poisonous plants/trees? Planting trees and want chicks safe!

    Thanks! Any suggestions on good plants or trees for them? We want to get some fruit trees, so any ideas would be helpful! :o)
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    Poisonous plants/trees? Planting trees and want chicks safe!

    Hi everyone, We want to plants trees and other plants in our yard this spring, but want to make sure we aren't planting anything that will harm our new babies! Any suggestions or tales of caution?? Thanks a lot! :o)
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    what is a good way to protect hen house from every critter out there

    Where do you get hardware cloth?
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    Urban/City chicken forum

    I agree!!
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    I want my chicks to love me!!!!

    I also want my chicks to love me, and feel like they freak out every time I put my hand in the brooder to change their food and water, etc! I have heard some of you say we should hold them close to us and let them fall asleep, but shouldn't they be in the brooder, close to the heat lamp, at all...
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    Do Dominique chcicks grow slower that others?

    We just got 6 chicks last week, 2 Dominiques, 2 Ameracaunas, and 2 Buff Orpingtons...we are definitely noticing that the Doms are still pretty small compared to the others, but it's only been a week, and we are totally new to all this! They are adorable though; as soon as I figure out this site...
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