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    Chickens! An Austin, TX chicken chronicle

    So I havent really updated in awhile outside of my coop thread but I thought I would add some photos of the girls! They are now roughly 15 weeks old and my have they grown! Chickmunk all grown up and quite striking. Looks like a hawk. Some of the girls enjoying the sun. "Action...
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    Chickens! Our West Austin coop build - Lots of photos!

    Finally an update! It took awhile to get the run up due to only getting to take half-days here and there for the past week but finally our chickens have a lot more room! We used painted treated lumber next to the ground for when we decide to fill the run with sand. The entire run has a mesh...
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    Chickens! Our West Austin coop build - Lots of photos!

    Thanks all! I need to update the progress soon but life has been hectic. We have all the framing up for the covered run. Now it is just a matter of getting things painted, screened, and the roof on! The girls are doing well. Bit "cooped up" but getting bigger by the day.
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    owl identification

    Could also be a barn owl. No ear tufts tho they are usually brown.
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    Coop build, moral support needed

    It looks like a good start and should be a very nice coop when finished! We started our coop at the same time as receiving our chickens which I will say put a lot more pressure on getting things done. We got them in by the 6 week old mark and I will tell you that it is a great feeling having...
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    Do chickens peck/eat weatherstripping?

    From what i've noticed they will peck at anything that contrasts with the environment, that is shiny, or red. The point at which they KEEP pecking at it is if they are getting somewhere such as pulling insulation out, or pulling a bead of caulking up and eating it. I caulked quite a bit of our...
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    chickens in track housing

    As long as you meet city and HOA requirements (if you have them) you should be fine. I would avoid a rooster if at all possible to minimize any potential angst from neighbors. Good luck!
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    Building Our Coop!

    Need a chick-a-lator for that! Great looking coop! Nice setting, too.
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    Dark pink comb at three weeks?

    Thank you all! We are happy it is a she especially since she is one of our two birds that wont lay white eggs!
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    Dark pink comb at three weeks?

    I have. The new photos are at six weeks.
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    Dark pink comb at three weeks?

    UPDATE PHOTOS! So, this is how our young chickmunk has progressed thus far. It seems to hold its head back kindof cocked back and is very quick to chest bump things and square off. At one point it chest bumped the water bottle as my wife set it in the brooder. Pretty funny! Is it still early...
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    Chickens! Our West Austin coop build - Lots of photos!

    I may be talking to myself here but I have updates! Is the paint color scaring everyone off? :) The biggest one probably is that our chickens are finally out of our bathroom which means that the coop sans run has been finished for the most part minus some trim. Here it is in current...
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    Acroponics Can be for chickens too not just Talapia and Ducks/Geese

    I really love the concept and its something I'd like to try when I get ducks one of these days. If its not too cold where you are try using some crayfish to help clean things up that the plants might not get! My hope would be that it could become pretty self sustaining. Well done!
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    Poop board convert *warning-graphic/gross poop pictures*

    Thanks! I'm quite happy with everything so far. As for the lock we will probably take your advice and use a latch with a carabiner like we did on the other sections. Our thought was due to how heavy the drawer is that a raccoon would have a pretty hard time getting it open and wedging himself...
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    Poop board convert *warning-graphic/gross poop pictures*

    Hi all. I wanted to give an update to my sliding poop drawer. We got a chance to paint it and put the trim/handles on and it looks pretty nice! View of the drawer closed from the outside. View of the drawer open. Pretty low profile.
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