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    Ended Official BYC Mini-Contest—Pets With Paws Photo Contest

    She’s always so happy, one of the best things about her! And he is into everything but one of the sweetest cats ever, with a purr like a chainsaw
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    Ended Official BYC Mini-Contest—Pets With Paws Photo Contest

    She actually didn’t like the pond until she realized there were frogs in it and now I can’t get her out! She is just a happy silly dog, can’t imagine life without her!
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    Switching run material

    This will be our first winter with our chickens and I really want to make sure we care for them properly. We made the base of the run using pallets and then covered that with the chicken wire. Only the top few feet of the sides and over the top of one half are covered solely with chicken wire...
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    Switching run material

    Thanks! With the wood chips will I still have to clean it out as often or will it just eventually break down like mulch does in the garden?
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    Switching run material

    Thank you for your advice, I’ll rake it all out before adding the wood chips. I was planning on adding some diatomaceous earth, is there anything else that I should add?
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    New member

    Hello all. My name is Kira and I live in eastern New York. I’m new to chicken owning and have 6 beautiful Australorps that we’ve raised from chicks. I love gardening and just being outside in general. I’ve been found a lot of research to make sure that I’m taking good care of my girls and am...
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    Switching run material

    I’m new to chicken keeping and when we built our coop and run I used hay to cover the floor of the run. We’re in eastern New York and only half of the run has a roof, the other half is covered in chicken wire. It works okay but the hay gets wet and nasty pretty quickly. I’ve been doing a lot of...
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