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    Coronavirus Chicken Coop Project!

    We began our project right around the time the Coronavirus was hitting the state of Utah which is also the time we acquired our chicks. We needed a project to keep us busy and had planned on buying chicks in August but then kind of panic bought them at the end of March. Don't judge. I wasn't the...
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    Newbie doing things differently

    Here is the pot of water and the wool hen. The whole brooder. Gonna work on raising sides this week.
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    Newbie doing things differently

    Thanks for the great links! I have already been combing the articles but the topic of the week looks awesome!
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    Newbie doing things differently

    Haha yes they are spoiled. I'm a researcher. I read and watch everything I can find before diving in head first and going from there. So far it's great. Generally, they put themselves to bed under the wool hen when it gets dark. Last night took longer than previous nights but they did it. It...
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    Newbie doing things differently

    Yep that's why we decided to get them now and if we do go on vacation later this year we'll deal with it.
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    Newbie doing things differently

    Thanks :) That's just a dirt bath. Their waterer is one from the feed store.
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    Chicky Dreams Come True!

    Awe! Love them! It's awesome that you got your little ones involved with naming them. My little four year old named one "girl" because they are girls and named another one Rainy because it was raining when we picked them up lol
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    Newbie doing things differently

    Hey there, I'm new to this chicken life (obviously). Read like 5 books on raising backyard chickens earlier this year, but you can only learn so much before you have to do. We were going to wait until August to get chicks so we could vacation this summer without having to worry about our...
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    Just picked up 4 chicks, two silver-laced wyandotte and two golden-laced wyandotte. Forgot to...

    Just picked up 4 chicks, two silver-laced wyandotte and two golden-laced wyandotte. Forgot to check if they were pullets or straight run. Oh well, guess we'll find out. If they end up being roos we'll just have to rehome and find some more chicks lol.
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