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    Best Dogs w/Chickens

    I know it is strange, but we have had two Brittany’s and both have been great with the chickens. Both did retrieve a few birds when we first got them, but only once or twice. Our old dog would occasionally flush them. Our current Brittany actually helps me round them up back into the coop if...
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    Quail Coop and Aviary Questions

    Here’s my dog, he just likes to look at them, he hasn’t ever tried to get in. I think he is having too much fun patrolling the yard. He keeps any predators out of the yard. It’s funny because he’s a bird dog. He does really like to chase after my white silkie rooster sometimes though, he’s...
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    Quail Coop and Aviary Questions

    I’ve been moving it to high ground when it rains. Here is a picture of the inside housing. I have a hot wire around the inside of the fence around my back yard, as well as a dog that roams free. He does occasionally chase my chickens, but doesn’t kill any. I just started getting eggs this...
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    Quail Coop and Aviary Questions

    Ok, thanks, I’m in NE Oklahoma. Our average winter lows are around 28 degrees F. Usually doesn’t get below 0 F more than a day or two in the winter.
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    Quail Coop and Aviary Questions

    We just got some Coturnix quail that we hatched from hatching eggs. My husband built this mobile coop. Will this be ok in the winter too, or do we need something warmer?
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    Splash silkie crossed with Black copper marans

    Here are the chicks resulting from our Splash Silkie Roo and Black Copper Marans hen.
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    Old cedar fence picket coop just finished

    We added a solar fan and some ventilation. The ladies seem to like it. Thanks for all the help!
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    Old cedar fence picket coop just finished

    Ok thanks, I think we’re in the process of adding a solar fan and some vents. The hen with the blue ears is a golden appenzeller Spitzhauben, we got her from cackle hatchery in a rare breed mix we ordered.
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    Old cedar fence picket coop just finished

    Ok, thanks, we’ll add some more ventilation at the top. We had modeled it after our coop at our old house that we had for 5 years. It was a converted kids playset and did have one inch gaps between all the boards at the roof though.
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    Old cedar fence picket coop just finished

    There are spaces between the cedar pickets all around , we plan on insulating the walls with straw in the winter time.
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    Old cedar fence picket coop just finished

    My husband just finished our coop. We found some old cedar fence panels and took them apart to use for the sides of the coop. Our hens were checking it out as we were assembling it.
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest Photo Submission - Thread #10

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    Partridge Cochin hen or rooster?

    What about this one, I think it’s a golden spangled appenzeller spitzhauben pulllet?
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    Partridge Cochin hen or rooster?

    Ok, thanks, I got them from cackle hatchery in a rare breed mix, they do have buttercups too, I was hoping for a pullet.
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    Partridge Cochin hen or rooster?

    The bird in the foreground is French golden salmon marans. I thought it was a pullet?
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