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    Egg issue? Pics attached, please help me figure out what the deal is!

    Thanks for that link - looks like I have a white-banded egg. I'll keep an eye on them and go from there. Thanks again!
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    Egg issue? Pics attached, please help me figure out what the deal is!

    New to chickens this year. Got a 6 pack of Red Sex-links from Tractor supply. Anyway, all is going very well with eggs coming in like crazy - then today I get this; All pale and goofy looking. Shell is hard, so not soft or unformed at all. Any thoughts? Thanks! -Lyle
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    PVC waterer for brooder.

    Ok, I got so so tired of changing water constantly (messy chicks!) so I bought a pack of poultry water nipples from TSC and started experimenting. The chicks took to it after a few days time. I did a slow intro to it with both the standard waterer in the brooder as well as the water bottle...
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    My brooder!

    I just put a 2"x2" board in there to start, now I've added some wood to the sides with screws to raise it up a bit. They love it!
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    It has begun...

    Thanks for the nice comments on the brooder!! Yea, the snow is already almost completely gone and I'm probably going to start on Monday! Easter Sunday we are "revealing" the chicks to the kids and then the race is on before they outgrow the brooder. I may need to add a second room to it...
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    It has begun...

    Thanks much! That is a good point, I do plan to "enclose" the coop in the wintertime (I've seen others use some plexi and/or crosshatch stuff with plastic). Keep the snow out and see how things go. If all else fails my inlaws have a barn/outbuilding we can move them into with...
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    It has begun...

    Well we got our batch of baby chicks from TSC yesterday. They were labeled as "Red pullets" - which after some research it appears they are mostly Golden Sex Links (I think). I'm hopeful we got a good natured, healthy bunch! I'm very excited to show the kids what we did, but they wont find...
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