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    Best Winter Chicken Foods

    They have been the coop with a run since early June. I put new shavings in when needed. I have turned off the light and they are sleeping on the roost again. A couple of my coworkers raise chickens in this area. Neither one of them use lights. So, I will just carry on without for now. I will...
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    Best Winter Chicken Foods

    I have put the heat lamp on my chickies. It has been in the 30's here in Wa State. For some reason the lamp doesn't seem to be putting out much heat. My girls are mostly sleeping outside the hut and not roosting at night. Any idea why that might be?
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    Washingtonians

    I'm really enjoying my 3 ladies. They are so funny to watch. Every night I go check them out after work. They all run to see me. I have the 2 buff orpingtons and one americauna. The buffs are much more social and try to get closer to me. Funny cuz neither one can. Tonight I got 2 eggs, one...
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    Washingtonians

    I have a question about nesting. My ladies have just begun laying. They don't seem to want to use the nest, they just lay around it or under their roost. Is there a way I can urge them toward their nest?
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    Washingtonians

    This is SO cool! I got my very first egg tonight. How weird is that? It is light brown, so must be one of the buff orpingtons. I took a picture with my phone and sent it to my kids. The egg is about medium in size. I actually thought I would get some real small eggs at first. Doesn't matter...
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    Washingtonians

    I have 2 buff orphingtons and one americauna that is light colored with really pretty markings. I had several pics that I took to work because people kept telling me she was a rooster if she was that pretty. But I guess she is a hen after all-no crowing. I'm really excited for them to start...
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    Washingtonians

    Oh my gosh, today it rained so hard, and here I thought it was August. Hmmm....anyway I was caught unprepared with my trust blue tarp and my run got pretty muddy. I ended up putting some wood shavings on the run that I normally use for the coop. My ladies are happy though. The are nearly 20...
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    Washingtonians

    First about my preditor(s)...we haven't had any signs of them since I put bricks all around the run. When the weather gets wet, I put a blue tarp over most of the run so we don't get a muddy mess. So I have a very redneck looking coop. We will be making our spare shed into a better coop soon...
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    Washingtonians

    Ok, I'm totally grossed out to think I have rats around our place! I never heard of such a thing from anyone I know but it seems WA State might have that issue. So thanks for your ideas. Not I must figure out a way to get them gone. I put bricks around the chicken run (it has no floor) for...
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    Washingtonians

    My 3 ladies are 15 weeks old. Just yesterday I discovered some critter had been digging and trying to get in. Later last night my daughter discovered the intruder was INSIDE!!! She didn't know what it was so we ran out there. It was gone. She said it looked like a little possum or a rat...
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