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    Wanting to gently swap roos for pullets in 6 chick flock

    Chicken switching.....doesn't the Easter Bunny handle those calls???? Hmmm.... somehow my original query sounded like I am not too informed. Yes, I have the original source who will take my roos because we are a) not supposed to be butchering in my neighborhood and b) we are new and not...
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    Wanting to gently swap roos for pullets in 6 chick flock

    I am just starting my urban flock - I have 6 chicks from 7 to 5 weeks old and I think 2 are roos and I want to make sure i end up with only hens as I am not permitted to keep a rooster. I have two sex-linked pullets, two barred rocks, one buff orpington and one blue laced red wyandotte (the...
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    racoons & rats + my chicks first outdoor shelter

    Tala wrote: " I used electric fence around the base of my tractor, with a long enough extension cord that I could move it around my yard." - Super interested in this!! Thank you all for your input - DH and I are mulling it all over. It sounds like what we built was a nice enough daytime...
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    racoons & rats + my chicks first outdoor shelter

    Hi, I am just starting out - I have six 5 week old chicks in my basement and am ready to get them OUT and they are ready too. The weather is still pretty cold at night but I am prepared to keep a heatlamp out there for them to adjust gently to the out-of-doors. I live in the Seattle area in an...
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