Recent content by LinnyChx
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Best Dog Breed to Double as Both Housepet and Chicken Guard?
Our black lab was first introduced to chickens at age 7 and he is a fabulous watch dog. When my girls free range, NOTHING gets anywhere near us. I can be out by myself with my kitties and all the chickens out and not worry one bit about stray dogs, hawks etc because of my good boy. Some of...- LinnyChx
- Post #45
- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Growing Grass in the Run
I can't remember which featured article it was, but there was a feature of a very large coop compound here on BYC that had a section of frames with grass growing covered in hardware cloth. The solution they used to prevent sagging was to use large bricks inside the frame to give the chickens...- LinnyChx
- Post #46
- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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Outdoor Cat. Tips?
Have you considered any of the ratter/terrier breeds like Jack Russell Terrier? It might be an answer to the cat allergy problem and a dog could be trained to consider the flock part of his pack. I have one cat that's an indoor/outdoor. We started introducing him to chicks when he was a...- LinnyChx
- Post #7
- Forum: Other Pets & Livestock
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Chicken ate my earrings. Need advice.
A small update to say we are still planting a tree for Penelope but it will have to wait until it gets cooler. In the meantime, my hubs got me 3 more juvenile pullets to add to the flock (the same age as the ones I raised from chicks). We decided to get a BR to honor Penelope. Her name is...- LinnyChx
- Post #130
- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Big news in TEXAS this week!
I live in Rockwall County outside the city limits so no one can say boo about my chickens. Most of us aren't giant chicken farms; our girls are more like pets with benefits. I'm lucky that when my street was built we all had a meeting and decided to get rid of the proposed HoA. I'm...- LinnyChx
- Post #293
- Forum: Local Chicken Laws & Ordinances
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First egg!
Congratulations :) That is a very nice looking egg. My girls are 12 weeks so they still have a while to go. Get ready for all the egg requests! You wouldn't believe how many of my friends are already after my girl's eggs.- LinnyChx
- Post #13
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Chicken ate my earrings. Need advice.
I don't know yet. Maybe a red oak or live oak.- LinnyChx
- Post #119
- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
