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    Chickens price?

    Our local auction gets $2-10 for older hens.
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    Indoor pen setup for pet hen

    Please do not own a chicken if you cannot provide the required outdoor space for them. Chickens absolutely cannot be caged indoors like a hamster. This is animal abuse. Sorry, dont like being so direct but in this case i am very concerned for this chicken. Ok now i realize we are being...
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    Common knowledge that an inexperienced person should know?

    Im on my second year with 5 1yo and 8 4mo hens, who free range. Here is what i learned/dealt with and i thought i had read up on everything but found myself scrambling for answers. I do have a well supplied first aid kit. I lost a chicken to sour crop (nose blind)…i check my chickens crops...
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    So do I REALLY need a walk-in coop?

    Its more about how accessible the coop is for cleaning. If its small you dont need to get into it as long as you can reach into it to easily clean. The pull out tray also isnt really needed in a small coop (i have one w a pull out) and sometimes i use it and sometimes i just clean from the...
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    How hard can it really be?? Rant!

    For cost of boarding the dogs, you might do better with a house sitter staying at your house and taking care of the dogs and chickens. We have auto door, and cameras inside the coop which really helps us confirm they are where they should be each night. What do you think happened to the door...
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    Won’t Go in Coop at Night

    may not be the main issue, but chickens prefer/need flat roosting bars, not small round.
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    Eggs not developing - please help me figure out what's wrong

    I think its the plastic wrap.
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    chinese no name 48 egg automatic incubator problems PLEASE HELP!

    I have the 24S model, with arrows/triangles. holding them down together for 5 sec worked for me too. wish we could change it to something other than zero.
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    My babies ate and killed a mouse?

    The skull doesnt look fresh. Maybe it was in the pine shavings packaging and they just uncovered it. ?
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    Losing my chickens

    This happened to our neighbors and w camera they confirmed it was a black snake. He could get in at night but could not pull the chicken out with him.
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    Best Auto Door for mounting to floor of coop

    These chickens like ours will free range so the run under the coop is only for a couple hrs a day
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    Best Auto Door for mounting to floor of coop

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    Best Auto Door for mounting to floor of coop

    Hi, we are a year-in with chicken ownership, and building a coop for our adult daughter (first one was purchased). We love the automatic door on ours and want one for this one, however the setup is different. it's a coop over a run, so we will have a ramp with a floor entry to the. coop. Should...
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    Devastated! Warning Graphical

    Raccoons will reach in there and kill them too. I had that happen to a goose I was raising. Also regarding dogs, once they kill a chicken they will do it every change they get. My neighbors lab has killed another neighbors chickens and she came in my house and killed a baby mallard I was...
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