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    Official BYC Poll: Do You Clip Your Chickens' Wings?

    I've been thinking about it. The Leghorns are just crazy flying birds! And they're small enough to squeeze through the field fencing around the property. I'm in a dilemma about wing clipping. If I clip them they may not escape a predator. But if they are clipped they may stay within my fence...
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    Shredded hemp for deep litter

    I'm in the Sierra foothills near Placerville.
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    Shredded hemp for deep litter

    I'm in NorCal and I'm also interested in finding a closer source of hemp. I bought my first bale on Amazon (Rent a Coop brand). I used less than half of the bag to put down a 4 inch deep layer in my coop (5'x6'). It's been over a month and there is no smell in the henhouse. I have 10 pullets and...
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    White Leghorn Combs?

    Me three
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    Coop and run connection?

    I just finished a connection between the hen house and run. There were design issues that made it complicated, because the run and henhouse required an offset in vertical and horizontal alignment. The final solution (after a failed first attempt) was simple and straightforward. Figure the total...
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    Coop and run connection?

    I am considering this same problem with my new coop and run.
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