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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Cmom, if that possom gets in the trap and I take it for a ride, it won't be able to return. lol Like you, most everyone around me has guns. It's better to take the offender away and dispatch him in the woods elsewhere. I was referencing an earlier response about taking it down the road. I...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Thanks for that idea. I'll have to see if I can find a trap I can borrow. Yep, short ride down the road aught to do it just fine. :-) Sorry for all the editing done this morning. I'm not usually that prolific but today got me rolling but good. At least I only got ***** . I didn't use any...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Up all night, working on Stats and taxes. What the hell, I have nothing going on in the morning. Go in the kitchen around 3:30AM to get a drink and hear a commotion in the back yard, big chicken squawk, and a kablam into the chainlink fence! What do I do? Grab the flashlight and go running out...
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    RIR's vs Australorps

    I've been building my flock for the past year. I have a mix. My one RIR is the top hen. When I added this last batch (2 Australorps and 3 Orpingtons), I had one Black Lorp immediately start trying to take over. Mind you, this is after quarantine and 3 weeks see, no touch. After 2 months in...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    There seems to be an ongoing debate about the toxicity of cedar chips and chickens. I would agree with the argement that extremely strong smelling chips (of any kind, even pine) in an enclosed coop can cause respiratory problems. I don't do chicks, but I can only imagine that it would be hard...
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    Comment by 'luvmychis' in article 'Hot Desert Chick's Palais des Poulets'

    Absolutely gorgeous! I must admit to serious coop envy. If I had something like this, I'm sure I would enjoy cleaning up and caring for the chicks inside the beautiful coop and wouldn't get anything else done from sitting and watching the chickens enjoy the run for the rest of the day. That...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    "Originally Posted by cmom Looks like you have all of your T's crossed and i's dotted. I live in north central Florida. The main thing is good ventilation in the coop. My coops aren't heated either. Two of my coops are completely open on one side. I did put tarps up to keep the rain out when...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    FLORIDA WINTER - WHAT TO DO, IF ANYTHING, FOR OUR CHICKENS I'm in NE FL and this is our first winter with the hens. I think I'm on the right track for them to have a comfortable winter, but I want to make sure, get any suggestions, etc. Since we had a 9 hour hard freeze last night, I figured...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    My husband said he wanted brown eggs, so I was going for sex linked as well. I thought that's what I was getting with the Red Star/Orphington mix. Only problem is, I think she's taking after the Orpington. I didn't know know about production when I got her. She hatched in March and not an...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    I've read that, cmom. Like I said, pretty is one of the criteria I use when adding to the flock, and boy, do they nail that one. LOL Plus, they are a bigger bird so will go well on the table later on. I think I have a good mix of layers, some guestimated to lay around 275/300 a year down to...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Remember I said I love to see a mixture of colors in my flock? I'm such a chicken newbie to various breeds that I had no idea who was what. I just remember growing up with assorted colored chickens in the chicken yards. Same with everyone I know. I guess it's because no one was actually...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    I personally prefer mixed flocks and was amazed at the recommendations to only have single breeds. We grew up with mixed flocks so that's what we're used to. However, I never had a flock of my own, nor in my immediate family. For me, it was at my grandma's house and I just had the fun of...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    I said it's better to have only one breed based on a LOT of reading the forums. That appears to be the recommendation of most experienced flock masters. It seems like when anyone has trouble in their flock, it's a mixed flock and the temperaments of the different breeds don't mesh. For...
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    FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

    Good morning, fellow Floridians! I've been here a little while now but got busy with coursework so haven't posted in a while. Now that finals are over and I have a break, I'm looking to add a few more girls to finish off my small egg laying flock. I currently have a RIR, a Red Star (red sex...
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    What color are Easter eggers eggs?

    Donrae, I'm good with my flock. I found out before I bought an EE that it's a surprise to what color they lay for their lives. I would have been very disappointed and frustrated if I ended up with a hen that laid brown or white eggs. The whole point would have been for color. I'm sure that...
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