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    Comment by 'MaMaher' in article 'Yuba City Chicken Ordinance'

    I'm looking to move into Yuba County and just called City Hall to ask if I could have backyard chickens. I currently have 4. They said that you have to live on an acre! How can I get this ordinance changed? What are 4 measly chickens going to hurt??
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    For the new folks that haven't experienced a molt yet.

    OMGosh!!! I'm not looking forward toward our first molt. I'm going to be horrified. :sick
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    Poopy butt balls

    LOL! That would be handy! I don't know what blood feathers are, but I assume they are feathers with blood in them. I didn't run into any issues with the feathers and have read that if this keeps reoccurring you can actually clip the feathers down to about 1/2 inch... I wasn't comfortable with...
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    Be honest....

    Thank you for the feedback! The girls get along very well and no destructive habits have been developed. I change out the coop material every week, so there aren't harsh smells. I hope to build them a bigger/better coop one day, but for now this works! :highfive:
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    The new guy

    :welcome Glad to have you! Welcome!
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    Hello fellow chicken peeps

    :welcome Glad to have you join! Sounds like you're full of information having had that many chickens! Sorry about the fire...
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    Be honest....

    Oh my... Apparently, I do not follow the rules. Sounds like I need a bigger coop! I have 4 chickens and they have a little more than 2 sq ft each... They are only in there for a short time before they are let out into the yard...mostly just to sleep. Is that bad?
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    Poopy butt balls

    So..... I spent a good portion of last night soaking my chicken's butt in warm water to remove a golf ball sized chunk of poop from her feathers for the first time. I didn't realize it had gotten so matted up. Thanks to the advice I found on this site I was able to remove it without any...
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    cochin has poop stuck on butt feathers

    My Rhode Island Red (Henrietta) has a big ball of poop stuck to her fluffy feathers. I'm going to try soaking her too... Did you use epsom salt? I'm afraid to clip the feathers because I don't want to hurt her and I can't really tell what is going on down there... Thanks for the info!
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    Something got our hen and i'm not sure what happened

    Awww....I'm sorry. That's an awful thing to have happen. :(
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    WHAT SAYS BYC: WINTER IS COMING!! How do I keep my chickens warm?

    I was so glad this subject came up! I was nervous about my chickens getting cold until I read all of your comments. I'm in California and very rarely get below 32 degrees. BUT...Can you please look at my coop and tell me if the two little windows (one is on the other side that you can't see in...
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    Photography

    Nice pictures! I also like the finch. But, I like the brightness of the first picture in the second row. Pretty chickens!
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    What are good treats for my chickens?

    Good point. I forget that people have been raising chickens for thousands of years! And I'm sure some of those environments were questionable at best. lol.
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    What are good treats for my chickens?

    That's awesome. I bought 4 "day old" chicks about 3 weeks ago. Two are definitely older. I put them in a plastic baby pool with pine shavings in it one warm day to let them experience the outdoors, but they didn't touch the ground. I heard it's good that they touch the dirt to expose them to...
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    Fluffy Butts: A Photo Shoot Inevitability

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