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    Old Chook, new flock?

    Hi there, Apologies for the long post but I've had some terrible luck lately. For the last 2.5 years I've had three very big, very happy chickens. Barnevelders and Wyandottes. I live in the inner city and have our chickens in the yard. We have their coop, then a moderate run area and a larger...
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    Temporary Move?

    Hi there, So I'm thinking of going to my folks place for about a week over the Christmas period. It's about 2hrs out of the city, in the country. They have a really perfect closed off back garden for the chickens, with heaps of grass and plants for them to eat. I was thinking of taking my 3...
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    Big storm spooked the chickens?

    Hi all, I've got 3 chickens in inner city Melbourne and we've had them for about 2-3 months now. It's still very exciting. We had a big storm a few nights ago and the chickens didn't go into their coop at night. They stayed huddled near the house out of the rain. We have a pretty great coop...
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    Chickens Getting Really Noisy When Greedy

    So many replies! Hi and thanks for the responses. Yeah, I'm beginning to realise they seem to act very childlike sometimes, which is good and bad I guess. The chickens are situated right on the other side of my bedroom windows which are almost at ground level. It's a good and bad thing as I am...
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    Chickens Getting Really Noisy When Greedy

    Thanks for the speedy reply! And yeah haha, I've noticed they do make a lot of noises before they lay. I figure it's the cost of another great egg. I'm sure that they are making a lot of noises because of that too (and they seem to only want to go into their home to lay one chicken at a time)...
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    Chickens Getting Really Noisy When Greedy

    Hi all, My name's Jeremy and this is my first post! Also my first chickens. I live in inner-city Melbourne, Australia and I have three wyndotte barnevelders. They are awesome, they started laying only 2 weeks ago, so they are still quite young. So being new chicken parents, my housemates and...
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