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    Novice from Arizona

    Sumi, Someone else mentioned he kept different generations and diffrerent breeds apart. It made me wonder if you could ever introduce a younger batch into the coop. Only if we breed one of the hens and she was looking after her own? How will the other hens accept the chicks? Will I have to...
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    laid once then havent laid since

    LOl about the KFC bucket and congrats on the two eggs. Did the fake egg work?
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    Novice from Arizona

    Thank you for dropping in and saying Hi! I will check out Basque chickens. Looks like I have all winter to plan this out. I checked out Skylinepoultry in Tennessee. Her chickens look so happy and healthy. I wonder how they will do in the desert with less room to roam. I will have...
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    Keeping a Happy & Healthy Flock In Extreme Summer Heat

    Great information! Thank you Redbarn Farm for giving me the hotlink to finding it easily. We have 6 months of summer (80* degrees + 5% humidity ), 3 months of monsoons (Daily over 100* with 40% humidity) and 3 blessed months of relief (winter usually 70* degrees). I had no idea that...
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    Novice from Arizona

    Thank you Kevin and RedBarn. There are just two adults in our family and we like to eat eggs a few times a week. I was thinking between four and six hens. I saw that portable A shaped coop here that holds 3 to 5 hens. I think thats a good start. BTW, What do other BYC members do...
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    Hello from So. AZ!

    Hiya, I'm in Tucson and never had chickens before. Whats a good breed you would recommend? I have the idea from gardening that the heat will be deadly to most breeds, but from all the types you listed, maybe I'm wrong.
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    Novice from Arizona

    I just started gardening this season and I have been wanting fresh eggs too. I'm not big on the idea of butching, boiling and plucking, so having a few hens just for eggs would be a nice start. I don't know how to garden or care for chickens so I have been doing my research online. Our...
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