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    how much space per chicken

    So then build the biggest run you can! Chickens always want to be outside. Yesterday mine braved the snow for the first time and now I can't keep them in the coop.
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    how much space per chicken

    Yeah, mine free range during the day as well. I have a border collie that runs around with them. They all pick on him. :)
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    how much space per chicken

    ...and assuming it isn't safe for some reason, why wouldn't you build those chickens an enclosed run?
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    how much space per chicken

    One thing you can do about light is to put in a regular sized window and then put the dividing "floor" halfway up that window. That way both levels get a window. I ended up not doing any of that becuase my coop, 4x8, was more than big enough for my 15 chickens. As I said previously, they...
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    how much space per chicken

    Update time! My chicken are now full grown and set in their ways. I let them out to free range almost every day. I have to clean the coop every couple of weeks, but because it is a small coop it's not hard. All they do in the coop is sleep and lay eggs. This is what I have learned: 1. When...
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    Help...80g eggs!

    Wow, those are some big eggs. Thankfully mine are not that big and I haven't seen any blood, either inside or out. Maybe she will grow out of it?
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    Help...80g eggs!

    How come no one is taking this seriously? Chickens are not supposed to lay eggs this big. It can't be good for her.
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    Help...80g eggs!

    But it can't be good for the chicken, can it?? 80g is massive! They don't even fit in egg cartons!
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    Help...80g eggs!

    ...also, they free range most of the day almost every day, so they eat bugs and grass and leftovers and chicken scratch and whatever else they find.
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    Help...80g eggs!

    Hi all, One of my hens is consistently layign giant 80g double yolk eggs. She is young, about 18-19 weeks, and has been laying for about 3 weeks. She is a "red sex link" or "golden comet" (I have both and can't tell the difference). Is this bad? Can she die? What I can do to stop it? I...
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    Help me understand raccoon problems and other nocturnal predator issues

    Watershed...mild winter...are you in the Catskills?? I've never even seen a raccoon on my property. They've never knocked over cans. I've seen skunks, coyotes, bears, foxes, but no coons. My neighbor shoots everything he sees, so maybe he gets rid of them for me. Or maybe they are afraid...
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    Help me understand raccoon problems and other nocturnal predator issues

    Here is a list of guidelines that I came accross when building my coop...what would be great is if people who have followed these and still had losses could post some feedback: 1. Built a secure coop (e.g. build it like you would build your house, framing, inner and outer walls,secure roof...
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    Help me understand raccoon problems and other nocturnal predator issues

    Hi all, I've been reading a lot posts here and I'm having a hard time understanding the problem with raccoons and other predators. My chickens free range during the day when someone is home, otherwise they have a secure run, so I am very fearful of daytime predators, mostly hawks, but so far...
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    Help me sex my silkies

    I dunno...these "bantams" don't seem to be much smaller than my normal hens, and they are a month younger than my oldest ones. Only the rooster dwarfs them. I have hens that are bigger (rocks) and ones that the same size (tetra tints and a golden comet). Are you sure these are roosters? At...
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    Help me sex my silkies

    Which one?
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