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    Post mortem - *graphic* 3 massive lash eggs found

    You posted this years ago, thank you. It continues to help
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    Male Pekin Needing a Good Home

    Poor dear... Wish I were closer. I had to rehome a Drake once and I got so lucky he went to a home where he had two girls all to himself (and they were both bigger than him, so he couldn't hurt them when mating). I wish you as much luck as I had. ❤️ You are doing the right thing. (But that...
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    Does an A-frame coop/run need a real floor or can it be open air?

    There are no predators in your area? Also, depends on weather, but isn't there a chill at night? Ground in the shade of your structure will be cold as the sun never warms it
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    House chickens

    I have a lone surviving 6 yr old hen. I brought her in because the coop is full of ducks and they just don't get along. She sleeps in a little room that used to be a bathroom, I use old towels on the spot she chose as her perch. I change them out every morning, shake outside and then put them...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Sorry it didn't work, but grateful you passed along the info. I don't know if my low guilt threshold might have put me up to "trying" but now I can just "pass" on the experience thanks to yours. :)
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Sorry, I mis-explained I put it into a bucket as I find it, then go dump the contents from time to time... Usually once a week when it isn't hot (smell factor calculation ;) ) I LOVE that table, may need to frame it to hang on the chicken coop to explain to nosey-vistors who need a "reason"...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I don't know if it is because the dog loves my spouse TOO MUCH and me just a little, and the hens are 'mine' or it really is objectively true.... but I find the dog poop is stinky and gross... where my hens can do no wrong, even poo... (yeah, parents do have favorites ;) ) I think you would...
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    Change of plans

    And a black chick will always grow up to be a black hen or she might grow into a blue hen?
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Duck poop and turkey poop and hen too ;) The only poop I could do without is my 130lb dog... Wish I could teach her to use a toilet. All my other poopers I follow around scooping it up and happily putting it into my "next year" garden beds. (I rotate)
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    Is this too many days for shipped chicks to survive? (4)

    ... To add to future confusion ;) I have worked in logistics and when you have a bunch of things that will all come at once and need to go fast (like adorable baby 🐥 ) To save time and go really efficiently, you pre-print your shipping labels, and these days that means that before you are...
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    Change of plans

    (Uninformed... Ok, "dumb" question ;) ) In humans we often look a lot like one parent at birth, then look like the other later on. Do chicks of a mixed marriage change over time or do they choose one side, or both sides and stay there their whole life?
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    7 month old barred rock rooster looking for good home

    Oops! I went in to find the link for you and I saw you already did post in your state thread :) Sorry for the error, glad you already did it
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    7 month old barred rock rooster looking for good home

    So sorry about the complaints :( Sad to have such an issue. Makes you wonder where those people think their chicken dinners are coming from. Please edit the title of your post to include your city/state info to increase his chances of adoption. You can post in your state thread too. He...
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    Need to Rehome Lucian The Golden Polish

    They are jealous! He is the most beautiful cockerel ever! Wow! He will absolutely be adopted :)
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    I have 12 chickens and 7 ducks. Looking for a good home

    I use 10mil plastic, it is the standard up here (our weather is very different, it may well be your local standard to use 4 or 6. Use whichever is available without hesitation.) your goal is to control for drafts, any of them will get you there. I use an old radiator heater, but I once had one...
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