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    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    I'm so sorry. It's often hard to do the right thing. :hugs
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    "But, but... that's what all the other guys said that girls like!?" That really is a sad expression. I don't think that I've ever seen a chicken appear guilty before! 🤣
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    newly arrived runner ducks won't eat!

    Beautiful ducks! My (chicken) pullets didn't eat for the first 24 hours or so after coming here to their new home, but they have certainly made up for it since then. I'm guessing that yours will do the same. If you haven't already, you might want to post over on the Ducks forum...
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    Hardware cloth/ mesh

    Another concern with the 2" openings is that a predator could reach through the opening and grab a leg or neck and pull it through. Raccoons do this in North America, although I think that you are spared them. Also a snake could get through and predate eggs or baby chicks, I guess. Anyway, my...
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Since hens can store a rooster's sperm for several weeks, she might have laid a few fertile eggs. Chickens are baffling in this. So glad she came back!
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    Separate Cockerel?

    When you say that he's not doing well with the hens, do you mean all the 1-3 year olds, or just some? Asking because you mention housing him with the old ladies to learn some manners. If the "old ladies" are done with their molt, and just the younger hens are molting, that sounds like a great...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Anything is possible! We're pretty much all mutts over here. My mother's family surname was Jones, but I doubt that many of them could have found Wales on a map or globe.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    An out-of-nowhere question: do you pronounce Neyland NEE-land or NAY-land? Our college football stadium (University of Tennessee) is named after a former coach, Robert Neyland. It was pretty universally pronounced Nayland for a long time, until it suddenly became Neeland, which is how the...
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    Metal coop (Bay Area, California)

    Maaaaybe if you were right on the Bay, it might be cool enough. (I remember having to fight the temptation to turn on the heat in July.) But I wouldn't risk it. Agree with Dobie; look for a wooden shed. They're also a lot simpler to work with when modifying into a shed (cutting holes...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    If only this were true! 😭 😡
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    ^^^
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    How big is the biggest egg you've gotten!?

    2-3 lbs… ok, if it were 2.2 lbs, that would be 1 kilogram, or 1000 grams. Considering that we get 😲 reactions here when someone posts a 90 gram egg, the possibility of a 1,000g egg is pretty darn low. Unless it’s an emu egg or something?
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    Bad Luck Bantams

    Oh, no, I’m so sorry. But good for you for trying to get them in the best possible settings. Please don’t be a stranger!😢I’m hoping to read your wonderful posts again one day.
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    Weed that looks like a grapevine but there's no grapes on it

    Porcelain berry, maybe? If so, it’s horribly invasive. BUT if it is, it should have tiny fruits by now, turning a lovely blue. https://www.vtinvasives.org/news-events/news/invasive-porcelainberry-vs-native-grapes
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    Adding birds, new nesting/hiding areas? Roof??

    If I may ask, what are the dimensions WxD of your coop? It does seem to be a good size, but it’s hard to tell. If I’m reading the pic correctly, it looks like your nest boxes are attached outside the coop, with the opening inside. If so, moving them won’t add square footage. I don’t think...
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