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    Should I warn neighbor that dog might get shot?

    Don't ever shoot up into the air. It's dangerous! What goes up must come down.
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    Review by 'MrsPeterTHooper' in article 'Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!'

    Love it! I know this is just for fun, but in case anyone else was frustrated by missing question 6, the answer should be 9. The first Bantam should be counted as zero!
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    How to stop egg squawking??

    Only 5 minutes for each chicken? Some of mine go for closer to 10 minutes! I don't mind it though, as it notifies me that they've laid.
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    Review by 'MrsPeterTHooper' in article 'Table Scraps and Leftovers for Chickens'

    This seems pretty consistent with what I've read over the years. I became a better mom when we got chickens because I stopped freaking out about how much food my toddler was wasting when he would run his hands through his meals and then refuse to eat most of it. Now my kids are much older and...
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    Chicken Myths/Rumors: True or False, Please Share!

    I disagree with you. I had an EE who laid blue eggs then after a stressful event started laying pink eggs. They were sort of a dusty blush color and no amount of rinsing changed the color. Her eggs stayed that color until she stopped laying.
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    Official BYC Poll: How do you name your pet chickens?

    We have named all of our chickens after the birds from the book Scrambled Eggs Super by Dr. Suess (and my username on here is from there too). My oldest child loved Dr. Suess books when we first got chickens, and this lets us all have a little laugh when we get new chickens to name. We do...
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    Poll: How did your partner react to you keeping chickens?

    It was my idea and I did all the research. My husband was accepting, but I wouldn't say excited. He built the coop and pen but I did the majority of the work for the first six months, until I got pregnant unexpectedly with our third child. At that point he chivalrously took over. Our baby is now...
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    Going out to feed/maintain/..slip on shoe recommendations?

    I have some backless clog-type shoes made by Crocs, but not the typical croc shoe. These have the toe entirely enclosed in canvas. They slip on easily protect my toes from any lightweight thing that falls when I'm feeding or cleaning out the coop (like feed, shavings or poop) and from pecking...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Keep Rodents Away From Your Coop?

    We first saw rats when the foxes in our area were wiped out due to mange. We are in a suburban area. The rats made nests all over our property: under our concrete porch, under bushes, even found a small hole into the house 😩. Our chickens already have a coop that is 2 feet off the ground and is...
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    Chicken Noise from 100 Ft Away

    Our EEs were fairly quiet and our orpingtons were LOUD! But maybe we just had weird birds. We have Australorps and Delawares now and they are both quiet except when they want to let the neighborhood know about the eggs they laid. 100' seems more than enough space for quiet especially if you are...
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    How many chickens can you have?

    In my city, the ordnance only allows for 4 chickens per home, and they actually check up so we can't sneak extras in even if we want to. The cities around us have different allowances, for 6 or 8 chickens. We live in a suburban area. Why do you ask?
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    Where should my baby chicks be at?

    Agree. Hawks are also a concern if the openings are up high.
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    OMG need cute name!!

    If it's a female, you could call her a bearded lady! They are all so adorable!
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    Experienced chicken people!

    They are there, trust me. I didn't see a rat for two years of having chickens but when we got careless about our chickens' food we began seeing them more. You won't see them until they become so confident in their ability to get food and shelter that they start coming out during the day.
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    Experienced chicken people!

    Here's my advice as a suburban chicken owner: 1) Choose whether you want tame birds who you have to constantly protect or birds who are wary of all other creatures including you. I chose the latter because I want my chickens to be able to free range. This means that they are generally skittish...
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