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    Oohhh look what Pricilla did

    Congrats! What a good girl! Looks like a decent size egg to me but of course my new layer is a Frizzle Bantam Cochin whose egg is so tiny it makes our Ameraucana Bantams eggs look big . They are cute eggs but it would take 5 of them to equal a standard size large egg. I am looking...
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    Which Bantam Cochin roo should I choose?

    I like the blue! I got rid of one that looked just like him only because he wasn’t as sweet as the red Frizzle Bantam Cochin (3 of my 4 Bantam Cochin chicks ended up being boys ). I personally pick by personalities when it comes to roosters now. We have had two beautiful but awful ones that...
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    Vandalism and predator attack.

    I was just going to suggest this same thing :) Electric fences are a pretty good deterrent for animals as well as people. I know I am very aware of where ours are all of the time because it doesn’t feel good!
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    New goats... abnormal toe growth?

    Someone just didn’t maintain the poor things feet. Do you know how to trim them up or can you find someone local to help you? It isn’t super hard to do normally. But you have to be careful when they are that overgrown because it makes it hard to see where the quick is. You should be able...
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    Bantam Calico Cochins!

    Did you get them? I saw some last weekend here locally at an animal swap. They were adorable. The breeder here was selling the pullets for $30 so the $3 per chick price sounds like a good deal.
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    DON'T DO IT!

    Oh I could totally see my daughter doing this when she gets older. Well at least they were a “good deal” & cute to boot! Enjoy your new babies
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    Question about minimum healthy flock size

    Nice :) We live south of town on 10 acres so aren’t limited really. I think the only stipulation on our property is that we aren’t allowed to have a processing plant or commercial poultry farm.
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    Question about minimum healthy flock size

    Maybe pull some information from different cities that allow “urban farming”. Our city bases the number of animals on lot size. 1 chicken per 1,000 sq ft of lot size. https://my.spokanecity.org/smc/?Section=17C.310.115 So really here it varies from property to property. The places closer...
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    Broody hen laying on her egg! what is my first step!!

    I don’t have much broody experience but I will tell you what happened with my broody. She sat on eggs in the nesting box for 2 weeks. I decided to get her some chicks and ordered some from the local feed store. In preparation I set up a small dog kennel pen & made a nest inside within the...
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    How do I keep my chickens cool?

    My chickens love it when I let the water from the hose run long enough to make large puddles in their run. It cools them down and they love getting in the puddles and scratching around. I also have misting sprinklers that I set up when it gets really hot. The misting sprinklers cool down...
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    Can Silkies be large size?

    Our Silkie rooster is pretty large for a Silkie. He is about the same size as our smaller Easter Egger girls. He is not as big as our Orpingtons or BCM but definitely much bigger than our bantams and Silkie girl.
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    Naively I thought chickens could be out alone all day, confused

    As Starri33 says a treat and a specific call helps get them to gather back up and follow you. Mine love bread. So the minute I say “Chickie Chickies” and they see bread they are back in the run in a blink of an eye. No fuss or chasing at all. Even my stubborn girls can’t resist the lure...
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    Naively I thought chickens could be out alone all day, confused

    For our bantam coop we have used what was meant to be a dog kennel/pen panels for the run. Check your local yard sales, Craigslist and Facebook marketplaces for a dog run. I see them for sale all of the time where I live usually for not too much money. These can be modified with some...
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    Naively I thought chickens could be out alone all day, confused

    My chickens have a large covered run adjacent to their coop that they have access to all the time. Then when we are home they get out for free range time. They are happy as can be. Sometimes they tire of free ranging after an hour or so and just hang out scratching & dirt bathing right...
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    Easter Egger club!

    Convict - the orange-Gold & brown Unlucky- the white & Gold Chicken Hawk - brown-Gold & grey Hard to take pictures when you first let them out to free range for the day as they head for all of their favorite bug hunting spots near the creek.
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