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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Came home last night to our first eggs!!! So excited!!
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Ok wonderful, I am using pine shavings now in the run but love the idea of putting a few weeds and grass clippings. I have some twigs in there from where I pick them up out of the yard. In the box itself where the roosts and nest boxes are it is elevated with plywood floor with vinyl flooring on...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Thanks so much for the suggestions!! The box is actually bigger than it looks, it is 5ft x 8ft give or take an inch. The roosts I will be switching out to 2x4's in the very near future but right now my ladies are still small and love those little rods, I have read different ideas on the roosts...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Well for our first attempt at building ha chicken coop I think we did pretty ok. It is about 97% finished, we have some trim pieces E to put up and chicken wire to put over the vent openings but overall I am very pleased how everything turned out!!!
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    Hi from Jacksonville FL!

    I work from home so it worked out perfect. The post office calls when they arrive for you to come pick up. Here is the latest pic of them..
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    Hi from Jacksonville FL!

    I ordered them from cackle hatchery. They are getting so big and are a joy to watch. They crack me up daily.
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    Hi from Jacksonville FL!

    Hi there I am on the westside.
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Thanks art! This is helpful. Mine are laying all over the place, running around and playing in the roosts I have now rigged up in there. I have the light at one end like you said and it seems to be perfect. I have a question if you dontt mind. At what point did you move yours to the coop?? The...
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    So far mine have not gotten that hot. No cooked chickens or melted plastic. It stays at about 95. I have now moved the light up slightly and it stays about 90 since they are on their second week.
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    Hi from Jacksonville FL!

    Thanks so much everyone!!!
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Mine are12 days old at this point and I have a couple that are escape artists. The tote overall works great though!
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Here is mine...
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    Hi from Jacksonville FL!

    Just wanted to say hi!! I am new to BYC and backyard chickening (is that even a word?). We have our chicks. They are almost 2 weeks old. We have Domingues and Ameracuanaa.
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