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    Creative solutions to limited space

    So thinking about how Im going to expand the coop to accomidate 4 sq ft per chicken, I think the best option is to enclose the entire coop/run. It is 8x4, so thats 32 sq ft which would support 8 chickens. My run will be a little short at 8 sq ft per chicken, bit I can work on that later. The...
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    Creative solutions to limited space

    Yes he is a Cornish X meat bird. He was one of the ones we bought at TS. At 2sq ft per chicken that coop is big enough for about 4-5. Granted two of my chickens are bantams, but I see your point.
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    Creative solutions to limited space

    Actually we were thinking about it. The one rooster we have is a cornish rock and he is too big to climb the ramp to the coop. If he is still with us come winter I will need to build him something. That will peobably be my next project :) We are done to 7 now. We had 9, 4 of which were...
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    Creative solutions to limited space

    We bought our coop/run earlier in the year which seemed to be plenty big enough for the chikens we had. After some time though it became apparent that they were a bit cramped and wanted more space. Like many others we have limited space and where already craming this is close proximity. Well...
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    Easter Egger/Black Maran and Amer Red Roosters need good home, Flemington NJ

    Mace, Thank you for the suggestions. Im joining that Facebook group and will check on 4H.
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    Easter Egger/Black Maran and Amer Red Roosters need good home, Flemington NJ

    Mace, Thank you for checking. I sent you the contact info.
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    Easter Egger/Black Maran and Amer Red Roosters need good home, Flemington NJ

    Hello Everyone, I have an American Red and Easter Egger/Black Maran 3 month old roosters that need a good home. They are located in Flemington NJ, but would will be willing to transport them to a new home within a reasonable distance. The birds are held a few times a week and are pretty use to...
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    Some pics from this week. These are our 7 chicks. Coco (Bantam) in the back and Snowflake (Bantam): Coco (Bantam): Rosie (Cornish Rocks) and Marsh-mellow (American Red): Marsh-mellow (American Red): Charlie (Bantam) and Bob (Australorp): Charlie (Bantam) with a Coco...
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    show me your dog crate baby brooders

    Thank you to everyone for the tips and advice. Our new dog crate brooder we setup today.
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    Newborn chick with 1-2 week chicks?

    Thank you Everyone for the advice. I think we will wait until the end of the week and then try to put them together. Here are some pics of the new chick and the older ones:
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    Newborn chick with 1-2 week chicks?

    Hello Everyone, We are new to chicks and chickens and recently purchased 1-2 week old chicks when we started seeing dramatic loss in our incubator. Well one of the 3 eggs, that were still viable, hatched last night, so now we have a newborn and 6 1-2 week old chicks. We have them separated...
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