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    A guinea in the hen house

    First off I'm not sure this topic goes here, but since I'm worried about the ramifications of the flock then I though flock management was the first place I'd start. Ok, so I go out side last night to lock my chickens in their coop and I see a guest in the run. To my surprise (because I live on...
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    Small egg

    Yep... just got one today out of my girls who had been laying for around 6 months.I told my wife that I had to look this up on BYC. After some checking around, I think they are lovingly called a "fart egg" (don't ask me cause I don't know why). In fact if anyone has a scientific explanation...
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    Oscarsdrivers Member Page

    Why Chickens? Hello everyone, my name is Jimmy. We decided to start raising chickens for a number of reasons. First and foremost we live and work at the Baldwin County Sheriffs Boys Ranch, a Ranch that cares for abused, neglected and abandoned children from Baldwin and surrounding...
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    Help!!!! I'm a newbie and I can't tell a girl from boy

    I have forgotten the exact day or week I got them... we had be thinking about getting chickens for a while and then my sister called me one day and said "hey we have some chickens that have just come in the mail if you pick them up from the post office for me I'll give you as many as you need."...
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    Help!!!! I'm a newbie and I can't tell a girl from boy

    Hey guys I just wanted to see if you could help me identify the sex of my five chickens. I think that I have 3 Roos and 2 Pullets but I'm very new to this and my wife and I are trying to figure this out so we can go ahead and get ride of all but one Roo. I have five chicks in total and they are...
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    roosting and nesting help needed

    Alright guys I have some news for you! After two days.... I repeat.... two days of rounding up the girls and putting them in the roosting box I have four girls nesting in it tonight and one laying down about two feet away from the nesting boxes!!! SUCCESS!!! It was so nice not having to round...
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    Tire suggestions

    Sounds good to me! I think I'm going to go ahead and order them tonight... I'll let you know how it goes and maybe post some more pics when I get them in
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    Tire suggestions

    Thanks Mikey D that is the site I've been looking for!!! What a relief two days searching through posts with no luck and bam! Now I've got it!! I wised up and bookmarked it. Thanks again
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    Tire suggestions

    Thanks for the suggestions guys.... I've been looking at some fixed 10in wheels that someone in one of the other forums commented on but now I can't find the link. Should have saved it when I had the chance. I had not thought of running a axil all the way through the coop. And I used the metal...
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    ALABAMA!!

    Hey man I live in Summerdale... just right down the road! Quote:
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    Tire suggestions

    oh yeah... almost forgot that the wheels have to be flush with the ground I can't have them raising one end higher than the other. I spotted two gray foxes on the edge of the woods last night and since we live in a rural area we also have bobcats, raccoons, snakes, etc. So the girls have to be...
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    Tire suggestions

    Okay guys I know that I've come to the right place with this question. I've been racking my brain about how to put proper wheels on my coop. I had some old mower wheels that I tried to use but they bent and then broke in a matter of a week. I want to put the wheels on the heavy side of the coop...
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    roosting and nesting help needed

    thanks, we live on the Gulf Coast of Alabama so if it get around 20 at night that is pretty cold for us. If you think they would be more comfortable on the 2x4 I could change it out... like I said I'm very much an amateur at this and our whole family is learning together. I have wondered about...
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    roosting and nesting help needed

    thanks for the advise... so I just keep putting them in the on their roost in the box until they start going up there by themselves. Any chance someone has any advise on catching them without hurting them. I try not to stress them but it seems they all get really worked up and begin flying into...
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    roosting and nesting help needed

    here is a 2 pics of the coop i want them to roost at night above the nests.
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