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    How many eggs should I expect a week?

    We have two BO in our small flock of five that were hatched on March 19 and March 27. Of the two buffs, one started laying when she was 22 weeks and the other is just starting to squat and show interest in the nest boxes at 24 weeks of age. The buff who is laying has laid every day except two...
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    Nest Box Preperation Question

    As you were the only person to respond to my post I felt that you should be the first to know that two of my five hens started to lay this weekend. The first was my Speckled Sussex (Maggie) on Saturday the day she turned 21 weeks old. On Sunday, one of my Buff Orpington's (Buffy) laid a...
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    Nest Box Preperation Question

    I have five hens and two nest boxes in the coop. The hens are 18-19 weeks old and their combs and wattles are starting to turn red. My question is when do I start preparing the nest boxes? So far I have just left them open but I'm thinking it's time to put up some curtains and put some hay in...
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    Hardware cloth

    Another option is to attach the hardware cloth to the underside of the plywood floor. That will keep the rodents from chewing through the plywood floor.
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    Hardware cloth + landscaping fabric

    I would say no to the landscape fabric. It will only fray with the constant digging and pecking and could be ingested by the chickens. I would bury the hardware cloth at least a foot deep and then throw about 2-3" of gravel on top of that and then add dirt/sand on top. Then you can just rake...
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    Second guessing use of outdoor brooder

    I got my 5 chicks on March 27th and immediately put them into an outdoor brooder with an Brinsea Ecoglow brooder plate. Because our lows were still down into the low 30's I also installed a heat lamp. The in coop thermometer was often around 40° in the morning but all 5 chicks were under the...
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    THEY'RE HERE!!

    Thank you for the insights that you provided. The heat lamp is very secure and is used for supplemental heat. What the picture doesn't show is that there is a Brinsea Ecoglow 600 brooder plate in there as well. The chicks are quite active and do not seem to show any stress from being to cold...
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    THEY'RE HERE!!

    Hello everyone! After having joined BYC this past December in anticipation of getting new chicks and consuming a great deal of information from this site, I finally got my chicks on Saturday! I got two Buff Orpingtons that were 8 days old (sorry Emmarainboe) and one each of Black Australorp...
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    Automatic Doors: What Would YOU Do?

    Sorry about the Angry response to your initial post. My tablet is so small and the screen so sensitive that sometimes when I am trying to scroll I hit buttons that I don't mean to hit.
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    Automatic Doors: What Would YOU Do?

    I am new to chickens but I got the Omlet door. It is great! My coop is under cover so I use it on the timer mode as oppose to the light sensing mode. The flexibility of the Omlet is one of its biggest selling point as far as I'm concerned.
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    Hello from Washington State!

    Welcome TO BYC from another newbie in the Snoqualmie Valley area. I would be interested in learning where you got your beautiful chicks. I'm trying to get some but the local feed store has had problems with their deliveries.
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    New member says "This site is amazing!!!"

    I joined this site in December in anticipation of becoming a chicken hobbyist this spring. I have to say that after reading and enjoying this site for the past two months I am continually amazed at the wealth of information and, most importantly, the sharing of that information with us newbies...
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    Composting chicken run

    Entropy lives!!!
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    ISO chicks near Seattle WA

    Check with Baxter Barns in Fall City. He has chicks for sale almost all the time.
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    Brooder supplies

    Just noticed you are in Kirkland, WA. The Grange in Issaquah sells chicks at the end of March and they have most of the supplies that you will need. They are also extremely friendly and knowledgeable about all things chicken. I suggest you might want to look them up online or stop in. In the...
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