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    Tale of two chickens

    Well, there it is. 2.9 oz or 83 grams. And then there is my Easter eggers egg. Green. Did not weigh it but looks like a pewee. I think she may be part quail.
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    Wanted: Thanksgiving Day Food PIctures 2020

    Yummy
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    Wanted: Thanksgiving Day Food PIctures 2020

    Still needs 180 minutes in the oven. its a butterball. :(:fl
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    The True Truth: How to tell an Easter Egger from an Ameraucana. Even if you think you have an Ameraucana, do check!

    Here are my Ameraucanas. As sold to me by McMurrey hatcheries.
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    Problem child

    she seems to get plenty of water from the current system so... otherwise I was going to fill a solo cup with water if I needed to. It is real happy to just sit halfway in the cup and eat.
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    Chickens won’t go in their coop at night

    Wait, I’m supposed to put food and water inside the coop for them at night? They can’t even see in the dark.
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    Problem child

    The problem child, now named Dim Sum, likes to eat out of a solo cup. So I made this.
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    Problem child

    well, she is eating better now because they are no longer in a small plastic box under a heat lamp. So the chickens are not knocking the feeder over and let her eat. The other chickens like to scratch around for their food mostly. While the cross beaked one sits at the feeder and then the...
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    Problem child

    There is always one problem child. Ours is a severely cross beaked 7 week old. She is half the size of the other five. She is constantly feeding and drinking she is the most vocal as well. And the most daring of them all. I trimmed the beak but that didn’t really do anything. I’m fifty feet away...
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    Our coop

    Added three more images
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    "Small order fee"

    I think my order at meyer hatchery totaled $68 shipped for six chicks. This included the two vaccinations.
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    Our coop

    I can probably easily overlap 36” wide/tall 1/4” mesh.
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    Our coop

    i live in northern Illinois. Suburbia. we have chipmunks, squirrel, opposum, skunks, raccoons, hawks and feral cats. there are some coyote around. My yard is fenced and I have never seen one in the yard.
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    Our coop

    Amazingly enough I have never owned chickens, built a pen nor a coop. But here I am now with six chickens. Let me know what you see wrong with my already built pen. I won’t be offended. i did lay down 18” wide 1/4” mesh around the perimeter so digging should not be an issue. I hope.
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    Newest noob.

    I’ve been reading threads here for a while and decided to join up. I’m brand new to this and have never owned chickens before. Technically, these are my 14 year old daughters chickens. The bills and eggs will be mine. Anyways, just saying hello from northern Illinois. rktekt
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