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    28 weeks and still no eggs

    Phew! I’m not alone! I have four, hatched April 26: Buff Orpington, Austra White, Silver Cuckoo Marans, and Green Queen EE, and only the Austra is laying. She started in early Nov, and we’ve had 8 eggs from her. The other three are happy, healthy freeloaders 😂
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    Transitioning from brooder to coop. And trying not to spend all night watching the WiFi camera...

    Transitioning from brooder to coop. And trying not to spend all night watching the WiFi camera feed...
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Hi! I grew up near Worcester. Didn’t end up far from home 😊
  4. The Enchanted Tiki Coop: Our New England Suburban Coop and Run

    The Enchanted Tiki Coop: Our New England Suburban Coop and Run

    Spring 2020: I've been quietly lurking on BYC for four years, planning, waiting... And last October, my small city relaxed the chicken keeping laws, allowing flocks of up to 6 hens on a residential property, if properly registered. Over the winter, I hatched my plans, and in March–just before...
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    Poop board. Yes or no

    Total aha moment! Thanks! We’re composting the manure, but the feed bag drop cloth is perfect for our small 4 hen coop!
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    First Field Trip Outside

    Thanks! She’s a Green Queen Easter Egger from MyPetChicken. Her name’s Persephone, but we all call her Sharpie because she looked like someone drew on her with marker when she was hatched. That’s her with Trudy, the Silver Cuckoo Marans, when they arrived.
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    First Field Trip Outside

    Look at them!! 🥰 Mine have been out in their run during the warm days. They’re so happy out there, zooming and scratching. Can’t wait for the coop to be done so they can move in in a couple weeks 😀
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    New chicks and brooder! Newbie alert!

    This is the one I have https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/producers-pride-brooder-and-coop-heater My husband doesn’t like heat lamps in the house and we figured once we’re done with the brooder, this would be good to have as a backup if there’s a prolonged deep freeze over the winter and...
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    New chicks and brooder! Newbie alert!

    I have a similar heat plate that does have feet to make it like a hen, but it also has chain hooks on the back to suspend flat it instead. Anything like that on yours?
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Hi! New chicken mama here, too. Chicks are due Tuesday! Taking advantage of my professional carpenter spouse's skills on our coop. Building the buried anti-predator foundation box today while the sun is out! Tomorrow, we start prepping the brooder :)
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    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    I'm just down the road (ish) from you! My first 4 chicks are due in a couple weeks, so we're still in the planning stages for a coop and run, but most of the info, or at least the leads to ideas have come from the coop design threads here.
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    Awaiting my first chicks!

    Awaiting my first chicks!
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    Hello from Framingham

    Hi Karen, Do you still keep chickens? We're a little south of Nobscot, not far from the common, and now that the town has relaxed their poultry policies, are getting our first chicks this spring :) Would love to connect with other chicken people in the area... Cameron
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