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    Washingtonians

    Hi! I have 12 layers, and one lovely RIR rooster. We have recently forayed into meat birds, picking up 15 cornish rocks at the feed store today. Is there anyone in Western Washington that rents chicken pluckers?
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    When did your Barred Rocks start laying?

    My Barred Rock was my first layer of 13 at 19 weeks. She's the only one giving me an egg a day. She's also my sweetest.
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    Chicken with her dogs

    What is the work involved? I have a 7 month old Bernese/Sheltie/Sheperd mix, and so far he seems to just want to play, but I want to train him to be around the chickens. Any training advice?
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    Water Nipples?

    Here's some shots of my system:
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    Water Nipples?

    We got four poultry nipples from farmtek.com. We love them! We ran a 1" pvc pipe from a 5 gallon bucket mounted on the wall, down and across the wall about 18" high. We inserted the four nipples along the pipe. The chickens (14) drink out of it all day. I only have to fill the bucket about...
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    Chickens roosting in nesting boxes, help!

    We will either take them out or cover them until they lay, then. Thanks a bunch for the suggestions!
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    Chickens roosting in nesting boxes, help!

    We have 14 chickens, and our coop is actually a stall in the barn with a small yard outside. The chicks are 12 weeks, and haven't started laying yet. We have roosts all over the stall, some higher than the boxes. We have a bank of six boxes mounted on the wall. Every morning when I go in...
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    Has any one ordered chicks from My Pet Chicken?

    I ordered nineteen, they came on Wednesday of the week of shipment, I picked them up at the post office, all were happy and healthy! One died a few days later. They are doing great, and everything came as ordered! Of course, I have no idea if they are all pullets yet! I ordered one roo, and...
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    Meat/egg combo, what breed?

    Thanks so much for your input! After reading multiple posts, I may go with dual purpose breeds.
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    Meat/egg combo, what breed?

    I am new to chickens, and would like to order 25 birds, with the idea of keeping 10 layers and 15 meat birds. McMurrays has the combo, with varied layers and the meat birds being cornish and cornish X. Should I go this route, or is it better to get 25 dual purpose birds? Do I have to keep my...
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