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    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    Thank you. I think I finally figured that out. What I'm doing is putting the roof together without those "runners" and then I'll custom fit them to adjust for any minor discrepancy. Should work. I have the legs and floor mostly done, getting 2 x 4s cut tomorrow for the roof. I'm kind of...
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    Naked backs

    Forgot to mention, they are beautiful and fully feathered now. They took a short break from laying but started up again last week, to my surprise! I thought it would be a while. Once we got over the picking, things have been so much better.
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    Naked backs

    Thank you. They were picking. It was really hard to break the cycle, but once they started free ranging and after the "weakling" died from another cause, it did gradually dwindle down and stop. I thought for a little while that I was going to have to put down the aggressor, but she settled...
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    FREE chicken coop plan (nice one too) on the Purina Mills Website

    I have never built anything from scratch, but I am pretty handy with a screwdriver and a saw. I am going to attempt this coop for my much-loved Wyandottes who seem happy enough in their ramshackle housing, but I worry about their security at night. I just don't understand what the issue is...
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    Can one chicken lay 2 eggs in one day, as it's first eggs ever?

    I found this thread because I searched on Google if a hen could lay 2 eggs in 1 day. I have 4 wyandotte hens. Three of them lay darkish brown eggs and 1 lays very light colored eggs. Yesterday I got 2 of the light brown eggs, not in the next box but in a dust hole on the ground. I checked at...
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    Naked backs

    Hi, I am a first-time chicken owner and I just bought six silver laced wyandotte pullets and a cockerel yesterday at a farm. They are 11 weeks old, and they are all missing most of the feathers on their backs. The lady at the farm assured me that this was normal, and it was just because they...
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