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    Hi :)

    Welcome to BYC! I hope this site is as helpful to you as it has been for me!
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    New Member in Georgia

    Welcome to BYC! Glad to have another "Georgian" on board! :)
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    Egg Eating Troubles: Are Roll-Away Nesting Boxes the Solution?

    I have to say you must be right. She ate two more mustard bombs in the last 3 days and ate another egg before I could gather it this morning. Time to reconfigure the egg gutter in my nesting box. Very frustrating.
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    Egg Eating Troubles: Are Roll-Away Nesting Boxes the Solution?

    Wanted to provide an update on my egg eating issue, just in case it helps. I found the culprit--she was caught with mustard on her beak. That being said, she is VERY stubborn. I am putting in multiple 'mustard' eggs, and the mustard has a LOT of hot sauce AND cayenne pepper in it. Though she...
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    Newly registered in backyard chickens

    Welcome to BYC!
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    New GA Chick Mom

    Welcome to BYC! Lots of good info and helpful peeps on this site! Where in GA are you?
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    Hello!

    Welcome back!
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    Hi my name is Chris.

    Welcome to BYC! You've come to the right place for all things chicken!
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    First Egg!

    Ah, the joy! Congratulations!
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    Egg Eating Troubles: Are Roll-Away Nesting Boxes the Solution?

    I have one girl (of 9) who is doing this (I believe it is only one). I have homemade rollaway nesting boxes. But my situation is that I am not here (my farm) 100% of the time. I have to split my time between my home and my farm until I retire. My egg 'gutter' (where the eggs collect) can...
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    What is my brooder missing?

    Great. My chickies caught me off guard--I had no idea they would be able to launch themselves so high so quickly! Keeping the water clean with those waterers (I have the same one I think) is a challenge. No matter how high you get it up off the floor of the brooder, they WILL make a mess in...
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    What is my brooder missing?

    Your chicks are so cute! Do you have some sort of top to place on it? You will be surprised at how high these babies will be able to fly once they have a few feathers. My brooder cage is 2' tall and at about 2 weeks old they were already able to launch themselves up as high as the top...
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    Heat plates

    I purchased a "Rent-A-Coop" heat plate, and for this first-time chicken owner, it worked fantastic. I already had the heat plate plugged in and warmed before I picked up the chicks. I quickly learned to adjust the plate so that it is tilted (higher on one side). The chicks then adjust to the...
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    Brooding with Heat Plate Questions

    I know this question wasn't directed at me, but thought I'd chime in. For the "roosts" in the brooder cage, I used some stuff I had laying around the house. The first "roost" was just a little piece of wood lying on the floor of the cage. Then I elevated that same piece of wood by hot-gluing it...
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    New to the chicken world!

    No problem! You can click the "My coop" link on my profile to the left to see photos of my coop, with some good shots of the predator apron. We are nearly 2 years in with our girls and have not had any predator issues (and we are way out in the country too--with coyotes, bobcats...
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