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    Catawba Coop Questions

    I have 3 hens in my Catawba coop and love it...so do they! I think it's easily maintained. It is heavy to move...2 healthy backs would have no problem, but I have back issues, so my husband slips a hand truck under one end to give it wheels and lifts the other...rolls easily! The sides are heavy...
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    What bedding to use for newborn chicks?

    I used paper towels at first. When they got bigger, I switched to pine shavings. Worked well!
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    Not sure if this is the right place, but drowing question.

    I'm sure there are exceptions to every rule. but I worried about the same thing, as we have a pool. Since last summer, my 3 girls have trotted all around i, but stay completely out of it!
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    Whose egg is it?

    My Barred Rock's eggs are more golden brown and slimmer and more pointed at the top than my Orpington's. (My EE's eggs are easy to identify!)
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    Ameraucana vs Easter Egger

    My EE is the calmest and quietest of my three hens. Love her!
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    Can Buff Orpingtons fit in a Catawba Coop?

    Quote: My ark has a nesting box at each end, but my 3 girls all share one nesting box and have neevr laid an egg at the other end. Go figure!They all lay one after another in one box. One day my husband opened the egg door and all three hens were crowded in there together. My Orp is pretty...
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    Can Buff Orpingtons fit in a Catawba Coop?

    Quote: No, that pic was taken last May!!
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    chicken ladder

    Funny story: When ours were first transferred to their coop, we started by putting them in it for a few hours during warm afternoons. We tried everything - treat trails, etc, to get them to go "upstairs"...no luck. As we sat there on our patio, all discouraged, it started to get dark. Those...
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    Can Buff Orpingtons fit in a Catawba Coop?

    Hi, if you click on my BYC page, you can see that I have that same coop. I have a Buff Orpington, an Ameracauna, and a Plymouth Barred Rock, and it's perfect. But I have to add that I let mine roam my yard all day when I'm home. My Buff Orp is definitely my biggest girl!
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    Ameraucana Laying Age?

    My Ameracauna started at about 5 months.
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    Does anyone else do this?????

    I raised my three in the house until they were fully feathered. I have an extra room and as they grew out of the brooder bin, I put down a big plastic tarp with a large cage enclosure on top, filled with pine shavings.
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    Age Hens start to lay???

    I have those same three breeds (more info and pics on my BYC page). I got them as chicks in early May and the Orpington started laying first, in October, with my EE, or Ameracauna, soon after. (So, that's a little more than 5 months.) My Plymouth Barred Rock just started laying in January...
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