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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    What a handsome white roo!
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    Comment by 'SJMike' in article 'Three French Hens Coop'

    Not too long afterwards, they instituted an "urban chicken permit" that cost over $100. Can you believe it... #ShakeMyHead. One can have cats/dogs with no permit, but not chickens - who provide food AND compost common kitchen waste. Again... #ShakeMyHead. We now live in France where we can have...
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    Comment by 'SJMike' in article 'Three French Hens Coop'

    Great comment Sapper & thanks. There is actually chickenwire underneath the dirt that you see in that pic of the three hens in front of the coop. I just put chunks of dirt in there, on top of the mesh, to give them something to scratch & to cover the wire.
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    Hi Twendt, it was tough for our daughter & I was churning inside (local dogs made more noise)...

    Hi Twendt, it was tough for our daughter & I was churning inside (local dogs made more noise) but we went on to replace with some Flemish Giant rabbits that brought out kids tons of enjoyment (+ a few rounds of babies) as well. So we moved on to something else rather than staying on the...
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    Review by 'SJMike' in article 'Coq au Vin'

    Really nice build article. Love he abundance of pics (You have a beautiful setting!) and what a great idea for the storage area. Very convenient to have stuff like that right on hand. Well done! Since the poop board has no lip, do you find that they scratch all of the sand off?
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Australorp

    Looks like Dawn Feathers isn't camera shy! ;) Here are my four at 4.5 weeks... (the parents are blue australorps... so the charcoal / black colours aren't surprising... light grey on the other hand.... she's almost a "lavender"... quite pretty.)
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Australorp

    Will do. The parents are Blue Australorps so one chick (#2) is all black, two are more of a charcoal colour (#1 + another chick, not pictured). Those colours didn't surprise me given the parents. "Blondy" (chick #3 above), however, is more of a light grey colour - (s)he's the odd one out & I'm...
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    Brown runny/soft poop in roughly 6 week old chick

    Thanks for that link Aart... it's very helpful!
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Australorp

    Thanks getaclue!
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Australorp

    Question for all you experts out there... my aussie chicks are 3wks old today. Below are 3 of the 4 of them. Chick 1 (photos 1a & 1b) is the biggest of the four and seems to have a bit more comb development compared to chicks #2 & 3 - despite hatching a day later than them . What do you think...
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    What color is my Dutch bantam?

    Any updated pics Grayjay?
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    Comment by 'SJMike' in album 'Quail Day 3'

    Well done, nice looking bunch. How was your hatch rate? Only once did I try hatching out quail in an incubator (from some of my own eggs) and the hatch rate was really low compared to chicken hatch rates. Wasn't sure if it was just me or if hatching out quail was generally more difficult.
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    Review by 'SJMike' in article 'Wichita Cabin Coop'

    You've really included everything in this article... from the build pics to the computer generated plans, ongoing maintenance & cleaning, updates & ideas on what you'd do differently. What an informative article. Great job!
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    Comment by 'SJMike' in article 'Adventures in Hatching - When Things Don't Go Quite as Planned'

    The suspense all along... having just hatched a few out in an incubator, I could relate. Nicely written & great visuals! Kudos!
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    Review by 'SJMike' in article 'Norwegian style chicken coop'

    I don't know which is more impressive, that you HAVE a connected coop (with video cam, etc) or that you're the one who put the whole system together. Good for you! Also, very nice coop / run / setting. Amazing that you captured that fox attack on video!
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