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    Chicken Attack

    I am in the suburbs, so we have been very lucky with no dogs and no cats that we have seen all summer. About 2 months ago we saw a very small pile of feathers - didn't think anything of it since the girls never showed any signs of trouble. The next day there was a dead blue jay in the yard -...
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    Chicken Attack

    Yesterday afternoon I go in the back yard to check out the chickens after watching a movie and cleaning the kitchen... I find no chickens... I find a path of feathers.. I find a separate spot with a substancial pile of feathers.. I look all around the yard, no chickens ( of 5 ).. I walk...
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    How much food per hen per day?

    We currently have 6 chickens that are 3-4 months old. We fill a 12" metal feeder which holds about 60 ounces of feed and they go through it in less than a day. This weekend we will buy an extra feeder and extra waterer. My fear is if we over feed, they will get fat and unproductive. If we...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    The Poulet Chalet.. We are referring to it as the Chalet because of the Rosingol ski's attached to the bottom of the coop!
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    When to move to coop????

    Wow ours are about 8 weeks, time to get the coop built!!
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    level or not

    It sounds like you're talking about a "minimal" slope - only 2 things you have to worry about is if the coop is not secured into place, it could potentially "slide" down the slope if it gets wet enough, windy enough, etc. And if the coop was built on a "flat" surface, and now is on a slope, you...
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    Fire Hazard? Yay, or Nay

    Would need at least 2 more pics at different angles / directions to know the real fire hazard - what is the light on / clamped to - how close is the light to other items / wall ? We have a similar setup and the plastic got too hot, and the wall it was sitting next to got too hot - had to...
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    What Type of owner are you?

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    What Type of owner are you?

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    At what temperature could the coop bedding ignite?

    Im not sure where you measured 110 degrees - if the bedding was that hot - your chicks should be dead. If just the wood next to the lamp was that hot, it's likely that down at the bedding it wasn't more than 85 with the spacing. You can always find a temperature switch on amazon and put it in...
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    neighbors dog

    1/2 Of me would be SO ******. The other half of me owns dogs and knows that they are indeed dogs. I tell my wife all the time "stop yelling at the dogs for being dogs". Glad he was hospitable about it! So the 1/2 of me that would be ****** would also tell you to call animal control - but...
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    Sweet PDZ?

    Deerchic - very cool that you have pets and your husband built all of that to try to help! It's bittersweet to see such grown up RIR's - mine are just 3-4 week old chicks right now, so tiny and innocent, so "light brown" compared to your older ladies! Hopefully your next surgery goes well...
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    What Type of owner are you?

    Are you hands-on, love your chickens, all have names, you're more concerned with cuddling and petting them than the eggs they lay? Or are you more purpose driven? You have the stickers about germs, washing up, if the chickens don't lay - you put them in the freezer? I have seen some...
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