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    What's the problem here?

    Ok...I'm new owning these girlie birds.... In "LAY man" terms....help me understand "broody" I may be experiencing this with some of my buffs
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    STAINING THE COOP ?'S

    My little chicken tractor is made for just 2-4 birds. It's made from pine and at it's base is 3.5 feet wide, tapering up to the roof as a triangle shape that reaches about 5.5 ft high. The bottom is caged with an open run area and ladder that raises at night to keep the girls upstairs. the...
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    I need a Chicken Farm name!!

    what about: "The Big Fowl Ranch" "Small Flock Farm" "Chicken Little's Legacy Farm" " The Breakfast Club" I'll keep thinking...
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    ideas to prepare for summer heat

    Ok, so the chicken tractor we just built is pretty cool...but I'm concerned that this summer the coop part- which is about 3.5 ft over top of the run area, will heat up too much this summer. It's 7 ft long and 3 ft wide at the base, tapering up to a roof. Has a nesting box at each end and...
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    Northern Michigan

    What part of the UP? I grew up in Michigan and spent most my childhood near Thompson Creek. I now live in Missouri, but my sons going to school at Michigan Tech and I don't think I'll ever get him out of the UP! Beautiful up there! I love the Estavant Pines area of Copper Harbor and the...
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    ONSET AGE OF EGG LAYING

    Thanks... the girlies are 2 buff orpingtons and 2 rhode island reds....maybe somemore info will flow with that tidbit of knowledge added to the post!
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    ONSET AGE OF EGG LAYING

    oK, I'm a newbie to these girlie birds...but loving every minute of it! However, around what age should I begin to expect them to start laying? Mine are young...around 3 months I think...
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    COCKROACHES IN THE COOP

    uH...I opened the top of the chicken tractor today, which is new and hasn't been used by the 3 month old girlie birds but for a couple of days, and about 5 cockroaches scattered out from under the door. I have a Chicken protector spray I put on the hens and their bedding, but should I be...
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    HELP! HOW DO I GET THE GIRLS IN AT NIGHT?

    anyone got any tricks to gettin the girlie birds up in the coop at nite? My 4 new girls are stickin to the run and huddling in the corner...they've only been in the new chicken tractor two nights, and both nights I've had to physically put them upstairs and then lock the ladder in the up...
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