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    Strange Egg

    @babyrabbitjones Her eggs before were the normal light brown color. Watery poo is negative, lethargy is maybe. She seems less energetic than the other chicken and also is a bit more picky about her food. But, she eats OK and chases the occaisional fly around the coop.
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    Strange Egg

    One of my chickens stopped laying about 6 weeks ago. She seemed to have a problem with her crop, as if something was stuck in there. She layed an egg without a shell and then nothing for 6 weeks until today. We found an egg that was under her perch ( not in the nest box) that was very dark red...
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    When to give them extra light...

    I have read a number of very long threads about giving the girls extra light in the winter. In these threads a question that always popped up but was never really answered in detail is..... Do I extend the mornings, allowing them to retire at night due to the natural fading of light? or Do I...
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    Eggshell/Eggeating POLL

    I feed mine egg shells ground to a powder in a blender. I don't feed them eggs, I eat them myself.
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    Chicken Coop Ramp

    Here you can see my ramp http://3d4.de/projekthuhn/images/IMG_3401.JPG I thought it might be too steep as well. I got my chickens on a saturday, two of them. I guess they had been reared inside since hatching. Although the door was opened for them very day they would not go out. So a week...
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    New coop.

    Quote: We actually designed the coop for 4 - 5 chickens, but being a noob I thought I would only practise on 2 for starters Once I get into the flow of looking after them I may get more. The run is from ground to wire mesh at the top 120 cm (47 inches) Height. The mesh came on a 25 meter...
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    New coop.

    Quote: My wife was responsible for laying the tiles
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    New coop.

    Quote: I live in north Germany, normally we have mild winters but last winter it got down to minus 15 Celsuis. Maybe in Alaska you should use a bit more insulation than I have. I don't know what has better insulation properties, fibreglass or foam, but what is important is that the...
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    New coop.

    I tried to load my new coop onto BYC but seemed to have no end of problems. Anyway, if anyone is interested I have a history of it being built here http://3d4.de/projekthuhn/ The idea for the coop I got from the designs listed here. Plans? No plans, just my wife and I working with a vision...
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