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    What do you think of my coop (UPDATED PICS)

    holy moley!!! i could live in that coop! that is awesome - beautiful work.
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    New coop in place! Wooo Hooo! *Pics*

    at least some of us do things in the right order - we just finished ours - still have to do the run - and my girls are almost 12 weeks old - it was starting to get real "earthy" around the house with all of us under one roof! at least you guys put the coop before the chickens.
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    the coop is built!

    oh and the pics of the coop are not the final color - being the hippie/redneck hybrid i am - the outside of the coop is soon to be ......purple:) with all the essential artwork (well dh knew what he was getting into when he married me and the looks of amused shock and disbelief i get are...
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    the coop is built!

    the girls will be 12 weeks on wed - got them from ideal. buff orpingtons, brahmas, ee's, and wyandottes. i figure i will grow the lavender and basil just outside of reach of the run so i can chuck some in for them every day. we are using hardware cloth (omg! so darn expensive - i tried...
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    keeping water in brooder clean

    i feel your pain - i felt like all i did was change out mucky water - thats if they didnt tip over the bottle in which case i then had to change wet bedding. i tried the wood, stone, raising the height and finally what worked for me - after they were several weeks old was to put the water...
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    Gross and Evil or Efficient?

    my dh always gives our cockatoo a chicken wing when he eats them and she loves them - she carries on something awful if she sees you eating them and you dont give her any - he always laughs and mutters cannibal under his breath when he gives her the chicken wing. i remember learning in a...
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    Meat fed...not good for the garden?

    this has been bugging me too - i dont get it - dog feces is "never" to be composted but chicken manure can - both eat meat - or is it because meat is a major part of a dogs diet - and only part of a chickens diet. the area that my dogs use to poop is away from where i grow our food and away...
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    Post your ideas: Growing food for chickens

    digitS, thanks for the comfrey info - of course it was the first green thing to pop up in my veggie beds - i grow it as a green manure - but i was planning to chuck some to the chickens when they were a little older - scratch that - pun intended why take a chance when there is so much other...
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    the coop is built!

    i took a bunch of pics i just have to download them and put them up - tonight i am just being a worry wart and going out in the back yard with a flash light to check the girls - they are all sleeping on the floor - i am wondering if we put the roosts up too high. the highest is 4ft. and there...
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    the coop is built!

    i am soooo excited - the coop is finally functional and the girls are in it: i thought we'd never finish it (thanks to dh and ds and friends) - well still have to paint the outside and finish the outside run. the neighbors came to see it - everyone is actually as excited as i am - they are...
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    when does adult breed specific color happen

    well thanks jossanne for trying to help me figure it out anyway at least i got past staring at the white chickens waiting for them to change color
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    when does adult breed specific color happen

    actually i was posting #2 as the silver laced wyandotte that i had ordered (at least thats what i thought she was). my light brahmas look very different than #2 - they have alot of solid white on the body and black/gray around the hackles - my dh said they looked like ospreys when they were...
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    when does adult breed specific color happen

    i feel better now i cant tell you how puzzled i was when the lady i spoke with on the phone told me the light chicks were my pullets as they morphed into big white birds with the most ginourmous combs (which i think are so neat) they are going to be 7wks on wednesday. the coop will be done...
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    when does adult breed specific color happen

    ideal
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    when does adult breed specific color happen

    i kinda new but heard that occasionally they make a mistake alot of my confusion was when the lady at the hatchery told me the light colored chicks were the pullets i ordered - i wasnt sure the extent that the feather colors change and at what age you can look at a chicken and say "that is a...
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