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    Lady Bug infestation! Help!!

    we get TONS of ladybugs here too They're attracted to light colored buildings and they like to swarm. We get hundreds of them in the house every Spring... I put em back outside! My guinea hens didn't bother the Ladybugs, ticks yes but I don't remember them eating Ladybugs :)
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    1 thing I wish I knew when I was starting out...

    LOL! I have no problems with this issue - I raised Guinea Hens on my dining room table till they could go outside and we breed/show guinea pigs so I have plenty of cage space even for big chickens till they can go outside too! Tons of great info gang - thank you so very much! I will be...
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    1 thing I wish I knew when I was starting out...

    the Purina coop is very much like what we were designing and those plans make things even easier thank you a couple small tweaks because of my height and I think we'll be good to go I notice a lot of coops have roosts that are just straight boards - I know when I've had exotic birds branches...
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    1 thing I wish I knew when I was starting out...

    PDZ is a stall "freshener" sold at most feed stores. Tractor Supply carries it I know for sure It's a powder that you put down under bedding/shavings that helps keep the smell down, You can find it online too by searching PDZ. It works well for most animals including kitty litter boxes btw! and...
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    1 thing I wish I knew when I was starting out...

    you guys are awesome thank you it's little things that I wouldn't know not ever owning chickens before (or maybe being owned by chickens???) There are some things I see that would carry over from our experience with raising guinea pigs - guinea pigs are truly sometimes pigs when it comes to feed...
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    1 thing I wish I knew when I was starting out...

    OK what's a poop board??? PDZ I use with the cavy so we already have that here.... never heard of a poop board before :)
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    1 thing I wish I knew when I was starting out...

    oh no! I am so very sorry =( I've know people who lost their entire barns of rabbits and guinea pigs because of electrical problems. I can't imagine how horrible that would be.
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    1 thing I wish I knew when I was starting out...

    fill in the blank please... what one thing do you wish you had/did differently/learned by trial and error with your first coop if you had to do it all again? I've been reading and reading and researching and reading and honestly it's very overwhelming. We're getting ready to build our first...
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    Here is my plan

    Central NJ...I put it in there :) not so worried about predators - the yard is pretty secure. Hawks and owls I would worry about! snow isn't frequent and we know it's coming... gotta keep thinking on this and figure out a way to make it work I think
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    Here is my plan

    glad I found this thread! We're plotting and planning our foray in to chickens this year finally (FINALLY convinced the hubby it would be fun!!) Originally I was looking at buying a coop till the guys at work yelled at me... so now they're building me one! And we're planning on putting it inside...
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    The Tetra Tint thread.. (Photos, info) ❤

    when we get a shipment of chicks at TSC the box is marked with variety and count. If Mt Healthy sent chicks that weren't TTs in a box marked for TTs then there is a problem at Mt Healthy ant TSC corporate NEEDS to know about it please call the customer service line: Call: 1-877-718-6750...
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    The Tetra Tint thread.. (Photos, info) ❤

    first time posting and joined just for this thread =) I want chickens!! I also happen to work at TSC and we got a shipment of the Tetra Tints in yesterday - they're awfully cute lil buggers! thanks for all the info here gang! This might help convince my beloved to finally give in and let me get...
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