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    Nardole the Brave!

    My friend has forty chickens, mostly Icelandics. She has several Good Roosters, and no terrible ones. I knew she would love this story!
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    Nardole the Brave!

    Rereading for probably the third (fourth?) time. I sent a friend here, too. I forgot to tell her to read the whole thread. Nardole taught me what roosters are for (in addition to that other thing!)
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    Vermont

    Best of luck! Can you post a photo of your coop, or dimensions? Is i t something that will break down easily, or be moved easily? I'm also interested in the automatic door. Thanks! Where in VT are you? You can PM me.
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    The Old Folks Home

    Cap, those are adorable! I'm getting two 3-week-olds tomorrow, a Barred Rock and a Speckled Sussex. Our two remaining are Blackbird (Black Australorp, queen of the pecking order) and Buffy (Orpington). I like them to be different so I can tell them apart, and we are not eager to get one who...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Ron, this is awful to hear! I'm so sorry! And about that dentist - he or she should be paying for the work that is now needed due to previous negligence. That is appalling!
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    The Old Folks Home

    Here is the late Callie, looking fierce. She was anything but fierce! Sorry sideways.
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    The Old Folks Home

    Hi everybody - I dropped in because I'm reading about how to integrate new chickens into the flock. Well, "flock" isn't the word, because I only have two left. A bear got my larger Buff Orpington months ago (and we have triple-reinforced the coop). Then yesterday, something (likely a coyote -...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Very best of luck, chickadoodles!
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    The Old Folks Home

    Welcome, Grammapat4! There's a lot of inspirational chicken talk on this site - be forewarned! You might end up with new chicks, and soon! Nice to have you here.
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    Prefab coop... can I get my hopes up?

    The issues with prefab coops are well-documented, and so, so many members here bemoan the money they wasted when the whole thing needed replacement in a matter of weeks or months. A better alternative would be to (1) read up a LOT on what you need in a coop, (2) find a local builder who builds...
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    Prefab coop... can I get my hopes up?

    If you put the whole thing inside a large dog kennel (your 4 chickens will need an absolute minimum of 10 sq ft per bird in the run, and that really is a minimum - as soon as I built mine I could see that 18 sq ft per bird was pretty cramped), it would be wise to fashion a pitched roof, so that...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Please, give it to us! We are having a heat wave (80s daily) and no rain. Which began moments after I put a million seeds into the ground in the gardens! DH complains daily that I will run the well dry with watering. Hi, Old Folks! I'm stopping in and saying hello. Sorry I've been away so...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Oh yes. This year I can ski at both Killington and Okemo, and they make snow all the time, but fresh, real snow is the best. I had a chance to ski at Bolton Valley - wow, these mountains are high! We are in the cold tonight. It's -6 now but supposed to get colder. The wood stove is...
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    The Old Folks Home

    It's nice I dropped by today, though, as I just got a one-year anniversary trophy! :celebrate❄⛷🎿
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    The Old Folks Home

    Well, although I haven't disappeared completely, I have certainly been scarce (as hen's teeth?). I blame it on ski season, as you seem to have guessed. I take care of my chickens, but my focus is really on skiing. I've gotten much better this year! I'm actually skiing at a speed that...
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