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    Ended Contest #3 Cutest Baby Fowl - 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong

    entry #1 - Buff Orpington, 3 weeks old. "Strutting my stuff."
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    Hi from Memphis, TN!

    When I joined Backyard Chickens, I was trying to learn all I could about the guinea fowl we hope to have when we move to a different home with more land. Then we lost our minds and ordered a bunch of baby chicks because we were tired of waiting for our country life to begin! We currently have 6...
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    Who says cedar is bad for chickens???

    What about cedar as a building material? We are hoping to repurpose an old play structure as a coop. I was totally excited until I realized it is made if cedar. I'm hoping that maybe just the shavings would be too aromatic?
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    protecting free rangers

    Complete newbie trying to figure things out - if you have a free ranger, how do you protect them from predators? I am away from the house during the day, I am nervous about a million things that could do wrong when I am not there to look out for them. I'm torn between complete freedom, and...
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    This way ladies...

    That is good advice (on males only). I don't think we'd be able to eat them, my 10 year old daughter is going to raise them, we aren't planning on eating them, which is part of the reason we don't want both males and females. Any other ideas?
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    This way ladies...

    Ok a total beginner question - I think I probably only want females because I don't necessarily want MORE than I initially buy and I don't want the eggs fertilized. If you can't sex them for a good while how do you go about this? What do I do if I get males?
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