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    Crooked boobed chicken?

    I didn't even know what a crop was until just a minute ago but no its definitely not that. Before I let them out in the morning she's crooked and there's nothing but her feed to eat and their last meal is around 2pm.
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    Crooked boobed chicken?

    Also should their breasts be very pronounced? I always thought they should be smooth out front
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    Crooked boobed chicken?

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but it doesn't really fit anywhere lol. I have a chicken (columbian rock X from Frey's) and she seems to have a very large breast on the one side. When I picked her up she feels very meaty on the right side of her chest but almost hollow on the...
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    Options for a place to lay

    We're having a new coop built for our 11 chickens but I was wondering about the "everyone wants one nesting box" issue. In our case its big feed buckets on their sides for now. In the new coop I'm wondering if a long shelf with a 3 inch lip full of straw would work and help alleviate the...
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    Providing shade in the run with bamboo?

    My chicken run is in full sun and while thinking up shade ideas the hubs and I came across an ad for bamboo and thought this might be a good plan. However bamboo is prolific if left to its own so I was wondering if this may be a viable option since the chickens may eat the new shoots? Any...
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    Is there a boy in my coop?

    I can't have roosters :( what are the chances he won't crow? lol
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    Is there a boy in my coop?

    We got 11 pullets as day olds but now I suspect one may be a boy. They are 3 month old columbian rock crosses and I just noticed the differences starting to really come out a month or so ago. He/she isn't any bigger than the others and no spurs, but... you'll see what I mean. He/she is the...
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    Question about the top of the chicken run

    the same type of netting you put over your blueberries to keep birds out? That's genius!!!! Thank you!
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    Question about the top of the chicken run

    Our chicken run is roughly 14 feet X 14 feet with the coop inside it. Our chickens are about 2 months old and just starting to figure out flying and escaping lol. With the coop being so big we're trying to figure out how to keep them from getting out without using mesh all over (expensive and...
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    Help with drafting a letter to the township?

    So would it be better to propose to amend the current pet bylaw to include chickens instead of creating a new one? I do know why the law is in place and it wasn't the chickens but a bad keeper which is why I added the inspections, only mentioned egg birds and permits
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    Help with drafting a letter to the township?

    Can someone look over my letter? It's so sparse and lately I just haven't the way with words that I used to. Kids are draining my intellect I swear lol. * Hello, my name is Jessica and my family and I recently chose Wainfleet as the town we’d like to settle in. I grew up in a rural...
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    Help with drafting a letter to the township?

    Glad it could help! Good luck to you too!
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    Help with drafting a letter to the township?

    Just found a fantastic document http://www.trenthills.ca/en/resourcesGeneral/ClarkConsulting.pdf
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    Help with drafting a letter to the township?

    I'm a little concerned I may have shot myself in the foot by putting the hens before the law and then trying to change it *sigh*
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    Help with drafting a letter to the township?

    The windmills don't do a thing for us. Besides the hydro just got jacked up almost double. They say it only went up 4% but our bill doubled and we haven't done anything different so even if it does go down it will only be to where it was. Beyond that they're taking the only tourism our town...
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