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    ordering chicks?

    We have ordered from My Pet Chicken twice, each time we ordered 8 chicks. All came healthy...BUT...in our first order we did get a rooster, which we didn't want. They only way to be sure you get all girls (that I know of) is to order sex linked chicks. We have been very happy with MPC. And...
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    Flys

    There is a very long post somewhere about flies and several folks recommended those car air fresheners in the Vanilla scent. I tried it and believe it or not it really works. I have four hanging in the "pen" and there are very few flies. Before I hung them, you could hear the flies buzzing...
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    I think "She" is a "He"? Can you tell?

    I'm soo disappointed...."she" crowed this morning when I was letting the "girls" out of the coop!!! It was very weak, but definately a cock-a-doodle-do!!! Now the question is, do we keep him/her or rehome him/her. We are going to wait a while to be sure, but I'm thinking BOY!!! Thanks for...
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    I think "She" is a "He"? Can you tell?

    We are WAY new to chickens, husband born and raised in the city, myself lived the last 20+ years in the city. Retired 6 years ago to the country, and last year decided it would be great fun to have chickens. Ordered 8 from mypetchicken in March, received them the first week of June. We had...
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    Moving the girls outside -- sorry if this has been asked before

    We have 8 - 3 week old girls, they are currently in the basement with a heat lamp on them day and night. They seem quite content, however we would love to move them out to the coop as soon as possible. We are in Virginia with daytime temps around 90 degrees and night time around 65 - 70...
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    Finally found "the one"

    Did you check his website? There are several views of the coop. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=14375 Mary
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    Our Coop

    Thanks for all the kind words. We were pretty excited about the coop since as I mentioned we are not very handy. CoyoteMagic: We do have hardware cloth on the bottom and will extend it out about 2 feet on all sides. Our plan is to cover the hardware cloth on the inside with dirt, leaves...
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    Our Coop

    We don't have chickens -- yet, but are preparing for them in the spring. We found this coop on Craigslist (we are not very handy) and we now are trying to predator proof it and build a run. Just wanted to share it, we are getting exicted about having chickens.
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    Rat Question

    I have been lurking and reading on this site for a couple of months now learning all I can about raising chickens. We are planning on getting them in the Spring. Using the fall/winter months to get the coop and run built. I have read many posts concerning rats and how to deal with them in...
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    Greetings from Winchester, VA

    I have been lurking for several weeks now trying to learn as much as I can before we take the plunge. 1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? No chickens yet, planning for spring (2) How many chickens do you have right now? see above (3) What breeds do you have...
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