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    healthy chickens and eggs...and us!

    A friend recently sent me this link. Mind Blowing! Keep up the good work peeps:cool: http://www.alternet.org/food/148408
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    coop - winter/summer?????

    Cock a doodle doo! I love you folks! BYC is such an incredible facility. Cock a doos to the folks who created and maintain it. I was really expecting a lot of criticism due to what I figured must be my lack-a-dais-acle(sp?) behavior regarding MY flock. Instead all positive and reality...
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    coop - winter/summer?????

    Hey thanks Olive! Good info. My coop is two four by four boxes joined with a small opening between them. One has four egg laying areas with a solid front door, and the other has two perfectly placed roosts, heavy duty screening on the front, a door and a ramp. I have worked to keep out drafts. I...
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    Need to build me a good winter coop in Orange County NY

    That first reply is pretty funny! Hi SueMuffin I live in Ulster and just happened to post a reply in an attempt to get some info on coops. If you look at my post(woodsman) you will see that I don't have much experience, but I am a handy retired guy. If you have trouble getting a carpenter and...
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    coop - winter/summer?????

    Apologies to you serious peeps out there. I have 5 surviving chickens - three roosters & two hens(mom, dad, two kids and one foster kid I guess, cause he does not resemble dad or his brother). I think three of them from first family fed a Northern Goshawk when they were younger. They are true...
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    2 month old chicks with family problems?

    Hmmmm, Looks like I somehow I submitted my original post twice. Sorry about that. But anyway thought I'd follow up with more info on my BYCs. All six chicks(are they still chicks when they are 2 months old?) were on hand this morning and I observed closely when I fed them this morning. One...
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    2 month old chicks with family problems?

    Don't think that happened. The way the brothers/sisters are acting I am pretty sure it's a family matter. But I am wary of that possibility. Thanks.
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    2 month old chicks with family problems?

    Yes they are just about 2 months old. So that's when the party is over eh? Well I have never tried to control them. They are truly free range on a few acres. So I guess they will be on their own. That's the kind of environment the roo and the hen came from. Thanks for your reply SS.
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    2 month old chicks with family problems?

    Hey thanks for the quick get back Keri...And I'm not hooked! At least I don't think so. Perhaps attached at some level. They are really cool. They have taught me a lot about human behavior! As a relative rookie here I am not sure how I should reply to replies - like this or with a private email...
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    2 month old chicks with family problems?

    Yikes, I'm new to this chicken thing. On May 21 this sweet little hen started leading around 6 of her chicks. She was given to me by my neighbor who has many free range chickens living on his property. I asked him for a hen cause this rooster, I was sure came from him, showed up one day and hung...
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    2 month old chicks with family problems?

    Yikes, I'm new to this chicken thing. On May 21 this sweet little hen started leading around 6 of her chicks. She was given to me by my neighbor who has many free range chickens living on his property. I asked him for a hen cause this rooster, I was sure came from him, showed up one day and hung...
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    Too many roosters in first brood

    Hey folks, Not sure if this post belongs on this forum but here is story in an eggshell. Rooster shows up a few weeks ago and starts making noise at 4:30 every AM. I decide he needs a friend so I go to a neighbor who has lots of really truly free range chickens and ask him for a lady chick. He...
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    Unclear instructns at FAQs roosts & nests - dimensions, plcmnt, design

    Hey thanks all! 12x12x12 it is. OK, I get it about the ladder. Not sure I understand about 18 - 24 inches off ground. My coop will be 18" off ground, and I have set the nests about 18" above the floor. Hey GA lady, it may be hot down there, but you sure have the smiley world figured out! Best to...
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    Unclear instructns at FAQs roosts & nests - dimensions, plcmnt, design

    Wow, First post, hope I follow all the rules. Two questions: First -dimensions for nest boxes listed as 12 high, 12 deep and 14 high...which is width? Second -what's a leaning ladder? Thanks in advance to somebody. I promise to tell my story soon. Great to be a new peep!
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