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    How often to clean out the bottom of the coop?

    We have a premade coop with a fence around it giving 4 chickens about 10 ft by 10 ft total to run around during the day and 6 by 4 during the night once they are cooped up. The inside of the coop part (was grass) is now dirt and poop. I was thinking I could shovel and put on the compost pile...
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    Celery ?

    I was just reading over this and I was seeing that they can which is good but I was wondering how people feed their veggies to chickens? Do you guys just throw it on th ground?
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    Are you Obligated to Sell Your Prized Chickens to Someone Known for Animal Cruelty?

    I wouldn't. No, definitely not! In fact, my mother was a Doberman breeder and we once had this issue. She found out that they had issues in the past of dog fighting and rejected the sale of a puppy. The didn't fight her on it, but I can imagine had they that she would have told them where to go...
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    Tips for peacekeeping between dogs, cats, and the flock?

    Oh no! No throwing them together! Ha! but that makes sense if you know your pup. I think mine will calm down as they have gotten used to the cats. It just takes time, right?
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    Tips for peacekeeping between dogs, cats, and the flock?

    Hi :) We have 4 chickens - about 6 weeks in age. We moved them outside last week and they seem to be loving their coop. We got a pre-built coop for this first year and then put fencing around it. It's 8 ft by 6 foot - so they have the coop then additional space during the day. The fencing around...
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    Newbie...too soon to be outside?

    Ours are 6 weeks and we are in Idaho (on the OreIda border) and they have been outside in their coop without a lamp for a week. They are doing well. Last night it did get cold - like 33 - I checked this morning and they were good. I was worried as I fell asleep about 7 and didn't bring them in...
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    When can my chicks go outside?

    Wait... I scrolled up. Maybe I should look before asking ;) Thank you for sharing, Reurra!
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    When can my chicks go outside?

    I was wondering the same thing. Mine are 3 weeks and while I am fine with them inside, it would be nice to let them get some sun during the day or something. I worry most about the wind. We're in Idaho and while the days have been nice the wind blows a lot and I worry about them getting chilled...
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    Review by '' on item 'Plastic 1 Quart Jar Waterer'

    . We have this in our brooder with 4, three-week old chicks and they've yet to tip it. It does get messy easily and when filled it will clog if you use shavings. It's easy to clean and maintain though and for what we need it for it is handy. I am thinking that we will get metal ones in the...
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    Two Seperate Coops

    Just curious - maybe a dumb question - but can a duck and a rooster breed? Or is it like dogs who will mount anything?
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    Burned area - is this okay for chicken coop placement?

    The area we are thinking of using for our coop is where our old burn pile was. The last fire was last year, so it's not been burned recently. We have a small makeshift coop from a kit for now - and are planning on using sand. We are going to enlarge the pen area though and so they will be...
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    what age do you put your chicks outside

    What are the signs of chilling?
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    Got sand? You should!

    Where do you get river sand from? (If you tell me... straight from the river, I'm going to kick myself, lol)
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    Sil-go Link Question - what breed would they be though?

    I bought them from a backyard farm here in Idaho. I didn't think to ask because I was just looking around (at this time) for healthy hens. She said that they were supposed to be all female, however, would trade back with me and swap out for hens if any of them were not female. This is our first...
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    Sil-go Link Question - what breed would they be though?

    Hey all, I'm still new here and figuring this out. When I bought my chicks, we were told that they were sil-go link - which I figure after scouring online that this is a silver - gold sex link. Right? I was curious though - all of the chicks look different - ie one is dark brown/black, 2 are...
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