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Sweechees Chicken Coop
The Breakfast Box We own 3 acres and have dreamed of being farmers, so we started out a couple of years ago with a vegetable garden (which has grown in size every year). Since we don't have a whole lot of land I talked to my husband about getting some chickens for eggs...His response, "No way...- SweeChee
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Crazy thing happened yesterday. I was in looking at the garden checking to see how everything was doing. See a couple of spots where I thought my husband piled some dirt at the bottom of the fence to keep rabbits from getting in the garden. Husband gets home, checks on garden.... I'm in house...- SweeChee
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Quote: Prayers said for healthy baby & mom.- SweeChee
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Hicks Farm: http://hicksorganicfood.com/- SweeChee
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Quote: I get mine from Hicks Farms, 50 lbs. for $35. Here's there website: http://hicksorganicfood.com/- SweeChee
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I have a Brahma chick (6-8 wks) and one of my other chicks (GLW) keeps pecking the feathers on her feet until they bleed . Do you have any suggestions to stop this? I currently have her feet/toes wrapped to stop the pecking. Thanks- SweeChee
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Quote: You should already be able to tell. They start showing subtle differences around 2 weeks old, by 3 weeks those differences are pretty obvious in, I'd say, 99% of cases. Every once in a while one will slip through a late bloomer but by 5-8 weeks even the late bloomers are usually pretty...- SweeChee
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Quote: These work great! We have them around our vegetable garden and the dogs stay clear. It's funny because my husband tilled another spot to move our strawberries to and the underground fencing isn't around it yet, but the dogs still stay clear! Now that we have chickens we'll have to...- SweeChee
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My husband keeps telling me he wants to get a rooster (he is wanting something male around...got 2 daughters, me, and 2 female dogs along with 9, hopefully, female chicks!). We're still waiting for our chicks to grow to see if we already have one. We currently have 9 chicks they range from 5...- SweeChee
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Coop Contest Spring 2010 - Win $20 BYC Store Gift Certificate - WINNER
Well I finally got my page done... Here is the link to our coop. I hope you all enjoy it. I'm going to try to get more pictures too. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/user.php?action=editpost&id=58555&uid=51304- SweeChee
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Good Morning!! Thank you all for your wonderful comments on our coop...glad it's finally done! I hope my daughters have many fond/funny chicken memories & stories to tell their own children. They always ask me to tell them about my adventures when I used to go to Arkansas to visit my...- SweeChee
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The Breakfast Box
Quote: There's a vent in the wall at the peak above the nesting boxes (dont' have picture of that yet), a window at the peak above the roosts that opens and a window on the side that can be opened. Thank you for all your wonderful comments! I know my family had a lot of fun doing this...- SweeChee
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Finally got the coop finished Saturday, chicks went in Sunday Here are a couple of pictures: Before run: Run: Some of the inside: Just in case they have trouble falling asleep Checking the new place out: Silhouette of husband who is happy this...- SweeChee
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The Breakfast Box
Finally done!! Without run yet Yeah run is done! Nesting boxes waiting for straw Incase they have trouble falling asleep Checking out their new place Won't be able to use the roosts for a seat for long Hope you all enjoy!- SweeChee
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Quote: No you don't need a co-op, just call first. Hubby went over there a couple of weeks ago and picked up a 50# bag for $35 He said the guy was nice and very helpful when he found out this is our first time with chickens.- SweeChee
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Any BYC Christians? Post here!-Please heed Admin Warning in First Post
My favorite hymn is Amazing Grace and we sang it yesterday in church . I love a lot of contemorary songs too. I listen to a local Christian station in my car and sometimes at work. Have a blessed week!- SweeChee
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Good morning everyone! Looks like it is going to start cooling down today and be cold tomorrow...just in time for the weekend I came home yesterday and my DH had the chicken run all fenced in and covered...looks wonderful. I did a little work inside the coop...painted a tree where the...- SweeChee
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Any BYC Christians? Post here!-Please heed Admin Warning in First Post
Quote: Amazing...the part that got me was when she talked about people hating us. Are we willing to be hated as Jesus was? I think this is where we lost ground, we don't want to be hated, we don't want to be called names.... Father, Please help me to be your light, even if it means that...- SweeChee
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