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  1. trumpeting_angel

    Nardole the Brave!

    My friend has forty chickens, mostly Icelandics. She has several Good Roosters, and no terrible ones. I knew she would love this story!
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    Nardole the Brave!

    Rereading for probably the third (fourth?) time. I sent a friend here, too. I forgot to tell her to read the whole thread. Nardole taught me what roosters are for (in addition to that other thing!)
  3. trumpeting_angel

    Vermont

    Best of luck! Can you post a photo of your coop, or dimensions? Is i t something that will break down easily, or be moved easily? I'm also interested in the automatic door. Thanks! Where in VT are you? You can PM me.
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    The Old Folks Home

    Cap, those are adorable! I'm getting two 3-week-olds tomorrow, a Barred Rock and a Speckled Sussex. Our two remaining are Blackbird (Black Australorp, queen of the pecking order) and Buffy (Orpington). I like them to be different so I can tell them apart, and we are not eager to get one who...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Ron, this is awful to hear! I'm so sorry! And about that dentist - he or she should be paying for the work that is now needed due to previous negligence. That is appalling!
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    The Old Folks Home

    Here is the late Callie, looking fierce. She was anything but fierce! Sorry sideways.
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    The Old Folks Home

    Hi everybody - I dropped in because I'm reading about how to integrate new chickens into the flock. Well, "flock" isn't the word, because I only have two left. A bear got my larger Buff Orpington months ago (and we have triple-reinforced the coop). Then yesterday, something (likely a coyote -...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Very best of luck, chickadoodles!
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    The Old Folks Home

    Welcome, Grammapat4! There's a lot of inspirational chicken talk on this site - be forewarned! You might end up with new chicks, and soon! Nice to have you here.
  10. trumpeting_angel

    Prefab coop... can I get my hopes up?

    The issues with prefab coops are well-documented, and so, so many members here bemoan the money they wasted when the whole thing needed replacement in a matter of weeks or months. A better alternative would be to (1) read up a LOT on what you need in a coop, (2) find a local builder who builds...
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    Prefab coop... can I get my hopes up?

    If you put the whole thing inside a large dog kennel (your 4 chickens will need an absolute minimum of 10 sq ft per bird in the run, and that really is a minimum - as soon as I built mine I could see that 18 sq ft per bird was pretty cramped), it would be wise to fashion a pitched roof, so that...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Please, give it to us! We are having a heat wave (80s daily) and no rain. Which began moments after I put a million seeds into the ground in the gardens! DH complains daily that I will run the well dry with watering. Hi, Old Folks! I'm stopping in and saying hello. Sorry I've been away so...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Oh yes. This year I can ski at both Killington and Okemo, and they make snow all the time, but fresh, real snow is the best. I had a chance to ski at Bolton Valley - wow, these mountains are high! We are in the cold tonight. It's -6 now but supposed to get colder. The wood stove is...
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    The Old Folks Home

    It's nice I dropped by today, though, as I just got a one-year anniversary trophy! :celebrate❄⛷🎿
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    The Old Folks Home

    Well, although I haven't disappeared completely, I have certainly been scarce (as hen's teeth?). I blame it on ski season, as you seem to have guessed. I take care of my chickens, but my focus is really on skiing. I've gotten much better this year! I'm actually skiing at a speed that...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Oh! And speaking of darling granddaughter- Sorry sideways! I have been unable to fix this!
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    The Old Folks Home

    I haven’t disappeared completely! I got busy with family drama, relationship issues that needed tending, babysitting darling granddaughter, and ski season. And working 1-2 days a week. So sorry to neglect you all! My other forum is a women’s ski forum and it was calling me often, given that...
  18. trumpeting_angel

    Broody?

    Sorry for the delay. These pullets were born last April. One has started laying again, not daily. But they are back to their happy, healthy selves. Blackbird, my molter, is once again acting normal, not crazy, and is back to her old tricks, running heedlessly wherever she takes a notion, with...
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    Broody?

    Miss Broody is officially broken, and Blackbird, my Australorp, seems to have recovered from her molt and is once again acting assertive and normal, after being shunned. NOBODY is laying! They all were before all this began. My theory is that the molt, broody cage and Her Broodiness, and...
  20. trumpeting_angel

    Vermont

    I found that my local feed store also carries shavings. They keep them under roof. It’s open, like a lean-to, but dry, with the feed. Poulin, too, the local stuff!
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