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    Ideas for a coop with hidden run?

    Being legal is like being thin...we all wanna be. Sometimes though...ain't happening. (I'm to the point where I'd like to shoot my bathroom scale with a 12 gauge.) So if it were me...I'd probably build a faux front kinda thing, like maybe a legitimate tool shed on one side (facing your...
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    Hen behavior

    So many things stop eggs: worms, stress (maybe there is some other predator like a rat in the coop at night?), any kind of change (like wondering where'd the rooster go???), parsites like mites, big temp swings (it snowed here three days ago, will be 81 tomorrow), noisy neighbors, hawks flying...
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    In Which I relocate a very heavy Chicken Coop

    Hey, it worked and you've got a super coop: kudos!
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    I have been flogged FYI ***I will NOT be culling this Rooster

    Sorry you were flogged. The first time is always a shock. I've had 6 roosters. Only one was really nice/cuddly, and the hens actually killed him: pecked his butt until he bled. I've had one that flogged me and my adorable blue EE rooster is seriously thinking about it now. I can recognize the...
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    How much are you paying for layer pellets?

    I'm paying wayyyyyyyy too much, because it's organic. $29 a bag.
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    What treats will your chickens be getting for Christmas?

    They had pumpkin pie tonight, one per coop. Tomorrow they're having a cayenne pepper/spinach omlette for breakfast, then tuna for a lunch treat, and a pumpkin for their bed time treat. (they're not spoiled. they deserve it. they TOLD me so!)
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    When good guys attack! Crowing at my voice!!!!!

    My one year old EE roo (weighs about 12 pounds) attacked me the other day. I was wearing thick wool socks, heavy denim jeans, and knee high rubber boots. He spurred me and even though it didn't pierce the boots, it DID pierce the skin and bleed underneath! And it was a bone bruise: it's a week...
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    Eggs..........to wash or not to wash?

    My first batch of chickens were...ladies. They went into the nest box, laid and egg, and left. These rowdy, noisy, filthy hooligan wild things that are just now coming up on point of lay are DETERMINED to poop in the nest boxes, no matter how many times I or the adult girls chase them out! So...
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    Hiding roosters?

    I sooo wish you all the best with this, but...none of my roos, even the juveniles, are something that could be hidden unless it was in a soundproof booth like a recording studio. That said...I've seen some people get them declared 'therapy' animals or license them like a therapy dog and skirt...
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    How do you call your chickens

    Quote: I don't usually call them: as soon as the front door opens a crack they're right there, begging. If they're in their runs because the dogs are loose, they start screaming and jumping up and down like clowns when they see me coming. If they're free ranging, the faster ones will run...
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    here's YOUR xmas present, BYC! (netting solution)

    Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza, etc! Here's your present: a solution to roof netting sag. (which sounds sorta harmless but...well, it ain't pretty!) OK...I'm broke thirty, so I used cheap fruit tree/Home Depot netting over the biggest run since it's huge: 35x40 feet in the main...
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    how to tell whats what

    I don't have those but I do have black Astrolorps...all black. When they're scattering in panic I can't pick one out of the flock but when they're just being their normal selves, I sort of can. By behavior. And who they pal around with. But I know they sell leg bands for birds. And I read on...
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    Is there any way to shorten molt time?

    Quote: I'm raising my chickens on organic feed: don't even ask me what organic storebought yogurt costs! BYC taught me to make my own yogurt: it's soooo easy. Crockpot, milk, little bit of store bought....shazzzam! Search for the Miss P recipe page...has everything. I didn't even put it...
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    Noisy Barred Rock

    Quote: Sorry about your loss, Boo sounds cool. My Black Astrolorps are screamers: nonstop. If I open the front door I'm sure you can hear them all at your house.
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    will she KILL them or will their cousins kill them? (did I mess up?)

    Update: Turk, the original broody seemed to be fine with all 15 new chicks. But her older chicks were VERY snotty to the new babies...and the little tiny Wyandottes couldn't have taken too many more pecks to their tiny heads. So, I seperated them. The other practically naked Austrolorp who's...
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    Bizarre Pre Dawn Behavior

    They didn't want you to oversleep? I dunno. But my guess would be a mouse or rat underneath the floor spooked them and they just sort of broke into song like they were in the Sound of Music.
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    will she KILL them or will their cousins kill them? (did I mess up?)

    Thanks for the replies. When I went out with the yogurt, most of the grogel (half package) was gone, and I saw most of them drinking. But as you say...the bigger ones started picking on the little ones even though it's a 5ftx3ft brooder. Seperated the smallest six of the new chicks and tossed...
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    neighbor extremely upset -- looking for solutions

    Quote: ...and a muzzle on the neighbor! I agree with all of the people who said you shouldn't tear up your yard for HER problem. Or spend time/money putting up additonal fencing. I 'might' wait until I could speak to her without giggling in her face, but I'd for sure be telling her that...
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    "Well the eggs are dirty..."

    Quote: OH yeah: I dropped an egg coming thru the run gate (because the dogs were rushing me trying to get in to eat chickens) and the dogs dove on it, ate it all. Two days later I turn the 'Lorps out to free range and later that day I see the big dog walking around like something's wrong with...
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    Great 2 day after rescuing 5 leghorns that eat their eggs .......

    I feel your pain and am in the same boat: huge/expensive mess to tear it all apart but I've got egg eaters too. Almost all of my Black Stars do it and some of the Astrolorps. I have three golfballs in there and an antique porcelain doorknob (hoping to give em a headache when they peck ) but...
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