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    how much room do I need in my coop for my chickens?

    10x10, could be 8x8.. I donno... either way your under size.
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    how much room do I need in my coop for my chickens?

    You can never have enough space. 24sqf is small thats less than 5x5ft. I keep 10 to 11 birds in 10x10 coops. They get along real well though. Then they free range most days.... thats the big factor. If they dont free range you need a much bigger coop and run.
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    Raising Chickens in Texas

    They die.. it happens.. raise more chicks... not many people know chicken illnesses... most of it is all chatter and guesses. There arent many vets for chickens in texas, and it'd be more expensive than raising a new chick anyways. Im in seguin. Not far from you. Learn everything you...
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    Quail egg help

    Just let em keep going for several days past the hatch date. Always late chicks to the show. Then you will know...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    My brown leghorns just started laying here 4 days ago.. finally!! I hate waiting for birds to grow out.. wish they grew faster!! Size of pheasant eggs... little, but they will fill out..
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    where to store eggs before incubation

    Speaking from experience here, no newbie.... I set up my hoovabator genesis ready to hatch eggs turner installed all ready to go. Then collect eggs, put them in the incubator in the house and turn the egg turner on. Then leave the egg turner on as you collect eggs for two weeks.. incubator...
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    Rooster hasn't accepted new hens in 5 months... time to give up?

    Have ypu tried separating him from the flock for a few weeks by himself then reintroducing him to the hens all together? If you separate him totally no interaction, it breaks his normal patterns. Chicks are creatures of habit. It will also raise his testosterone separating him from all the...
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    How best to integrate hen into new young flock?

    I like integrating new birds first by separate cages next to each other where they can see and interact through the wire... then after several weeks, let all roam together free ranging.... then they can peck each other and figure out their pecking order free range where they can all get away...
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    Is this good or bad?

    Dominance thing... for sure. Flared tackles as a fight sign.
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    Parenthood Thread

    Baby coming in 2 days
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    Fowl pox? See pics

    I had pigeons around my chickens once upon a learning experience. They get fowl pox bad from pigeons. Lost abunch of birds before learning that..
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Free ranging everyday lowers the feed bill.
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    Advice wanted, rooster placement (ish).

    If they are in the same yard to mingle still, they will have spats and hens will mix. The other rooster would still put him in his place over dominance. They gotta be totally separated.... way apart... I have 2 roosters... each different ages and have different age tribes. But they live...
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    First time hatching .

    It gets addicting
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    How Many Hens?

    Sounds like you missing chickens you need to lock up for a while when they come to lay and coop em back up!!!
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    My birds just started laying the passed few days. Mainly all first eggs age of lay. My older birds, 1 started laying today.. summer heats finally broke.. they been on strike since spring. Who knows if and when My bcm will lay any... they are on the chopping block this year in they dont lay...
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    Update from the south, THIS is where im at..

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    Update from the south, THIS is where im at..

    Central Tx, hot most of the year. Just got to being around 95 highs and lows 65 here in oct 2025. Evenings are cooling off nicely, huge break in the heat for us. Very welcoming, its been HOT this year down central and south Texas area this year. Big lack of rain this year even though up...
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    Freeloaders still freeloadin'!

    Thats a good idea. I've caught em before like that. Forgot about that though
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    Freeloaders still freeloadin'!

    Been months now that we haven't got eggs regularly. One here and there throughout the summer. Im in Texas, its hot, been a hot go the last few months... so I get it. Temps are starting to cool off a hair some days which sure is nice! Im hoping my feathered friends are about ready to start...
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