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    Comment by 'ampho' in article 'Nesting Boxes: Everything You Need to Know About These Coop Essentials'

    This is my chickens favorite, they will not use the others anymore basic Rubbermaid stool (also helps me close the skylight above them)...https://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-RM-P2-Non-Slip-300-Pound-Capacity/dp/B004Q0I2RS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1484771453&sr=8-6&keywords=rubbermaid+stool
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    Sudden Chicken Death Syndrome?

    I lost my beautiful golden Wyandotte yesterday Athena she was acting strange and tired. last two weeks but still eating and drinking and laying. Three years old. Nothing looked abnormal could this just be her life span? So sad
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    Chicken sickness and death

    Just realized where this post went wrong subject sorry am on iPhone
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    Chicken sickness and death

    I lost my beautiful golden Wyandotte yesterday Athena she was acting strange and tired. last two weeks but still eating and drinking and laying. Three years old. Nothing looked abnormal could this just be her life span? So sad
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    ADOR1 Automatic Coop Door?

    Our battery is 3 years old have not changed it we keep talking about changing it before it dies but so far so good! Batteries are dated I believe make sure you aren't buying old batteries. Your post reminded me to add that to my to do list!
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    Free ranging pros and cons?

    True do you have a ready trained dog for me? My lab passed and I work too much to train a dog right now
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    Free ranging pros and cons?

    They are definitely happier when they are free! Mine see me coming and get so excited to come out! But....I lost one of my six last fall to either a fox or coyote while i walked inside for only a minute! (it dragged her over the fence and dropped her when my husband went back there)! and i...
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    Just getting started on our little flock!

    Welcome! You will love them! You get very attached very quickly, My babies are almost 3, started with 6, now have 5 sadly one got attacked by ? The Barred Rocks were the most curious and smart/sweet, the Buffs sweet but shy, my Wyandotte kind of a loner but beautiful! You will have to see if...
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    Getting Chickens To Go Back Into Their Coop?

    dried mealworms favorite treat, they will kill for them! shake them in a cup, the sound is all they need to hear to come running into coop!
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    ADOR1 Automatic Coop Door?

    Had ours two years same battery. No problems Really a must have for us although I do check in the freezing weather to make sure no one is locked out overnight !
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    Lost my first chicken yesterday

    they have a pretty large run but of course the grass is gone from it...I was more worried about hawks before! I had just walked inside when it happened...! They are 18 months old...the only real threat has been a squirrel that harasses them and a few snakes they surrounded...I guess I will go...
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    Lost my first chicken yesterday

    could a weasel carry it over the fence...I know we have them, have never seen one myself. And could a raccoon catch one in the open? I wish I knew, we have a yard cam but of course the battery was dead. I am going to keep them locked up for awhile unless I am on top of them...the coop is...
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    Lost my first chicken yesterday

    One of my sweetest chickens, a buff orphington was taken in daytime over a 5' chain link fence and dragged about 100 feet, only neck broken, my husband thinks fox or coyote? We have bears too but they only seem interested in bird feeder. It happened so fast he thinks we scared it off by...
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    adorable, what kind? ( I meant "Devil's" fuzzies?)
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    Advice on small backyard coop for a beginner

    I don't know how handy you are, but this was the first run we built, fairly easy, small enough to move and more solid than the ones you can find online...you would have to either make a skirt of hardware cloth to predator proof it or keep the chickens locked in the actual coop at night. Our...
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    Freezing temps - should I keep chickens in coop?

    I try to give my chickens entertainment when the weather is crappy (snow on the ground) freezing rain today. You can see the remnants of a hanging cabbage, a Purina flockblock in the coop itself. Today they were only interested in fighting over dry spots in the dirt to dust bathe! We close the...
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    Comment by 'ampho' in media ''

    This is such a great example of "pin" feathers! poor thing!
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    White leghorns with black spots on legs (pic.)

    did anyone ever get an answer on this, my barred rock has exactly those spots too, (only one of them) that I just noticed today, she is also in the middle of pretty severe molt...?
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    Bedding

    No expert here, but there are multiple experienced chicken people that said never to use Cedar, maybe research that further.
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    Did you mean separate chicks or a combo chick? see my profile/pictures if you want to see my buffs in their various ages! good luck!
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