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    Calcified egg?

    Found the attached in the tray below the roost this morning. Believe it came from our RR that has not laid in at least a year, she is about 5 or 6 years old. She does not appear to be in distress, eating and moving around. The print is from the paper.
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    Introduce two new hens to my three hen flock

    I have three hens two years old, one RR and two AC's. Not getting enough eggs so would like to add two more girls (city limit). The RR is a bit of a bully so was thinking of pullets not chicks. I can make something temporary next to the coop for the new girls. How long before they could be put...
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    PVC Feeder

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    Well dressed urban girls

    Had a problem with the two girls low on the pecking order, their backs were getting bare. I didn't like the idea of the blinders thru the nose for the two aggressors. Found Louise's Country Closet web site with the "chicken saddles" and decided to give them a try. Only took the girls a day to...
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    Extended Run

    The girls were free ranging in the backyard until they begin to take a toll on the grass, eating the grass was alright, but than they started to dig holes. That did not go over well with DW. Had a row of junipers from the coop to the rear wall. Used some 4' plastic garden fencing and staked it...
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    Lil Red Chick Palace

    I had some basic requirements, to fit on the pad available, I could stand up, access from the front side to the coop, access to the coop from inside the run. I decided on a 9' X 6'. This gave me six 36" run panels (Novice error, the 9' should have been 9' 5" and all ten panels would have been on...
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    New Member

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New, yes my chicks are ten weeks old. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Four (3) What breeds do you have? Two Rhode Island Red, two Ameraucana. (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Web search (5)...
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