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    How to tell a good egg from a bad egg

    I didn't know I could get a "bad" fresh egg, so I googled and found this, which others might also learn something from: http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-an-Egg-is-Bad Tip: The floating test works because the air pocket inside the egg gets bigger with time as the egg contents lose both moisture...
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    Will they eat till they pop?

    We have three hens, standard sized, ranging from 3 - 5 months old. We still have they little yellow plastic feeder we got when they were babies...see pic below. They eat all the food it will hold in a single day. All that is left is about 1/2 inch of fine, dust powder by the next morning...
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    Please advise: free range time required?

    My husband and I can't agree on what our chickens need. Here's their coop and run: It is 4' x 10' and the coop itself is 4 x 4 x 5'. They are in the run all day, except in the evening when we let them out into the fenced in area below: We sit with them for about 15-30 minutes and throw...
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    *update* EPIC FAIL: Winterizing (new pics on post #30)

    Well, it is getting a little cold, dropping into the 20s at night and my hubby decided to winterize. As you can see, our coop has some spacing between the boards where the wind could come whistling through: So, he applied insulation board on the inside of the coop. Shiny, shiny insulation...
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    Regardless of cleaning, still stinky...new solution!

    We have a little coop and run that we clean, rake, spread DE, etc. EVERY WEEK and it still stinks. And we have flies like crazy. We really want to spend time watching chicken TV, but it was pretty unappealing due to that. My hubby was talking to one of his friends who has chickens and they...
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    Meeting over

    Thanks for coming.
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    Can't catch my shy birds...so I gave up

    We are new chicken owners, and have a small backyard coop. I like to free range our 3 hens for a few hours around the side of my house, but getting them out of the pen is an issue. I've only got 3 birds, and the oldest has always been very sweet and easily handled. The other two think I am so...
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    Live and let live, unless they KEEP coming back!

    We'd been seeing prints ALL OVER our coop. We deliberately put down DE (powder) around the coop, so if anything tried to go after them we would have some evidence of WHAT. During the morning rounds to visit the chickens, we saw the trap had sprung. Note the tracks all over the fence. Here is...
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    How does a thread go "sticky"?

    Can we nominate a thread to get put in a sticky...I would actually like to nominate my own post if the mods think it is worthy. I had been wondering about a chicken first aid kit, and even saw someone posting to ask about the same thing. I did a LOT of reading on these forums, put together a...
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    Coon tested, mother approved

    We had our coop finished and the girls in about 3 days before I saw a coon track on the fence. It didn't get in. Now about a month later, we noticed coon tracks ALL OVER the fence, run, and coop. We can see two distinct sizes, so we figure it is Momma and at least one baby. They didn't get...
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    First Aid Kit for Chickens **with pics**

    I know only what I've read about here on BYC and some online searching. I'm not a vet, but I wanted to have some things on hand in case my birds have a problem. Here is the kit I currently have including what problem each item is good for (with pertinant links). Hope other newbie bird owners...
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    Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but WOW...

    For the last month or so, I've been wanting to make a new roost ladder out of halved branches. I was hoping a branch I could use might come down from some of the bigger trees on our property, so I've been keeping my eye out for something big enough to use. Be careful what you wish for. About...
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    UPDATE: *with pics* The Bathing Experiment - Dirt or Sand?

    I've read on here to put sand in for dirt baths. We currently have "river sand" in the run, which I think will drain rain away nicely, but with the bigger gravel than "play sand" is not condusive to chicken baths. When we let them out to free range, they run right to my flowerbeds and take a...
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    Throwin' Elbows

    We got 3 chickens at the same time. Two were just a week old, and the third was a BO about 7-8 weeks old. The BO is so very sweet, but set the pecking order as expected since she is much older. Turns out, one little one was a roo, so he got taken back to the chicken farm to exchange for a hen...
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    *finished* Pics of coop's cupola weathervane restoration

    ***Final pics on post #9*** We put a cupola on top of our coop, and I thought a weathervane on top would be a perfect finishing touch. We like old things, though. And, a full sized weathervane wouldn't work on our little coop. But, I found the PERFECT antique, miniture, cast iron weathervane...
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    YOUR chicken-faced avatar

    It started shortly after I joined BYC. There was a user whose avatar made my heart go pitter-patter. This avatar had two frizzle bantams, one white and one spotted, sitting side by side. It was THE CUTEST THING EVER!! (sadly, I can't find the user with that avatar 'cause I wanted to PM him/her...
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    Locked thread on name change?

    Hi mods! I'd like to change my username to DazeGoneBy, but see that thread below on changing usernames is closed, but I don't know why. Do you guys ot want to do it anymore? Or is it planned to be a feature of a paid membership? Thanks a ton!
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    Is my Dominique a roo?

    ***video of baby bird on post #16 for your vote*** I posted about how fast they grow somewhere else, then mentioned that I was a little worried about this one, ClaraBell, which I'm afraid might be a Clarence Bill. Two folks chimed up, Sonew123 and Skilz; one said boy and one said girl. So, I am...
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    PICS: coon tracks showing how they can climb

    I was just touching up the stain on my fence around my coop when I noticed some dust tracks on the fence. Five toes = coon. The coop has only been inhabited for 2 weeks. And, I live just off the square in a smallish town. I was halfway expecting coons, but not really. Glad we made it...
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    *HOW* fast do they grow? Geez.

    This was ClaraBell when she was about a week old (just a guess). That is my 9-year-old's hand holding her. This is her just one month later. She's already an awkward teenager. But, I'm worried about all those tufted feathers around her neck, and how red her comb is coming in. I'm scared she...
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