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    how much do your chickens eat?

    My question to you is how much do your chickens eat per day? Please include type of food, species, and how often you feed that type of feed. Please use lbs. as measurement.
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    Best broody egglayer?

    What is the best brown egglayer that goes broody often and is under 7 lbs when adult? I was thinking sussex but I'm inexpirienced.
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    Staying online?

    If you have the site to remember you on each visit does it keep you logged in?
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    Being a weekend sheperd?

    There is a huge open pasture with some forests, short grass feilds, semi-forests, and a pond. I was thinking I could save feed, make the chickens happier, and entertain me by letting the chickens free range while I was watching them while fishing or taking a strole. Would I have to clip their...
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    Idea for mixed flock?

    I plan on having a coop and run suitable for 8 standard chickens and will let them out occasionally. Here's the idea for the flock: 1 black cochin bantam rooster, 2 good broody hens( Ideas ? ), 5 laying hens( Im thinking sussex but other idease are welcome) Ideas, questions, comments? Shoot away
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    Keeping the rooster and hens together?

    Okay from what I've read you have to put the breeding pair in a seperate pen to breed them. If my goal is to get plenty of eggs and to raise chicks occasionally then do I ever need to seperate the rooster from the flock? I want some chicks do I need to seperate the breeding pair from the flock...
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    run size and fence height

    I have plans for a run that is 16x16x16x9 (lenghts and widths). One 16 foot side is a 6 ft high wood fence, Another 16ft side is a 4ft chainlink fence, Another 16ft side is fencing that I'll have to put up and the last 9ft side is the 6ft high coop. I was going to use square fencing ( 2 rolls...
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    Do I need a brooder if the hen hatches them?

    Do the chicks need a brooder if the hen hatches them?
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    Silkie x Cochin cross?

    Okay since Im new to poultry and am lazy and havent really searched the forums I was intruiged by the possibility that cochins and silkies could cross? If so, would it be better to breed a male silkie with female cochin or male cochin and female silkie? This is because silkies are layers of fair...
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    Seregate mother?

    Ive been looking at some amazing birds on some of the recommended hatchery sites and most of them seldom go broody. Ive read that silkies are great mothers and I was curious if I could put the eggs from the rare breeds under the broody silkie? If you want look aat my other post on my future...
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    "fort" as a converted bantam coop

    Okay so this idea struck me today. Why dont I use my old play fort from 6 years ago and convert it into a coop for my future chickens? The fort is one of the assemble-at-home things from home depot. Its a 2-story and the bottom (a sand pit) is a 10 by 10 by 4. The top is 10 by 10 by 3 with no...
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    Storing eggs?

    Ive read that you must store eggs before you guve them back to the broody hen. Is this true?
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    Looking for bantam breeders near weatherford,TX

    I need to get some bantams next spring and i need to be able to get them at first monday in Weatherford,TX because im not going to someones house. anyone?
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    New to birds... Need help with coop

    Im new to poultry and i have an idea on a coop. It uses a 12-foot white wire storage shelf and would be 3 feet off the ground and will have a A-frame structure but its right next to a fence bordering a pasture with coyotes. There is a small hole in the fence but will soon be filled. I plan on...
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