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    Possible Nest Boxes?

    My flock is 11 weeks old, so I'm starting to look for possible nest box options. I spotted these this week and picked a couple up, but was hoping some folks with more experience could give me a second set of eyes. Current flock is four birds: one White Leghorn, one California Can, and two TSC...
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    Leghorn Chick Crop Weirdness?

    Hey all! I've been noticing that Ginger, my 2-ish wk old White Leghorn chick, seems to have a very full crop -- visible, makes it look like she's sticking her chest out -- more often than she doesn't these past three days. I've attached my week 2 comparison pic of the Nuggets for a visual...
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    Hello (again!) from Missouri!

    Hey all! I'm not entirely new to chickens. We had a small backyard flock about a decade ago, but we moved somewhere that wasn't chicken-friendly. We've since moved again, and after kicking the can down the road for a little bit, have finally brought home some wee nuggets from TSC. Our...
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    Pimples? Sandpaper? Other mysterious eggshell things?

    One of my chickens laid this oddly textured egg today. The shell doesn't seem brittle, and the little bumps are like tiny craft beads glued to the surface. The color is consistent on the whole shell. I've had one or two rough eggs from my flock, but nothing that looked like this. They're...
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    Solar power for heated drinkers?

    I've got a small flock -- four with an ultimate cap of about six -- and I currently use a smallish plastic one gallon waterer outside of the coop. As we're getting closer to winter, though, I'm looking at ways to make sure that my flock has fresh liquid water instead of a block of ice. My...
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    Sudden virtuoso performance?

    Hey all! My flock of four turned fourteen weeks old on Monday. That's a little young for laying -- the rule of thumb I've heard is around 20 weeks -- though I'm guessing it's not entirely out of the question. They've all got their grown-up voices, and generally cluck quietly to each other...
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    Possible treated sawdust in the run?

    When I bought the lumber for my coop, I was careful not to choose treated wood for most of the build because I'm aware of toxicity issues with the sawdust, and wanted to minimize risk. I did a pretty good job at this overall, but a couple of things did sneak in, including some wood sheathing we...
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    Yogurt Follies!

    So today was the day that I finally -- finally! -- got around to bringing some yogurt home for my nearly four-week-old flock. Now, so far the Nuggets (as I've come to refer to them in the collective) have been really quite clever about figuring out that The Hand is the source of interesting...
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    My first flock! (With pics!)

    After nearly a year of planning, preparing, and thinking it over, brought home my first mixed flock batch of baby chicks today! I'm starting with one australorp, one barred rock, one easter egger, and a buff orpington, all purchased from Bourn Feed in Columbia, MO, who source their chicks...
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    Build big or renovate later?

    One of the challenges I'm having designing my coop/run is that I'm planning to move slowly and keep a fairly small flock. My city only allows six hens at a time, and I'd like to ensure I have the space for younger birds periodically, so I'd only be starting with 2-3 this coming year, then add...
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    Greetings from CoMO!

    Hey there! I've been reading up on chickens for the past several months and getting ready to build a coop/run after the new year to accommodate what I hope will be the start of a fabulous flock of pet chickens. I'm mostly vegetarian, so it's destined to be a "pets with benefits" scenario...
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