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    Better for bedding... Sand vs. Pine shavings????

    Mornin! We've been looking into the idea of switching our pine shavings up to sand in our coop. We're from central MN, and it gets pretty cold here during winter. The thought being that sand would eliminate some of the moisture in our coop, perhaps better than the shavings would during the...
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    Jersey Giant Fans, NEED your help!!!! Which one should we keep???

    My wife and I hatched these roosters in march, and we think its time to sell one of them as they have began to have a power struggle of sorts... So, our question is which one??? They're both beautiful birds, what do you think???
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    Looking for hatch buddies. 2/27/14

    Hey everyone. We've fired up the incubator. Have it steady and ready to load. Plan on setting eggs tomorrow night.... Anyone else wanna hatch with us? -Josh and Danielle
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    Looking for Black Jersey Giant Hatching Eggs!!!???

    Hi guys, looking for some Black JG eggs to put in the incubator for hatching this spring... Anyone got any??? Thanks!!! -Josh and Danielle
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    Where to buy quality Black Jersey Giant rooster?

    Hello all! After we had a neighborhood dog incident last week, we lost over half our flock... So, we've decided to get another Black JG rooster to breed, and re-populate our flock... Can anyone reccomend someone (preferably in MN) who has a show quality JG for sale??? Thanks in...
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    Need some advice, lost some beautiful birds this week...

    Hello all!!! We've had chickens for a little over a year now, and have been hatching our own birds since early this spring. Sorry to announce that we lost 3 babies yesterday, and 1 adult last week. All our birds free range together. At bedtime last night, we noticed we were short 3 7...
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    Looking For hatch buddies!!! 7-22-12

    Hey guys! Setting eggs again this afternoon! Short notice I know, but anyone wanna join us???? -Josh and Danielle
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    Is my Barred Rock Rooster "show quality"????

    Hello all! Out of our first hatch with our new rooster last feb, came "spike". He's huge by comparison to our other rocks, and we think he's just handsome as can be! Our question tho, is he show quality??? We have no idea. Thanks in advance!!! -Josh
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    First time broody hen???

    We've got a barred rock hen, that is going broody for the first time! The problem is, we let her free range, and she started laying under our shed during the day, not in the nesting box in her coop...??? Every night she makes her way back to the coop by dark. Is there any way to persuade...
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    Setting eggs tomorrow night, 3/29/12, anyone want to hatch with us?

    Hello all! We've got our second set of hatching eggs going into the bator tomorrow night! Super excited! The first batch we incubated, we went 17-23... Not bad for a couple rookies, eh??? This time setting 28, wish us luck! Hope to have some followers here, it was a lot of fun to have...
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    Chicken door size?

    Hello all! In the finishing stages of our new coop! We're gonna put some chicken doors in, not sure how big to make em.... Right now we've got barred rocks, but may be getting into a few larger breeds as well. How big you think we should make them? Anyone have any good/bad thoughts about...
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    Where to buy DE in MN?

    Hi guys! Finishing our new coop, and thinking we're gonna try the deep litter method this time around. Does anyone have any advice where to get the DE stuff up around here? Never heard of it before this site... Thanks in advance! -Josh and Danielle
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    Any advice for building a new coop???

    Hey guys! We're about half way done building our new 8X8 coop. Were wondering if anyone has some cool ideas for things to add inside, or out??? Rather do it now, before the ladies take residency! -Josh and Danielle
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    How much space do eggs need to hatch???

    Yea, were newbees over here... We are about to hatch our first batch of chicks in our homemade bator next weekend!!! Was wondering tho, how much space do the eggs need to hatch? They look a bit crowded in there, an many eggs are touching. Will that bother the chicks? Thought we'd...
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