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    Duck Pen/House help

    Hi all, New to ducks - ducklings on the way! I'm in process of building the run. It is 8x16 and completely enclosed in hardware cloth. Half the roof will be clear panels, half will just be hardware cloth. I'm trying to figure out what to do with the house. First, for 3 ducks, (welsh...
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    Bees?

    Hi all - so it's springtime and beehive clean up time. I was wondering: Especially this time of year, there are a lot of dead bees out of the hive. Is there any reason to not give them to the chickens mixed in as a treat? I'm talking normal bee die off, not pesticide induced. Thoughts please?
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    shell-less eggs?

    Hi all - I'm running into an issue with my layers - every few days the eggs I find in a box are covered in dried yolk and shavings/nesting material. At first I thought I had an egg eater. But there is no sign of shell pieces in the box. I also think that if I had one or more eating eggs, they...
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    Removing golf balls?

    I assume I know the answer... but... I have 6 hens that have all been laying for the past 1.5-2 months (one started about Thanksgiving, and the others have been joining ranks since then). I had put golf balls in the nest boxes to start them out. Is it safe to remove the golf balls by now...
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    Help me figure out who...

    Hi all - I've got chickens hatched June 4th. Three are laying now! But I don't know who they are. I have a Columbian Wyandotte, a LF Easter Egger, a WCB Polish, and 3 bantams: buff brahma, ee, and white silkie. The wyandotte has been laying about 2.5 weeks. About a week ago I started...
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    Oatmeal on cold mornings?

    Ok - this may be a ridiculous question, but I have read a lot about how the girls would love oatmeal on these brisk New England mornings. I have a ton of instant oatmeal - the maple and brown sugar flavored (don't judge. I love it lol) Is this ok to give to them, or do I need to focus on...
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    The Karate Chicken....

    I think I need to name my EE pullet Mr. Miyagi. I watched her eying a fly that buzzed into the coop. Then she lept into the air and caught it on the wing! By the time her feet hit the ground she seemed as surprised as anyone else that she succeeded. Of course, then she cackled and took off...
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    Polish picked on

    Hi all, my little flock of 10 weeks olds is a Columbian Wyandotte, EE, WCB Polish, Bantam EE and Bantam Brahma, and a silkie, I noticed this morning that the polish has two raw spots on the back of her head where someone (or multiple someones) has been picking - all the sudden. There is...
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    First Sleep-Over Night... and a question

    So last night was the first overnight slumber party in the big-girl house. Six 7-week olds (C. Wyandotte, EE, polish, bantam ee, bantam brahma, silkie). Silkie screamed bloody murder for a while at dusk - I tried to explain that she was just ringing the dinner bell for critters, but she wasn't...
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    They're outside!

    Ok - they are 4.5 weeks old and I just put the out in their run this afternoon (you'd think I killed them there for a few minutes!). They're starting to warm up a little bit to the sand run. They're picking and eating various "crud" that has fallen into the run from the pine trees... I put...
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    Brooder size?

    Hey all - I have 3 full size chicks, 3 bantam chicks, all 2 weeks old plus a couple of days. I have them in a 30 gallon rubbermaid tub with a wire top. I want to move them to a large wire dog crate I have so they'll have a lot more room, but they could easily walk between the wire. Here was...
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    DLM/Bedding for raised house?

    Hi - I have a raised house (about 2 feet off the ground) with an attached run. I am confused - does a deep litter method need to be on the ground to work properly? I mean - if you have a raised house with a raised wood floor - does a deep litter method really work - or do you just have a pile...
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    Over the hump?

    Hi all. I have a question about chicks and their growth. Is there a point where you can sigh and say "ok - I think we're past the critical period and they'll most likely make it?" For example, the breed of dog I raise has a common wisdom that if the puppies make it past 10 days, you're most...
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    New chick pics

    Since y'all seem to like baby pictures... here you go. I'm trying to figure out which of my standards is the Col. Wyandotte and which is the EE (it seems chicks of either one can be the chipmunky0brownish-grey color OR mostly yellow!). I would think the larger chick of the two would be the...
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    Anyone have new chicks coming?

    After MONTHS of waiting they're supposed to hatch out/ship out today from MPC. Anyone else in my boat?? After ALL the horror stories you read on here, I'm starting to be SURE that I'll do everything wrong - if they are even alive when they get here Someone tell me I won't kill them all...
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    Run cover - PVC or Polycarbonate?

    Hey all - I'm finishing up my coop/run. It's the same idea as the Wichita or the Chicken Palace listed on here. I was going to cover the run in hardware cloth and then put clear corrugated panels over them to provide shelter from rain or snow (in New England here). Question for those more...
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    Space to get on roost?

    Hi all, (just be forewarned I have too much fun with those smiley-face options!) I found out I'm getting an extra chick in my order Good thing I haven't built the coop yet! I'm making a coop 4x8x4 tall. I was going to build a 4ft roost front-to-back offset to one side and to accommodate...
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    Coop/Run Security confusion

    Ok - I'm confused with all the opinions on run security. Hope someone can advise. I'm building something similar to the palace, the whichita coop, etc that are listed all over this site. I'm doing hardware cloth for all wire - up the sides, under the roof, and even for the bottom of the run...
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    Sand flooring/poop board question

    Hi all - another newbie question. I'm reading about the virtues of sand in the run as well as the house. That's the direction I'm leaning. However - let me ask a couple of questions I wasn't able to find on here: 1) Construction sand is the best? I mean, is it right that play sand packs...
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    Another question on attaching hardware cloth

    Still trying to figure this all out - some advice is appreciated (I think I'm WAY over-thinking all this). I've done searches on here and found many different approached, so I just want to make sure I understand. I'm building a run that will be full enclosed with 1/2" hardware cloth. I've...
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