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    Help! My rooster died!

    I started with 6 chicks in March.. 4 were killed when they were young by predators and before a proper coop. So, its been just 1 hen and 1 rooster for many months. She's been laying and they have been a happy little couple. He was pretty aggresive and I believed he had been keeping any smaller...
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    Incubating Eggs Questions...

    Ok, so I tried to get my hen broody a month ago and left eggs in her box. However, she had no interest on sitting on them after she lays. She is up and out and doesn't return until night. I really wanted to add a few more chickens and thought the best way would be to hatch a few. So, I've...
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    Speckled Egg...

    Well, since my 1 hen started laying she has laid about 1 egg every day for the last 2 months. Occasionally missing a day. Today, she laid her first egg that looked different than the rest. Just wondering if it indicates something.. Like lack of something in her diet, etc.
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    The coop in fall and winter..

    Sorry if this question has been answered before. Its starting to get a little more chilly were I live and the nights are sometimes getting down in to the low forties and upper thirties. For the first time I'm having to consider what to do in the winter months and the next few. I have 1 hen and...
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    First EGG!!! Wooo!

    So, usually my chicken and rooster are out of the coop and in the run early in the morning ready to be released to free range. Today, around 11:00am my father came in and said that my chicken just came out of the coop for the first time today and she had been making "noises" all morning. So, I...
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    Heat wave a my chickens.

    So, theres a heat wave thats hit most of the country. Where I live its going to be above 100 today. Yesterday I noticed my hens obviously finding shade anywhere and one hen literally burying herself in my garden soil under a tomato plant. I put out a trash can lid full of water but they had no...
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    First Coop..

    Well. I started this season with what I thought was 6 baby hens. After a battle with a local racoon I'm down to two and it appears one of the two is a rooster. Anyways. For some reason the COOP building has been slow and way behind schedule but with my father in town and a perfect helper we are...
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    Screws or Nails..

    I'm a DIY'er.. I build things and I make things.. And oddly I've always wrestled with this question, specifically today when I started to make my coop.. After screwing in about 4 screws I thought.. Why not use nails... So, out of curiosity, when you built your coop which did you use, nails or...
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    Homesteading in Borden, IN!!

    Just wanted to say hello and thanks to all the contributors for an awesome forum! I am new to raising chickens and have 6 2-3 week old chicks.. I will probably become a frequent flyer on this forum!
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    Need to build a coop..

    Wow.. When I set out on this adventure to raise a few chickens I never thought the hardest decision I'd have to make is coop design. I've now spent countless hours scouring the internet looking at plan after plan and honestly still haven't made a decision. So, I thought to actually ask for help...
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