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    Chickens Roosting the Wrong Way!

    I have my three girls that finally have a coop now. They are LOVING it, but one thing is bugging me. We have a roost ladder for them (being in cold weather I wanted something so they could cover their toes in the winter) with two levels on it. We did two levels planning on future chicken...
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    Building of our coop

    Here is the beginning of our coop building thread. I wasn't planning on a materials list until the end because it seems we head to the hardware store three times a day during this project! Here are some pictures. We are progressing pretty smoothly. Dimension of the coop are 4x4 and the run is...
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    Is this EE a Roo?

    My chicks are about 5-6 weeks old right now and I'm getting suspicious I have a roo in the group. Here are some pictures: The one in the middle is the one I'm worried about Not much of a comb going on, but the tail feathers are different from the other two In the middle again. Sorry...
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    5-week old chicks not eating treats. Is this normal?

    For some reason I just can't get my chickens to eat any treats other then mealworms. I've tried yogurt, hard boiled eggs, dandelions, lettuce, pears, grapes, sunflower seeds, corn on the cob, cooked plain spaghetti, and herbs (cilantro and parsley). They absolutely refuse to touch anything I put...
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    Finally getting some respect from my chicks!

    A friend of mine who work from home has been incubating, hatching, and raising her chicks. Our sets of chicks are one week apart with mine being older. I was kind of sad that whenever my chicks saw me they would run to the other side of the pen and hated being touched or picked up. We can't...
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    Predator Proofing Question

    We are in the process of building our coop and run. I wanted to use chicken wire for the run since we live in a city. I have never seen a racoon, rat, coyote, or anything like that in the 27 years I have lived here. We do have hawks, cats, and dogs that have gotten loose but I think the wire...
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    Our First Outdoor Experience and Treats

    So today I took my chicks (about three weeks old) outdoors for some play. I took them one at a time because we have some neighbor cats that I thought would mess with them. Here are their stories: Spicy: She was such a good girl. She would explore, but was leery to get too far away from me. She...
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    Chick are so funny sometimes!

    So I am now into day 3 of having my first group of chicks and I love just sitting and watching them. The love scratching in their bedding and getting it EVERYWHERE with a special fondness for their water dish which I now change twice a day. The other day a little fruit fly buzzed into the stock...
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    Our First Chickens

    We went and bought our first three chickens today! They are Easter Eggers or Amerucanas or Araucanas because they were labeled as all three (though I'm pretty sure just standard Easter Eggers). We call them Ori, Spicy, and Que which is short for Original Recipe, Extra Spicy, and Barbeque. Yes we...
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    Hi from Montana!

    Hello All, My husband and I already have quite the collection for animals for living in the city (5 cats, 2 frogs, and a saltwater reef tank). We have been kicking around the idea of chickens, but our city has frowned upon them up until recently! A few chicken "activists" as our council calls...
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