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    Opening the Incubator Frequently?

    I agreed to try hatching some chicks for a friend as a practice run before buying myself expensive eggs. I intended to use a Brinsea Advance 20 Octagon on an auto-turn cradle with the humidity chamber accessory. It is a fairly idiot-proof set-it and forget-it arrangement. The friend gave me...
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    D'Uccle Rooster Behavior Questions

    I am working on a chicken coop to be completed by spring and window shopping "pretty" and personable chicken breeds. I live in town on an 0.8 acre fenced lot. The proposed chicken coop is sufficient to serve as the only space (42.25sqft hen house, 120.25sqft roofed run)....but sufficient is...
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    D'Uccle Flight Behavior Query

    I understand flight CAPABILITY, but have a question as it pertains to flight BEHAVIOR. I am working on a chicken coop to be completed by spring and window shopping "pretty" and personable chicken breeds. I live in town on an 0.8 acre fenced lot. The proposed chicken coop is sufficient to...
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    Olive Egger Genetics Question

    I have yet to find the answer to this in my reading: Is there a difference between eggs produced by different genders of the same breed crosses? (No, I am not referencing egg-laying roosters ...smart-asses) i.e.: If you crossed a blue-egg rooster on a brown-egg hen, would you get...
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    A New Question (to the best of my researching ability) Mixing Breeds in a Flock?

    I am planning on chickens and only in the sketch phase of the coop design process. Just because I am not planning on acquiring chickens until spring does not mean that I am not window-shopping the breeds. Can I have a happy flock if I acquire one each of different chicken breeds? I...
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    Minimum Flock Size for Happy Chickens

    I tried to search the forum for this, but any threads that popped up concerned the minimum ORDER that you could place at a hatchery. I have no city restrictions on the number of chickens that I have, but would like to do a small flock...at least to start with. We'll see if chicken math gets...
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    Issues with Straw?

    I had originally investigated straw to put on my vegetable garden. However, growers usually spray a broad spectrum pesticide on it before harvest that has a 500 day half life. Apparently, you should only use straw in your garden if you have an organic source - not likely. My native garden...
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    Indispensable Features?

    I am in the midst of the pencil and paper stage of a frenetic coop design. I like to over-think, over-build, and generally over-do just about everything. I can spend ten minutes evaluating specialty olive oil options in the market, a trivial choice. Yet, this is a giant piece of real estate...
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    Any Problem with Oversized Nesting Boxes? My Current Footprint?

    I am in the midst of designing the end-all-be-all of small/medium chicken coops. I am not trying to shirk my homework, but have a slightly odd question. Are there any problems to be had with providing oversized nesting boxes. My intention is to have 7-9 bantam chickens, but allow for the...
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    Hey Y'all from Austin, TX

    As stated, I live in Austin. It is an incredibly chicken-friendly town. I have not made the plunge before now because the logistics of chickens and dogs sharing the same space seemed too difficult. However, my plans for a new vegetable garden made chickens a good idea for organic bug control...
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