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    Update-Chicks are 15 weeks old

    Hi All, My chicks, aka Chickens, are 15 weeks old. Buff Orphs & RIR pullets in their pen. Note the automatic waterer with an Orbit Timer attached to the water line. We are on a water tank so water is scarce. I set a timer to open for five minutes every two hours. The cockerels catch their...
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    Electric Fence and Chicken Door (Coop Update)

    Hi All, I just finished my latest additions to my chicken coop and pen. Electric Fence I have been concerned with our dogs digging under the pen wire and the Antelope Squirrels feasting at night. So, I extended my electric fence to run along the ground of the exposed pen sides. This image...
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    Update: Chicks are now 10 weeks old!

    Hi All, My Buff Orps and RIR chicks are now ten weeks old! Should I say:Chickens? We have not lost a one. We still have the 25 that survived the trip. We have been having a lot of wind and the night temperatures are still down to freezing. Today, was warm and calm, so my chicks are enjoying...
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    Feeding Wildflowers?

    Hi All, The snow has left water in the ground for our wildflowers to grow. I was weedwacking today and thinking about feeding alfalfa to the chickens. I do not have alfalfa but a lot of wildfowers. Wildflowers in the High Desert of Southern California This is the flower and plant that I am...
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    7 Week Old Status Report

    Hi All, My chicks are now seven weeks old. I turned off the heat lamp last night. I have had it set for coming on at night only for two weeks. Our nights have been below freezing, so I have been a little cautious. Seven week old Buff Orps and RIR's. I have been letting them out to run in...
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    Don't Do This!

    Hi All, My chicks are now 5 weeks old. I have been trying to stay ahead of their growth to finish my coop and run. The run has eight foot fencing and I opened up the entrance using a dog door. Finally, I added the ramp. It was a good day (no wind and clear sky), so I grabbed the camcorder...
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    Don't Do This!,

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    High Tech Coop/Brooder Design

    Hi All, I want to pass on several ideas I developed to assist me in managing my new chicks. The coop is new and fully insulated. I will expand on this in a later post. Today, I want to show you a grit bin/hopper I built. I could not find one that would work for my chicks, so I constructed one...
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    My new flock

    OK, I give up. I must post pictures of my new chicks. This is after I placed them in their new home (a plastic wading pool). Thanks for the hint to use a pool. This helped keep things clean for the first few days. I have had to open up the area (in my coop) as they were trying to test their...
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    Hello from Phelan, California

    Hi All, I have enjoyed reading all of the "mail" this Winter. I ordered and received 25 chicks from McMurray Hatchery. As usual (per this group) they did not ship my order correctly. They only shipped 26 chicks with one DOA. I was to get the rare chick, but didn't. Also, I ordered RIR chicks...
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