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    Chick zipped but then no movement :-[

    Today is our hatch day, first time incubating. We are hatching Nine Crested Polish [and one silkie] shipped eggs in a Little Giant still air incubator. We saw movement in all but one on day 18. The first egg to pip was making some great progress zipping this morning, then stopped. No...
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    Easter Egger first layed on Saturday, no more eggs since

    Just checking to make sure this is normal 'new layer' behavior or something I should be concerned about. We got our 3 hens in February. The other two have been laying for 10 days now...fairly regularly. At least every other day. We found a beautiful green egg in the middle of the run on...
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    Baby chick lethargic, have lost three others from this same group.

    Two friends and I recently ordered 15 day-old chicks from My Pet Chicken. They shipped out Monday the 13th, and arrived two days later (Wed. the 15th). I'm in Texas, and they shipped from Ohio. Our weather has been mild (80s during day) so seemed a good time to have them shipped. One chick...
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    Purina Coopitecture facebook contest---hundreds of coop pics!

    Great site for inspiration! It's fun to look at all the wonderful coops, from over-the-top to clever coops made from pallets. We entered our recycled castle playhouse in the contest, hope it wins!!! Even if it doesn't, the kids have had a great time watching their votes grow, and we've been...
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    Recycled Castle Playhouse Coop

    This is our budget coop and run. The kids no longer played in this handed-down, faded playhouse so I painted it and turned it into a fancy coop for our (quickly growing) baby chicks. I spent around $225 for the lumber, wire, tin, paint, and misc. supplies to build the run. I still need to...
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    Number of nest boxes for 6 hens

    I'm currently building the coop and run for our baby chicks. How many nest boxes will I need for our 6 (med-large breed) hens? Thanks!
  7. shannacrew

    Hello from East Texas

    Hi! This is our 2nd attempt at raising chickens. A couple years ago we lived in the country on several acres that backed a huge forest. Sadly, we lost all of our birds to predators. We learned that raccoons are amazingly deft at pulling out staples, possums can drop from overhead trees, packs...
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