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    Building first rabbit hutch - having problem finding right kind of wire fencing

    Hello all, hoping you can... well I guess I'm hoping you can relieve some of my stress and tell me everything is going to be ok lol. We're building our first rabbit hutch and I am having a heck of a time finding proper wire fencing. From everything that I've read, the best material to use for...
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    Suddenly have a bird being singled out and are going to try the "chicken prison" technique before th

    So about twelve weeks ago we got four 8 week old chickens. A week later we added a 9 week old and a 12 week old. They have lived together amicably ever since. Until... recently. The Easter Egger started acting "weird" about two weeks ago. She used to be our fastest most inquisitive chicken...
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    Two Californian does and a buck : New additions to our backyard

    Hello all! Any day now we should get our first egg from one of our six girls and this weekend we added three rabbits to our little backyard experiment. Someone on Craigslist is getting rid of all their rabbits and at ten bucks a pop we couldn't say no. They are all Californians and we got two...
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    T-3 weeks till possible first egg = Build a nesting box!

    Hello all, here's another installment to the never-ending chicken coop project. We're 3-4 weeks away from the buff's first egg, and the rest are two weeks behind her, so we figured it was time to get a nesting box installed. Most of the wood is recycled or pulled from the cull bin at Home...
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    A couple questions about attaching an externally accessible nesting box

    Howdy all! So we're closing in on the final weeks before our first eggs should start showing up. Our Buff should be in the zone within the next 3-4 weeks, and the rest of the flock is 2 weeks behind. So, it's time to get a nesting box plan into place. A friend of our family has a pretty...
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    Six chickens, coop is 3x3x3. What problems might arise?

    Hello everyone! I posted in the welcome thread and one of the first responses was that our chicken coop was too small, so now that our girls are getting bigger it's starting to bug me. Our chicken run is now 17'x 3.5' which should be more than enough for six hens using the 8 square feet rule...
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    New chickens in Lompoc, CA

    Hello everyone! I'm really happy to finally be joining this community. My family and I are just over three weeks into our chicken adventure. My fiancee and I both have experience with chickens, her more than I, but most of what we're doing this time around together is pretty new. We'd like to...
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