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    Chickened out on Fermented Feed but ...

    After doing a bunch of reading on feeding fermented feed to chickens, I decided to try it out. My issue is consistency in available temps. My house (and available places to do this) seems too cold in winter, and way too hot in summer. I'm also not able to only give it to them for 30 min at a...
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    Run space requirements for HAPPY hens

    I completely understand abiding by minimum posted space requirements for chickens for folks in urban environments. I'm lucky enough to be rural with acreage, so I'm really trying to figure out the right amount of space for my girls to keep them as happy as they can be. I tried free-ranging for...
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    How to Renovate Coop Sleeping Area

    I love my coop, which I had made 7 years ago, and wonderfully housed 6 hens. Size is 6' x 6' x 16', with the inner sleep raised area of the coop 4' x 6'. My new 17 little pullets are locked in the 6 x 16 area for now, and will soon (after aviary netting is installed over the top) will be let...
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    New to forum, second time around with chicks - hi from CA

    I'm having so much fun (and learning SO much) getting onto this forum. My first introduction to chickens was a game rooster who found my property after escaping from a local cock fighting ring 7 years ago. I absolutely fell in love, and got 6 pullets from a local feed store right after (never...
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    2nd Time's a Charm - they're in the Coop!

    I tried putting them out last weekend - 11 were 6-week olds, 6 were 5-week olds. They were too cold at high 40's at night (60's day) and I brought them back in for another week. This weekend, 1 week later at 7 and 6 week olds, they're just happy as can be. A few nights of low 50's at night...
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    Partridge Rock 7 week olds - Pullets or Cockerels

    I'm pretty darned sure that 15 of my 17 chicks are pullets. But my 2 partridge rocks confuse me. They were purchased as pullets. If just one had these thin saddle area features it wouldn't be so confusing, but the fact that both do, make me wonder if it's the breed, or just odd luck. Combs /...
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    I Chickened Out

    I'm in Northern CA. It's unseasonably cool right now - days 60's to 70's, and nights going as low as high 40's. Last weekend my babies were 5 and 6 weeks old. I decided it was time to move them from inside the house / brooder, to inside the coop (for which an extension is being built as I...
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    Temporary housing for 5 week olds - will Chicken Wire over Cyclone Fencing be safe enough?

    Time to move my 6 chicks out of the bathroom. We're taking our time on a nice coop, so I'm setting up temporary housing. I have a really nice 6 sided cyclone fence dog run. We are predator heavy - in country, so we have everything - fox, coyote, racoon, you name it. Would covering the cyclone...
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    Newly Adopted American Game Rooster - need advice on giving him company

    Just a few days ago, I adopted an escapee rooster. From the photos, he looks most like an American Game rooster. He is extremely sweet and docile - to humans. I'm going to keep him, and now am thinking I probably need to get him some company as I keep hearing that chickens are social creatures...
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    New to Chickens - Just Rescued a Game Rooster (and have questions)

    Hi all. I've never had chickens before, but makes sense since I live on acreage. People down the road from me participate in bad activities, and an escaped rooster was wondering around my gate for a few days before I decided he picked my house as his next home, and grabbed him up and put him in...
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