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    Still getting small eggs

    I have 8 chickens, 2 Barred Plymouth rocks, 2 White Plymouth rocks, 2 RIR's, 1 New Hampshire red and 1 Black australorpe. They have been laying since October of 2013. I get about 6 to 7 eggs daily, give or take an egg. About half of the eggs are large to extra large and the other half are small...
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    Need help with a 5 gallon waterer I made.

    Made a 5 gallon waterer from posts on this site. Can't seem to get it to work right. I used the bottom of a small blue barrel and cut it down to an appropriate height. Got a 5 gallon bucket with a lid and drilled 3 holes around the lip of the bucket. When I filled it with water and turned it...
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    First egg today , Very exciting!!!

    I had just posted a thread yesterday about when I should open up my nest boxes to the chickens. I have an exterior nest box on the coop and had a piece of plywood over the hole, as I had not finished the inside of the boxes yet. I spent most of the morning trimming out the nest boxes, putting in...
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    When should I open up nest boxes for hens?

    Need a little bit of help in this area. New to raising chickens. Have a nice coop built for them, and just finished building nest boxes. I have 2 RIR's, 2 white plymouth rocks, 2 black australorpes, 2 New Hampshire reds, and 2 barred rocks. They are a little over 19 weeks at this time. The...
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    Finally Just about, Almost finished the coop..

    The girls have been in the coop for about 3 weeks now, still have some odds and ends to finish. I want to add a pvc automatic feeder and a auto waterer using the red cups which i ordered from Amazon.
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    Looking for bird netting so I can let chickens out of coop

    Wondering if anyone has any info on a place to buy good quality bird netting, so that I can let the girls out and forage in my garden area. I finished building my coop and run and am going to have a sort of pass-thru from the run to my garden, which is only about 8 feet away so they can forage a...
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    Splayed legs in chickens

    Wondering if anyone has any information on whether chickens, (in this case my 8 week old hens) can get splayed legs at this age or older. They are all fine right now, but I wanted to put a cleanable surface such as linoleum or something in the coop under the sand or pine shavings. Is this...
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    Question about deep litter method and DE

    Am going to be using the deep litter method in my outside chicken run and was wondering if by using the DE, would I be killing the bacteria that is supposed to break down all the waste, or is that on too small a scale (bacteria) to affect it? I will be using sand inside of my coop, but want to...
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    Where can I get the right kind of sand

    Hi, Wondering if anyone is from the Springfield Mass. area, Am trying to get washed construction sand for my coop. I have looked for bagged sand at Lowes and Home Depot, but it is too fine. Any places where I can buy it in larger amounts? Any info would be appreciated, Thanks
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    Deep litter method question

    Hi everyone, I have read a lot about the deep litter method and am still confused about what to use. First of all I have a coop that I am just finishing that is about 12 x 5. The enclosed coop is on one end and is raised about 19" off of the ground to give more room. The question that I have is...
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    Put roosts on same level or stagger

    Should I make the roosts all at the same height to forgo any pecking order problems, or should I stagger the heights of a couple roosts and let them figure it out. Just wondered if they were all at the same height would it cause less problems between them. Thanks for any help
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    What type of fan to put in coop for hot days

    About 2 weeks or so from finishing coop and run, was wondering what type of fan to put in coop on hot days. I know they have those small, (6 inch x 6 inch electonic cabinet fans), and I was also wondering about using the smallest ceiling fan I could find and keep it on low, Maybe install some...
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    Hello from Western MA

    Just started 3 weeks ago raising some chicks and building a coop. I have 10 chicks, about 3 1/2 weeks old. Have 2 RIR's, 2 Black australolrpes, 2 barred rocks, 2 white rocks and 2 New Hampshire reds. Also building a coop and run, hope it gets done in time. Looked for lots of ideas on this site...
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