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  1. ChickieChris

    My rooster died

    No apparent reason why. He was fine yesterday, crowing, eating, "courting" the girls. He appeared fine last night when I shut them up in the coop. I did notice some mild frostbite on his comb last night and told hubby that I was going to have to google what to do about it. This morning when I...
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    Picture of a few of my girls

    Enjoying a new make shift roost I just put up for them. I found this limb while walking around my yard and realized it was the perfect length to go across their run. They couldn't wait to fly up to it. It's amazing how easy it is to make them happy!
  3. ChickieChris

    Our coop and run.

    My idea was to repurpose my son's old play set for our coop. When we started working on it we found that too much of the wood was rotten so while it still has the basic design it doesn't look quite the way I envisioned. Still I am very happy with the way it turned out and our girls seem to...
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    Question about Winter and chickens

    By the time winter comes to us in eastern NC my hens will be fully feathered but I was wondering will I still need to have a light on in the coop at night as a source of heat or will they be ok without a heat source? Also on the rare occasion we do get snow....sometimes even a lot of snow...
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    Question concerning 2 week old chick

    I have a chick who will be 3 weeks Tuesday. I got her at 1 week. From the beginning she has acted like she was constipated. She does not have pasty butt. When she goes to poop she does so standing up...I have noticed the other chicks all squat down when they poop...and it looks like she is...
  6. ChickieChris

    HI from NC!

    I am new here and new to raising chickens. I just picked up my chicks on Monday. Six of them. 1 Barred Rock, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Easter Egger, 1 Delaware and 2 Delacuana's. They were 1 week old as of Tuesday. Supposedly they are all hens, but we will see. I have been a nervous mama since...
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