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    Different hen???

    The two eggs on the right were laid by my red Sexlink. I have a speckled Sussex who is about to lay. The red Sexlink has been laying an egg a day for the last week. She just started laying. Yesterday we got no egg. Early this morning I checked the egg boxes and the egg on the left was in a...
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    New chicken owner needs help/advice

    Brought my 4 chickens home a week ago and one had a "runny nose" administered VetRx under wings, a couple drops down throat and rubbed diluted mix on head. Also put VetRx in drinking water. Runny nose stopped on that one bird and all birds eating, drinking, scratching around, roosting well...
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    Coop and run 90% complete ready for next step

    As the title suggests we are just about ready to take the next step which is getting our chickens. We have decided to go with pullets for ease and I have a few questions... What material for inside the coop and inside nesting boxes, hay, wood chips, pines straw? What about the run currently it...
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    Coop and run 90% complete next step

    As the title suggests we are just about ready to take the next step which is getting our chickens. We have decided to go with pullets for ease and I have a few questions... What material for inside the coop and inside nesting boxes, hay, wood chips, pines straw? What about the run currently it...
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    Roost dowel height

    How high off the coop floor should roosting dowels be?
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    Coop and run materials

    Starting construction on coop and run this weekend I am contemplating using hardware cloth with 1/2" x 1/2" openings 19 gauge and pressure treated lumber. Any issues or tips??? I understan I will need to bury ... What ... 12" of the hardware cloth to prevent critters from digging into run ...
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    New here and new to be chicken raiser

    Norfolk VA just passed an ordinance allowing BYCs yesterday... I plan on raising 4 hens in the spring and I need everything to get started first of all I need to construct a coop and I have no idea where to start, any tips, links, advice on first time coop/run building is appreciated ... I plan...
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