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  1. Guerillachickenherder

    Overrun by roosters?

    I have a flock of 9 birds, all 10 weeks old; EE's, BR's, and BA's, all of whom were sold as pullets...I'm worried I'm going to be overrun with roosters. I'm pretty certain they are not all pullets. In fact, I'm concerned that at least 4 are roos. Could I get a hand with sexing these birds...
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    Training chickens to drink from automatic watering nozzles

    I was researching large volume waterer solutions, for when we leave town for the weekend, and came up with this: http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=132 I couldn’t find the pics or info here, though apparently, BYC is where the idea was gleaned. Anyhow, I built one for ~$15 with slightly different...
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    coop sizing

    I've been reading up on coop sizing and came up with 4-5 sq. ft. per heavy breed bird. If birds have access to an enclosed run, does this space count toward the area required per bird? I'm planning on building the nest box off the side of the coop for easy access, so the coop building would...
  4. Guerillachickenherder

    Howdy!

    Howdy! I'm new to chickens, but have been lurking here for some time now... the family and I finally jumped in with both feet. We have 3 Austraorps, 3 Barred Rocks, and 3 Mutt EE's keeping warm in the basement right now. What different personalities the different breeds have! They just...
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