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    Are these eggs okay to eat?

    We went camping this last weekend and my BIL came over to check on the chickens and collect eggs while we were gone. Today when I went to give the chickens their treats I noticed that there were two eggs in their feeder (a hanging 5 gallon bucket feeder). I don't know how long they were there...
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    Question about community nest boxes.

    I was reading up on community nest boxes a few weeks ago, and I really like the idea. Most of the designs I have seen have the opening in the middle of the nest box that is maybe 3 or 4 feet long. When we built our coop we made it so one half it the coop and the other half is a shed. I was...
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    When can I switch from crumbles to pellets

    I'm sure this has been covered numerous times here, but I don't have the time at the moment to go searching for it. My girls are 9 weeks old (I think). Is it okay to switch them to pelleted food? I need to buy a new bag of feed soon, so I figured I would check. When I do switch them over...
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    Out they go!

    My chicks are 7 weeks old and got booted out of my garage and into their new coop/run yesterday. The coop isn't completely finished, but it is done enough for them to live in. It has been neat watching them roam around outside, and I am surprised and how much less feed they went through...
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    What to do for a floor?

    Work is starting on new coop this week. We are actually going to scavenge, I mean recycle, some wood from my ILs tonight. But we can't decide what to do for the floor of the coop. We have mostly ruled out dirt, because we live in a fairly rainy climate, and I don't think we would be able to...
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    Question about siding

    We are getting ready to remodel our existing coop that was already on our property when we bought our house. Currently it has corrugated metal sheets for the roof and siding. My dh would like to just reuse those. I don't mind the metal for the roof, but I find them extremely ugly to have it...
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    Are cats a threat to my chickens?

    Our chicken run isn't covered. How much of a threat will the neighbor cats be to our chickens?
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    Can I do a dirt floor in a rainy climate?

    Where I live it rains probably 75-80% of the year. Can I still have a dirt floor? Our property drains fairly well...so would we be okay if we just built up the floor a little?
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    At what point do chicks become a little more hardy?

    I am wondering if there is some age that if the chicks make it to it is more likely that they are going to survive and not get sick? My chicks are 5 days old and doing great. But I am trying not too attached in case they don't all make it. Just wondering at what point I can start to relax.
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    Can I add new chicks in with my 5 day old chicks?

    It looks like I am going to be getting a couple of EE chicks today. I currently have 8, five day old chicks in my brooder. Can I add the new chicks in with them, or do I need to have two brooder boxes?
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    Coop design resources?

    I am wondering if any one has links to good guidelines of how big to build a coop? We have a coop and run that was on our property when we bought the place, but it is in serious need of a redesign. We don't get much snow, so the chickens will be able to go out in their run during the winter...
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    Hello from Washington

    Hello . I'm pretty to chickens, when we bought our house a few months back we discovered it had a chicken coop and run on it. So we figured why not get some chickens. My dh had chickens off and on growning up. I just got my first chicks yesterday. I have 4 RIR, 2 buff orpingtons, and 2...
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