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    Coop introduction in wet weather

    We had our 6 RIR chicks in our garage until 7 1.2 weeks. They are full feathered and the brooder was way too small. We moved them into the run/coop and have been making sure they get back into the coop at night. The day after we moved them in it went from 80* and sunny to 54* and rainy and will...
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    Snack-o-nomics, or, Math and Chickens (but not Chicken Math)

    I was going over my chicken economics to see when or if my hobby might start paying dividends. We are limited to 8 birds (have 4 now but once we move to the new place want to add some Dominiquers or BR) so since my egg production is capped at the 170-200 eggs per chicken per year I have 2 ways...
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    new basic coop design

    I am about to start constructing a new coop after deeming the prefab I bought a month ago inadequate. Here is my basic design. The back, whis is open in the pic, I expect to have double swinging doors so you can open the whole thing up for maintenance. I will be attaching this right up to my 6x8...
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    Poultry Salmonellosis in cats?

    We have contained outdoor chickens and a contained indoor cat. Our cat has been down with a fever and lethargy and vomiting for a couple days now. Has anyone had a pet get Salmonellosis from your chicken-keeping? I do the hand washing but wonder if something as simple as the leaves my boots...
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    Another GLW roo or pullet post

    One has a longer tail than the others. Early bloomer or roo? Cant have roos here. :(
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    New backyard flock, is all this normal and do I need to change anything?

    Ok, just getting started after thinking about chickens for about 6 months. Ordinance for my area requires confinement in coop or run at all times (and it just wouldnt be fair to neighbors to free range in subdivision anyway). We have 4 GLW we picked up at 10 weeks of age. We have them in a appx...
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