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  1. ChickTree

    Broody or new layer?

    I have one girl who was wandering with her sisters earlier and now sitting in a nest box. How long does it take to lay an egg? These are 17 or 18 week old sexlinks. She's been in it about 20 mins now, preening the shavings and placing them around her. She's laying on the tester egg and moving it...
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    Ahhhh! First eggs! Questions!

    So exciting!!! One of our 18 weekers laid an egg yesterday and today and then just a few mins ago I found the soft membrane of two more side by side under one of the hens while on the roost. I'm assuming that's another one that's getting ready to lay and is it normal for that to happen while on...
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    Heat in the winter?

    I live in Maine and winters can get cooooold. I'm getting a bunch of crap from some friends saying we are mean to not provide heat lamps throughout the winter for our chickens... All the research I've done says it's not needed for adult chickens. What's the real truth?
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    What do YOU feed your chickens?

    I am looking for ideas on what to feed our chickens. We can't spend an exuberant amount of money on feed... They will be in a coop at night and run during the day... Free ranged when we are home. I don't mind feeding them store bought feed... However if it's not organic I am noting a lot of...
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    Blood on the roost??

    Two days ago I noticed blood smeared on the roost (we use the 4" side of a 2x4) -- I checked vents and feet and all seemed OK.. unless I missed something? I am VERY new to chicken owning. The girls are about 7 weeks old give or take. They are also acting completely normal.... Ideas?? thoughts??
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    Fox!!

    My 6 week babies are out in the run during the day and locked in the coop at night. We saw a fox early this morning when still dark ... Are they night time predators??? I didn't think before leaving and let the coop door open for the day ..... Crap :(
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    Poop deck??

    I need some poop deck ideas that are simple. It wasn't planned well. We have a roost that crosses the center of the coop (one access door for cleaning). I can't do fancy. Just not enough room. I'm thinking we need to move the roosts. Any advice is appreciate.
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    Light in the coop?

    Fairly new here so HELLO! Our babies are about 6 weeks old, fully feathered. We finally finished the coop and moved them out there two days ago when they were 6 weeks old (we think they are 6 weeks anyways... see the picture below)! Anyways... it's about 20-30 degrees at night right now and we...
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    Help! Newbie here..

    Hello all! I am new to BYC and also... to chickens! My husband is building the coop and we have these little (hopefully) girls in the house right now. But any idea what breed they could be? They were given to us by a friend who got them from TSC. And I am praying they are all girls... Some of...
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