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    Injured chicken found days after fox attack

    We typically allow our chickens to free range, though they have a secure coop and run. About four days ago, we had a fox attack in the middle of the day. My husband found one corpse, with two other chickens missing (large #s of feathers for two chickens). We began closing up all the chickens in...
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    Our first broody

    My husband and I are just starting our second year raising chickens, and we just got our first broody (a buff orpington, year old)! She started sitting last Sunday (a week and a half ago), and we gave her a dozen hatching eggs from a local farm a week ago today. We're leaving her in the nest box...
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    DIY 12V water heater (+advice/thoughts?)

    My husband and I just started with chickens this year, and we plan to be away from home for the first time over Christmas (Dec. 23rd to 26th). We have 6 chickens in a 8x10 coop, which they like, so we're pretty comfortable there, but we still don't have a watering solution. It's been a little...
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    Possible Chokecherry danger

    Our rooster dropped dead rather randomly last night. We took him in for a necropsy, and got the report back. Apparently she couldn't tell why he died exactly--except that his belly was full of (~20) pits that looked like cherry pits, which are cyanogenic/poison. We went in our yard and looked...
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    Large elevated pole coop build

    I've asked a couple of questions about our coop (specifically sealing the floor), but I thought it might also be fun to share progress pics. General idea: 8'x10', elevated off the ground to allow an under-coop area for chickens (we will add 10'x20' run after it is complete, focusing on the coop...
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    Sealing OSB floor

    I've seen other threads about this, but I'd like feedback on my solution. I purchased 23/32 tongue and groove OSB panels for the coop floor and have them about halfway installed; it's what my construction book said is good (for houses...). I was vaguely aware of moisture issues, but figured we'd...
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    Red itchy ear?

    My husband and I are in the process of raising our first flock (6-7 wks okd, 8 birds: 6 pullets and two cockerels). We have noticed that several have red spots around their ears, and we noticed at least on of them itching their ears. We found some information online saying that it might be...
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