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    New layers: some have boxes figured out, some don't

    I have 6 girls: 1 RIR, 1 Red Sex Link, 2 easter eggers, and 2 wyandottes. They are about six months old. I have three nesting boxes and a couple of weeks before I expected eggs I added bedding and golf balls to them. The RIR and RSL started laying a few weeks ago, and started right away...
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    17 weeks old: feed strategy

    My 6 girls (and one roo) are about 17 weeks old and have been eating grower feed for a while now. I have 2 silver laced wyandotte, one red sex link, two easter eggers, and two rhode island reds (one of them is the roo). They are not laying yet (though my roo is crowing). I don't get into town...
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    Two RIR chicks - is one my rooster?

    I have eight 3 week old chicks. Two are sexlinks, two were sold as RIR pullets, two others as Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets, and two more easter egger pullets. Three of the pairs seem to be developing similarly. But my two RIRs have very different personalities and one is getting a brighter...
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    Preparing my coop for the first time

    Hello! I'm new here, and I recently moved into a property with a pre-existing coop. I wasn't planning on chickens until the spring, but, well, they were so cute and now I have some 5 day olds peeping away in a brooder in my mudroom. So, I need to get my coop ready for them. I'm in the Central...
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    Hello from Central Oregon!

    My husband and I recently moved into a beautiful 10 acre small farm property in Bend, Oregon. Since we moved in mid-summer, we figured we'd spend the rest of the season cleaning up the property and getting ready to bring in animals in the spring. I'm particularly excited about the chicken coop...
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