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    Chicken Accoutrement Organization

    I'm finally settling into a permanent chicken set up and wanted to crowd source how you keep all your chicken stuff. We had outside construction for a long time, so had temporary housing for the chickens, and literally had bags of feed in our dining room and on the kitchen counter, but things...
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    Who has a metal roof on their run???

    I'm putting a metal roof on my run, and have a few questions: 1) did you sheath your roof with OSB or just attach the metal to the rafters? 2) I think code here is 18" O.C., but I may go with 24" O.C. if I sheath, cause it's not a real roof, but I do need it to support snow. 3)...
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    Looking for suggestions to amuse my flock

    I've been trying to distract my chickens to help with some behaviour/ getting along issues. I had a flock block that I was trying to save, but I threw it in there which is helping some. I may hang a wiffle ball for them to play with or a cabbage. I've seen videos of chickens pecking a...
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    Aggressive Leghorn

    I have a mixed flock of 6 hens and have been having some issues with my Leghorn. Initially, she started laying about 2 weeks before the others, so when the others started laying, she was pretty ****** they were in "her" nesting boxes. She left the more assertive hens alone, but she pecked one...
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    I've been lurking too long! -Harvard, MA

    Seriously, I've been reading this website for a year, and I never considered becoming a member until deciding I'd like to post the coop I've been building. I bought 6 peeps last March/April: 2 Araucanas, 1 Barred Rock, 2 Buff Orps, and 1 White Leghorn. The leghorn is a bit aggressive with...
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