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    raised bed garden + chickens: advice please

    Sketch of the garden I will be building weekend after next: My suburban half acre is surrounded by 6’ vinyl fence. The 8 chooks free range in back yard on nice days and destroy all our decorative plants, would like them to not destroy the veggies too. I was planning 4x8 garden boxes but my...
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    Puffy eyelids, otherwise healthy and laying

    My buff Orpington has some odd puffiness and discoloration of her eyelids. She seems fine. Is this something that needs to be addressed or just leave it alone?
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    RIP: “Taco” the chicken

    Taco was our favorite chicken from our first round of backyard chickens. She was a Barred Rock. She was the alpha but not by bullying - she was their leader. Taco stood up to our dog when he got out of control playing. Taco alerted the others whenever a hawk came near and hearded her friends...
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    16wk Black Australorp and RI Red - Pullets or cockerels

    Got 3 new chicks this year to reinforce he flock. Since 8 weeks old the RIR and BA have gone toe to toe on many occasions, fluffing our their hackle feathers and puffing chests. They (along with their friend, a white rock) are all starting to get a little red in the combs, fine, but what got me...
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    This chicken hasn’t laid an egg in weeks

    Our alpha chicken, Taco, is a 15 month old Barred rock who laid through her first winter but then starting in February she started laying very thin shelled eggs and now hasn’t laid in weeks. She laid a few in off places outside nest box then stopped altogether. The other night I went out late...
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    8 week chicks and bunnies in same pen?

    I have 3 eight week old chicks in a small house and run next to my main coop/run doing a slow see but don't touch integration. I also bought my wife two bunnies as a surprise but we wont get them until end of next week. (she has been asking for bunnies for months and I keep telling her how we...
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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    “Peacocks can’t fly?!?”

    Someone at work showed me this, thought you all would enjoy.
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    • Forum: Peafowl
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    BestPet Chicken Cook Chicken Cage Pens Crate Rabbit Cage Enclosure Pet Playpen Exercise Pen

    Size 86”x40”x40” converting an old plastic playhouse into a small second coop to help with grow-out and see-but-not-touch integration of 3 new chicks/pullets to my current flock of 6. Was thinking about using this as a temporary/removable run as part of that system. (Would put down some wire...
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    What breeds should I add to my mixed flock

    hi. I have a coop and run housing 6 hens and room for 3 more comfortably and up to 6 at capacity. My current flock are 9 months old and consists of 1 barred rock, 1 buff orp, 1 golden sexlink, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte and 2 Easter Eggers. Was thinking about adding 3 layers and a pair of...
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    My chickens DO NOT like snow.

    Its a fact. They do not. Leave the run door open all you want, they are not coming out to play. Discuss.
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    Injured ear

    Just got back from a week long family vacation last night, a neighbor was checking on the girls for us while away. No drama reported. Today we noticed this girl who is low on pecking order with what looks like a torn ear? Seems to be scabbed over in black across the ripped part so maybe a few...
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    Finally the answer to the question: can chickens swim?

    My wife (The Boss) found this video after I have spent the last several months worried the girls will fly over the 4' child safety fence into our pool:
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    When will these freeloaders start paying the rent?!?

    Ok - this 19 week old BR in my mixed flock has looked ready to lay for at least a week. She seems like the most mature of the group. We / my kids are getting impatient waiting for the girls to start paying rent! About how long after the comb and wattles are big and red do they actually lay an egg?
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    Oyster shell in a feeder or on the ground

    Question from my brother who has 10 australorps (2 roo, 8 girls) who are 11 weeks old. He has a septic sand run (so doesn't need to give extra grit) and just saw my oyster shell in a feeder and wants to know: does he need a feeder or can he just throw it out into the sand and let them scratch...
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    Pantry moths in 5gal bucket feeder

    Have been using a 5gal bucket feeder (the one with a 3" pipe elbow set into the bottom portion, found plans on BYC) and just opened the top to check feed level to find a few pantry moths flying around inside. No moths inside the garage in big metal garbage can with feed and scratch stock -...
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