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    Sheet Metal Egg Boxes

    I was on here about 5 months ago and found some pictures of nesting boxes that someone made out of sheet metal. Anyone?
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    Determining What Hens Are Laying

    I'm a new egg...got my coop up thanks to help on here, got 9 of my 10 pullets to about egg laying time.... I'm getting an egg here, 4 there, etc. All 9 of my hens are in the same coop/run, how do I determine which hens are laying? Should I start to separate them somehow and monitor them? I...
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    Sexing a white rock

    I have a white rock that looked just like the other 2 'girls' up until about a week ago and all of a sudden his comb has sprouted... How exactly does one sex a chicken, don't you squeeze their 'rear' and look for a nub? I'm a pretty new 'chicken' farmer...and I can't figure out how to upload...
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    Dog Crate Brooder?

    I'm getting my 10 baby chicks next wednesday and was planning on using a large size dog crate for my brooder. What are your thoughts to doing this? I plan on getting some shaving to put in? I've got my feeder, waterer, heat light, and food. My friend raises pheasants and always puts a...
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    Hatchery/Breed

    I live in Central Illinois and will be ordering our families first chickens here in a few days. I was going to order some White Rocks and was wondering what other breed would play nice with them. Also, I was going to get sexed chicks from Murray/McMurray, how good are they at sexing the chicks...
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    New Coop

    Just got my walls all put up for my coop. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped with their ideas! I'll post pictures and such after I get them leveled and the rafters/roof on!
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    Books

    I'm new to the chicken raising game. We'll be raising a few medium size hens for laying some yummy eggs!!! Anyone have any suggestions for a good book to cover: Feed Bedding Brooding Thanks in advance!
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    Playhouse Coop Ideas

    My wife and I decided we'd like to get some chickens. We checked out the ordinance in our small town and we are allowed to infact raise chickens. We double checked it with our neighbors and now it's game on. Now to my first question... We really like the small playhouse coop designs that...
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