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    MOTHER EARTH NEWS Portable Chicken Coop Giveaway

    I hope this is the right place to post this. It seems like it should be......coops/coop giveaway? Anyway, Mother Earth News is giving away a small portable chicken coop. Looks like a really nice one. The giveaway started on January 1, 2011, and ends at 11:59:59 PM (ET) on March 31, 2011...
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    My new coop project

    A couple weeks ago I saw an ad in Craigslist with this picture: It's an 8' X 24' fireworks stand. It's made out of 8' X 8' panels that are bolted together. All the front panels are 1/3 hardware cloth and 2/3 plywood. Should let in lots of light and air. The section along the top that says...
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    Ethel will be missed

    My hen, Ethel, passed away today. She was 20 months old. I found her when I went out to get eggs this morning. She was on the nest and looked like she was just sitting there to lay an egg. When she didn't look up or move when I came near I realized she was dead. Ethel had several go-rounds with...
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    Anyone know what a "Bedrock" is?

    I never heard of a Bedrock. I can kinda figure out the rest of the ad, but that one has me stumped. Bedrock
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    Freecycle comes through, AGAIN!

    I've been planning and designing a new coop and run for a couple months now. I made up a sheet with a list of all the materials I'll be needing, and have been posting 'wanted' ads on 4 Freecycle groups in my area trying to see how much stuff I can get for free for this project. I've estimated it...
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    It's "Chick TV" Season again!

    I brood my chicks outside. The weather here is perfect for this during April & May. I've found that the best spot for keeping the clear plastic brooder box is on top of my hot tub, which is just outside my living room window. It's inside my fenced yard and up high enough the snakes can't get in...
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    Hatching early with no camera ready!

    I was going to charge the batteries for my camera tomorrow so I would be ready to take pics of my first hatch in my homemade bator. They were due to start hatching SUNDAY NIGHT. Okay so, I go in there about an hour ago to check on temp & humidity and there's a baby chick hoppin around in there...
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    I found a cheap pc fan for home made bator

    I have a pc fan out of an old computer that I was going to use for the incubator I'm building, but I got to thinking how quickly those can burn out and wanted another for a backup. So I started searching............ I found this one online at Office Depot. It is only $2.95 + tax = $3.21 and has...
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    I thought my chickens were gonna eat me!

    Yesterday, when I went in their pen to collect eggs, I slipped on the only muddy patch left in there and fell flat on my butt. All the chickens came running like I had just scattered treats for them! I was surrounded by hungry beaks. I have health problems that make it almost impossible for me...
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    3 Buff Orpington Cockerels-10 mos.pick up only/Central California

    I have too many roosters! All are very large, very healthy, very beautiful! I am located along Hwy 99 between Bakersfield and Fresno (about 1/2 way) Right now I have them segregated from the rest of my flock so they don't fight, but their individual pens are too small to keep them in for very...
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    Weirdest crowing I've ever heard!

    I wish I could attach a sound file here so you guys could hear the way my roos crow. This is the first flock of Buff Orpingtons I have had, but I have in the past raised other breeds, RIR, Leghorn, BR, EE's, and mixed breeds. They have none of them sounded so weird as these guys. It's sorta...
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    Hello from California

    Hi everybody! I'm Tammy and I'm from Central California. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've had chickens off and on all my life along with a wide variety of other animals. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 9 chickens right now, but am...
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