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  1. MiniDriver

    Minidrivers Chicken Coop Tractor Eggs In The City

    Eggs in the City After years of planning and yearning, we're finally getting chickens! We only plan to get 2-3 three chickens, which is all that could reasonably squeeze into our tight little coop. As you can see, it's a city neighborhood with houses very close together (you can see my...
  2. MiniDriver

    Win some, lose some - a bittersweet ending

    Yesterday was a bad day. I came home from work and went to check on the chickens. There was only one chicken in the coop, and there are supposed to be three. Caramel was terrified. I looked around in the dark yard, and found one of the chickens, AB, dead. It looked like a hawk got her...
  3. MiniDriver

    Bullying

    Our three girls are a year old. They've always gotten along well. Caramel is the big dominant one. Dora is the explorer, but submissive to Caramel. AB is Always Behind - she goes her own way and it always the last one. In the last few days, Caramel has started bullying AB. She pecks at...
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    MA - 6 chicks Free - Neighbors complained.

    My brother-in-law is being forced by neighbor complaint to get rid of his new flock of 6 pullets (approximately 12 weeks old). Not sure of breeds - two appear to be white rocks, two appear to be RIRs or Red Stars, and two are probably Golden Laced Wyandottes. In Revere, MA. Feed, waterers...
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    4 week old w/inflamed vent - other chickens picked at - graphic photo

    Any suggestions appreciated! We found this chick among my b-i-l's flock that he had picked up at the feed store about a month ago. The others have been picking at her, and she has a very inflamed and infected vent. The bare skin is wet and leaves a white trail on anything or anyone she...
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    Too much rain - coop swollen shut!

    We've had a ton of rain this summer, and in the past few days we've had more rain. The wood has gotten so wet and swollen with water that I have to pry the doors open and hammer them shut. Our ideas; 1) Paint the wood to keep it from absorbing so much moisture. (of course, this will mean...
  7. MiniDriver

    3 chickens, 4 eggs, 1 day?!?

    Friday - 3 eggs Saturday - 3 eggs Sunday - 4 eggs? I asked the girls: Did you invite someone over? They were ravenously hungry, but they're always half-starved (or so they would have me believe). So I guess the comets really are a production breed! I'm very curious as to what I'll find this...
  8. MiniDriver

    Getting cranky - Chicken PMS?

    I have a small flock of Golden Comets. The first started laying last week - yay! It looks like one of her sisters is getting ready to start laying. She's starting to squat. But she's also getting cranky - she's pecked me and bit me in the past two days. The others only bite me if they...
  9. MiniDriver

    She's squatting!!!

    My boldest girl, Dora the Explorer, has started squatting when I pet her!! That means she's getting close to laying, right? The other two don't squat in the same way (with wings semi-extended) yet.
  10. MiniDriver

    Lightning?

    Ok, you experienced folk: My babies are staying out for the night for the first time this week, and we're expecting thunderstorms tomorrow! Is it at all likely that the hardware cloth lining the bottom of the run will electrocute my chickens by conducting electricity from grounded lightning...
  11. MiniDriver

    Warm day - babies went outside!

    First warm day, I wanted to take them out and show them the world! They didn't want to go into the basket to go outside, then they didn't want to get out of the basket! When they got their courage up, they really enjoyed exploring. One chick found a worm! The others chased her and tried...
  12. MiniDriver

    Did the feed store give me boys instead of girls?

    These are supposed to be golden comets and the lady at the feed store assured me they were pullets, but I would think the girls would be redder: They do have dark bands on their shoulders so maybe they'll be darker as they age? What do you think?
  13. MiniDriver

    :mad: Freebies on Craigslist go so fast! :mad:

    In the last week, I've responded to three different give-aways on Craigslist, and each time somebody got there before me! There was an especially attractive bunch of 3 month old barred rocks I had completely set my heart on, and I didn't get them. I didn't get the RIRs either. I thought I was...
  14. MiniDriver

    Finally! Getting Coop set up

    Believe it or not, we got this cute little coop on ebay! It cost about $100. We're seeing it as a starter coop, to house the girls until we construct something more substantial. But it was a snap to assemble. We're adding some modifications, as it didn't come with a perch, nest box, or...
  15. MiniDriver

    Dumb question: Wyandottes

    How is the breed name correctly pronounced? Win-dots? Wine-dotes? Why-an-dots? Whynots? Griffins? (my standard answer when I don't know how to pronounce something)
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