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    Cage question for quail

    I am making my first quail hutch and I have each cage set up with an indoor side and an outdoor side. I wonder how big does the hole have to be for the quail to go through? I want jumbo quail.
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    Lost one chicken five more sick?

    i lost my first adult chicken. She was alive this morning. Then I was doing yard work when I heard the chickens fighting and when I got in the run this one was dead. Upon inspection I noticed she had too huge soars just to the left and right of the tail. Butt looked ok and all chickens...
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    Not again but can't turn down free.

    well someone told me they ordered 25 chicks from online but only wanted 5 of them then he found out he could have ordered an assortment so he ordered another 25 and he now wants to keep only 10. So he told me he would give me a few free ones so now I have 9 baby RIR chicks. I already have 19...
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    Roosters or not?

    i have four faverolles chickens. Two are tan. And two are black. The two tans are females I know for sure and the black is a rooster but I can tell if the other black is a rooster or not. I am confused because it is slightly bigger like the black roosterand has a bigger redder comb but has no...
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    Training chickens not to run

    we been sitting in run with chickens feeding out of our hands. And allowing them to sit in our laps so they won't run away when we go to pick them up. I hate chasing them around every time I do a health check or need to move Them around. Anyone have any other ideas or suggestions that might...
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    Shed part of my coop

    today I put in the hardwood flooring I got cheap as left overs. Also used scrape wood to make a loft for storage and a table to work on in coop. IMG_5255 by Chris H. posted Nov 15, 2017 at 5:22 PMIMG_5260 by Chris H. posted Nov 15, 2017 at 5:22 PM
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    White leghorns

    I hve a silly question. Anyone else have leghorns that are very pet friendly? I have two leghorns in my flock and as soon as they started laying eggs they became so friendly. They greet me anytime I go in their run. They love me picking them up and petting them. They fly up to the gate and...
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    Processed my first meat chickens

    IMG_5210 by Chris H. posted Nov 7, 2017 at 2:39 PMIMG_5210 by Chris H. posted Nov 7, 2017 at 2:39 PMIMG_5217 by Chris H. posted Nov 7, 2017 at 2:39 PMToday was the big day. I processed my first meat chickens. I raised five jumbo Cornish X chickens that were 60 days old. It cost my $4 to raise...
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    Cornish X

    I have five Cornish X chickens I got from TSC for 25 cents each. They are now 6 weeks old. They are huge. I feed them once a day and they eat it all. They get no feed at night. They have plenty of room to walk but they seem to walk to feed and drink then just lay done the rest of the time...
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    Hen pecked roosters

    i have two young white top hat roosters that are in with a flock of three Rhode Island hens and three ISA Brown hens and five Cornish x chickens. They are all the same age. I noticed the two top hats had blood on their heads one day and by the next day it was a total mess. I separated them...
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    Not laying yet

    i am new to chickens and my first flock is seven chcieksn. Two are white leghorns who both been laying one egg each for a month now but my other five are not. They are Wyandotte s and Rhode Island reds. They have not laid eggs yet. No Brown eggs only white eggs. They are all 20 weeks old now...
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    New coop

    i worked on my coop todayIMG_5017 by Chris H. posted Oct 13, 2017 at 5:41 PMIMG_5018 by Chris H. posted Oct 13, 2017 at 5:41 PMIMG_5019 by Chris H. posted Oct 13, 2017 at 5:41 PM. I added shed or and two run doors and one sliding chicken door. The coop has a 10x6 foot shed. Coop is 10x8feet...
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    New coop with second flock

    IMG_5002 by Chris H. posted Oct 7, 2017 at 9:20 AM I just moved my second flock into the new chicken coop. I hope to finish run then merge first and second flock into one. I hope to add an automatic water system and wall bin feeders once run is completed.
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    New membe

    I just joined the forums and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Chris. I am a retired Army Veteran and recently remarried nd moved to South Carolina. My wife lived here when we met but I was from Ohio raised in the country on a dairy farm but never had chickens but my grandparents did...
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