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    Chickens attacked

    So this weekend was hectic and I forgot to lock up the coop Friday and Saturday night. Sunday I go out to fill up the feeders and waterers and find that only 8 of the 10 hens are around. I found one of my Barred Rocks on a rock pile with its head bloody and tore up. I went to pick it up to bury...
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    What to clean egg covered nest box with

    I have 2 nest boxes, a 3’ long roll out and the typical 12”x12” you can find at TSC. 7 or 8 of the hens would use the 3’ and 2 habitually laid on the floor so I built and installed the 12”x12”. Now all but 1 use the little one and every day I’m getting 1, sometimes 2, broken eggs. The eggs are...
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    How to add poop board or an alternative

    Hey all, I am looking for ideas of what to use/ how to install a poop board or something similar that I can clean off weekly. All 10 hens roost on the top bar. Every now and then I will find 1 hen on the lower bar but I don't think she's there all night its usually at dusk when I'm closing the...
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    I finally have egg layers!

    I have 10 hens, 3 RIR, 3 Plymouth Barred Rocks, 2 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Golden Comets. Went out to let them out off the coop this morning and a RIR comes out running holding half an egg shell. I look in further and find a 2nd that has its side busted out. Just got home from SeaWorld, went out...
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    I guess its time to clip wings

    I have 10 chicks, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 3 Plymouth Barred Rocks, 2 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Golden Comets. Their hatch date was Oct 1, 2018. They've been roaming around their 1200ish sqft yard for 2 months now but for the past 2 weeks they've been flying up to the top bar of the gate and jumping...
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    Chicks not using MHP tonight

    Chicks are not under the MHP tonight. I cleaned the brooder, replaced half the pine shaving today. I put the MHP in same spot and same height as it was before. Tonight the are huddled in the corner of the box instead of under the MHP. It is on same heat setting which is medium. Are they telling...
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    They have arrived!

    Email said they’d arrive tomorrow, got the call this morning from the post office saying they were here. All 10 appear happy and healthy. Within minutes of being in the brooder they were all drinking and they have all found the food and have eaten quite a bit. The order was for a total of 8; 2...
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    Brooder pics and a couple questions

    So below is my redneck brooder. I used stuff I had lying around as my wife says I’ve spent enough money already. I used a dog cage we no longer need and some 2x2 I had from a previous project. For now when the chicks are super small I have the box in there to keep them contained and so I can...
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    4’x8’ coop

    So when I started planning keeping chickens I was going to do a 4’x6’ coop but the more I thought about it and discussed it on here I realized it was way too enclosed for FL and it would have been difficult to clean being that the door was only 4’tall and I am 6’. The coop is meant to house 8...
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    Coop design from barngeek

    Has anyone built the coop from at the link below? http://www.barngeek.com/free-chicken-coop-plans.html I was looking at building it to house 8 chickens but as I read more on this site and look back at the plans idk if I still want to go with it. The nesting boxes aren't elevated and I cant...
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    Hello from central Florida

    Good afternoon all, I am still in the planning stages of everything but I figured I would join so that I can get answer and tips along the way. I plan on building the coop found at barngeek.com its 4x6 and says it can house 8 chickens. The chickens will have a fenced in area of about 400sqft to...
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