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    First time. Any tips?

    I currently have 3 chickens and 2 Guinea hens. My Red cross chicken has been broody on and off. I should be receiving 6 fertilized eggs this week. I want to put them in the coop for her to hatch. I wanted to make sure that the Guineas and others don't bother her or the chicks so I made a cage...
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    Made my own water heater

    Hello everyone, So I just built my first coop and it is my first year with chickens. I realized I needed some kind of water drinker that would not freeze. I decided to put something together to prevent water from freezing and that would not cost much. Full disclosure... I am not an...
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    Broody for the Holidays, Breaking Broody II

    Hi Guys and Gals, Its good to be back, I was offline during the busy holidays and need time to catch up and re-cooperate. Anyway, a couple months ago my 6 month old chicken went Broody. I took all the great advice and was able to break her of Broody in a day (Breaking Broody I). I thought...
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    Guinea Hen limping

    Hi guys, So I am fairly new to BYC, I currently have 3 chickens and 2 Guinea Hens all about 6 months old. It has been a busy time with the holiday week so I have not been paying as much attention to my "back yard" as much as I usually do. Anyway, on Saturday I noticed one of my Guineas sitting...
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    Breaking Broody: My 1 day story, Thank You BYC

    Hello Back Yard Chickens.:welcome All the expert advise on this site helped me to identify a Broody hen and helped me to break her in a day. Thank you:thumbsup My Breaking Broody Story:
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    My first layer lays on floor and stays

    Hello experts, My first 7 months with chickens and I found out my Red Cross chicken started to lay eggs. Well actually I found two eggs in the pine chips of the coop floor a couple week ago so I moved them to the nesting box. The chicken kept moving the eggs back to floor corner. I finally...
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    Discover With Dave

    Hello Folks, I just joined and it was suggested to introduce myself. I am New to chickens. I just started in May 2018. Our town only allows 6 birds so I got 4 chickens and 2 Guinea hen. The chickens are a Red Cross, 1 Buff Orpington, and 2 Plymouth rock ( 1 white 1 barred) The original...
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