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    Flocks not merging

    Hi All, I’ve been raising chickens successfully for some years now (thanks in large part to this community) but I’m stumped and hoping you can help again. I have 6 adults (~ 18 months old) and 6 new birds (~ 5 months old). Like I have with every other new group of birds in the past, they are...
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    Hard-boiled

    Hi All Not sure which forum to post in, but I’d like to ask your experience with hard boiling your eggs. Specifically, the peeling of said eggs. If I boil my girls’ eggs the same way I boil a store bought egg, they peel totally differently. My eggs are a disaster and usually lose most of the...
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    Fence analysis paralysis

    Hi all - Happy Mother’s Day to whomever it applies. So I think I’ve over researched and now my brain is locked up. I’m hoping for some advice specific to what I’m looking to accomplish. I’ll try to be brief. I live on ⅓ acre in a neighborhood of similar size lots. Used to let my birds free...
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    Sick Bird

    Hi Everyone. Looking for some advice/opinions on what’s going on and what to do about it. For the last week or two I’ve been feeling like one my girls has been in decline. She’s a 10 month old Speckled Sussex. Recently it’s obvious. Below is a short video of her. She’s moving slowly, not...
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    Preparing for egg laying

    Hi All My girls just hit the 12 week old mark. I believe I'm about 6 weeks away from egg laying, but I like to be prepared so wanted to ask a few questions I've been thinking on. When should I open the nest boxes? When should I place fake eggs in the boxes? When can I start layer feed (I have...
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    E-fence to keep them in

    Hi All So I've been reading threads on electric fences, but they all seem to focus on keeping predators out. I'm interested in the their effectiveness at keeping the girls in. What's to keep them from just flying over? My situation is that I live on ⅓ acre. I like to let them out an hour or...
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    need more space

    Hi All Before I get to my question, a thanks in advance for the advice to come. This community has been amazing as I start my chicken journey. So I have 6 chicks that are now 3 weeks old. They've lived in a 2x4 brooder set on the floor of the coop from the day I got them. All is good now...
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    Dead chick :-(

    Hi All I am raising my first chicks. I've had them 2-½ weeks and would say they are closer to three weeks old. Last night my wife noticed one chick just kind of sitting off by itself. When I got home from work this morning I noticed the same thing - it just seemed lethargic unlike the more...
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    new chick food/water additives

    Hi All Any recommendations/opinions on additives to the feed/water for new chicks? If you are recommending, please include why its important. Thank you
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    coop / run ratio

    Hello Everyone - new member and soon to be new chicken owner. I'm currently planning my coop/run so I can get building as soon as winter breaks. I have been reading a lot both here and elsewhere and I know that 3 to 4 sq ft/bird in the coop and 10 sq ft/bird in the run are the numbers to aim...
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