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    Growth on earlobe and elsewhere - help!

    One of our 23wk old buff orpingtons has an odd growth on her left earlobe. It's grey with black flecks on it. There are also black flecks on her comb and wattle on the same side. Oddly, the right side seems normal. I've attached pictures below of both sides for comparison. Except for the...
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    Help spot the Roo(s)?

    Trying to figure out which of our 10 new chicks, if any, are roosters. They are ~19 weeks old and I know you're supposed to easily tell by now, but we're wondering/wanting to confirm about three of them shown below. Each has a slightly different story. Would appreciate any help you can offer...
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    Nest Boxes in the Run???

    A few if my girls have just started laying and I'm also about to finish their outdoor run. I have a nest box in the coop already (at war with them now about using it, but that story is in another thread), however, I'm wondering what I should and should not add to the run once I let them out...
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    Nest Box Training Help Needed

    My girls are about 18 weeks old and some have just started laying. Preparing for this, I built a nest box cabinet off the back of the coop (get eggs from outside) and put a Best Nest Box in it. Of course, I'm finding eggs everywhere in the coop except for in the nest box. I tried the usual...
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    Woods coop - external nest boxes on the back wall desirable?

    I just built an 8x12 Woods coop. Many thanks to folks here for all the good advice and threads on their own experience. Pic below. Our first flock is only 12 weeks old, but I'm thinking now about building nesting boxes. I know people often situate them inside the coop across from the door...
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    12 Week Black Australorp - Roo or Not?

    We ordered nine chicks from Cackle. 10 arrived in mid-April and they just celebrated their 12 week birthdays. Three Dominiques, three Buff Orpingtons, and four (Cackle added an extra...) Black Australorps. We think nine are pullets, but one Australorp is making us wonder. Personality wise...
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    Woods coop - soffit gap and rafters question

    I'm building a Woods coop and trying to figure out what do with the soffit (or lack thereof currently) and gap where the rafters meet the walls on the front, the monitor wall, and the back wall of the coop. I've searched threads and seen how people use hardware cloth for the soffit usually, but...
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    Egg yolks okay?

    I know feeding chicks hard boiled egg yolk is okay, but can there be too much of a good thing? My little ones (almost 4 wks old now) have shared one hard boiled yolk crumbled up each night since I got them. And they love it. Like freak out bananas love it. Every night, I come out and they...
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    Advice on Cleaning Brooder?

    Chicks just arrived today! We ordered 9 and received 10 safely from Cackle this morning. All survived the trip and they seem super happy chirping about, eating, drinking, and flitting in and out from under their heating plate. But they are definitely messy! So here's my question: How often...
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    Chicks coming this week - brooder finished! (Pics)

    Nine new chicks shipping to us today. Brooder for the garage finished over the weekend and supplies gathered so we're as ready as we're going to be for this new journey! The brooder is built on a 4'x8' sheet of plywood with 2' high walls around. Each end can be removed to clean out easily...
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    TSC Nature's Best, New Country Organics, or some other brand starter crumble?

    Hi all! Getting ready for our first chicks in a couple of weeks. We'd like to feed them organic (unless people here tell me I'm making a mistake!) and have limited options locally. I keep reading different things about all the different brands and am now thoroughly confused. Varying quality...
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    Hello from Concord, MA

    Total chicken newbie here, but excited to meet everyone on BYC. Been wanting chickens for years and have been lurking here on and off. We just bought a small family farm that we're moving to later this spring so we can finally start a coop. Chicks coming in a couple of weeks so lots of...
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    Brooder size to 8 weeks?

    First timer here. I've been reading conflicting things. Some say 1ft/chicken in the brooder to 8 weeks. Others say put them outside into the regular coop after 4 weeks or so. We have 9 chicks arriving in 2 weeks. We've moving in early June to our new house so about 6-8 weeks with the chicks...
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    How big a run vs. coop?

    We have 9(ish) chickens coming in a couple of weeks. Working on the brooder, but already thinking about the coop. Lots of predators near our new farm (coyotes, hawks, fox, racoons, etc.) so we're concerned that free-range is not an option for us. With that assumption, I'm planning to build a...
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    Pecking Order - Australorps and Dominiques?

    Hi all, New to BYC with many questions! We just bought a small farm and are about to order our first chicks. We've never had chickens before and, after much research, are drawn to Dominiques and also Australorps. My question is would these two breeds get along together? I'd love to have a...
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