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  1. BabasCoop

    This one confuses me. Opinions welcome :)

    So we picked up 2 production reds from a pullet bin on April 9th. My daughter named this one Jewel. Jewel has always been bigger and grown faster than any of our other pullets. I often sit with them out in the run and talk, interact and observe. Jewel has shown zero aggression towards...
  2. BabasCoop

    BullSnake with my 6 week old babies!!!

    I sent my daughters out to check on the chickens (they haven’t even had access to the run for a full week, so we check on them several times throughout the day). Anyway, one of our daughters some running in yelling that there is a snake in the run and the chicks are pecking at it!!! well we...
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    All chicks put them selves to bed except 1.

    So tonight, was the first night that all Of my chicks put themselves to bed except 1. My daughter’s chick. She picked her up and put her to bed. It was great to have them put themselves to bed. Baby steps.
  4. BabasCoop

    Watermelon rinds

    Do chickens like watermelon Rinds? We had watermelon for dinner and I have a bunch of rinds and end pieces left. I want to give it to my girls, but not sure what is safe to give them. Thx
  5. BabasCoop

    Asparagus?!?

    I have some asparagus that I won’t cook for my family because it is rather wilty. But it isn’t rotten. Can my 6 week old chicks have asparagus?
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    Do ur chickens do this???

    So we decided that we wanted to spend LOTS of time with our chickens because it was important to us that they are friendly and not afraid of our children. And vice versa, so our children don’t have to be afraid of them. Tonight, for the first time, they decided they needed OUR attention. We...
  7. BabasCoop

    Coop Problem solving please :).

    Today we finished our coop portion of our coop/run and have moved our Ladies and Mister to their new home. Needless to say they are LOVING the extra room compared to the brooder. So after researching I have read where severa people have used a piece of vinyl flooring on the coop floor to...
  8. BabasCoop

    Roosts??

    Question regarding the roost. I have heard a variety of answers to this, and I’m not sure if there is a reason for one over the other or if it is just personal preference. Is it better to make your roosts round or flat like the wide end of a 2x4? Also, is 3 feet off the roost floor too...
  9. BabasCoop

    Our Coop progress!!!

    So excited!!! After we spent a lot of time fully enclosing our coop/run area, the coop is finally coming together. So off the back of our shop, between the shop and the pasture, the previous owner had installed a very well made sturdy lean to. And along the shop wall of the lean 2 was a 2...
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    Coop ventilation

    So we are building our own coop! Well my husband who’s excellent at building and woodworkingis, I’m managing. (However he has never built a chicken coop) I keep telling him how important ventilation is and he keeps complaining about how I want too many requirements. We have plenty of space...
  11. BabasCoop

    Questions about egg laying.

    So I’m new to chickens in general. And I have a question. We are building our flock mainly for fun and for eggs. We don’t plan on hatching any (at this time) or eating any. So I have had several people tell me different things about eggs. I have been told that since we aren’t hatching...
  12. BabasCoop

    Cockerels or Pullet

    So I have two Blue Wyandottes. In this picture you can see both of their combs very clearly. They are both about a little over 3 weeks. The one on the bottom is Blue and the one on the top is Trix. Im beginning to think Blue is a male. I see a very distinctive difference in their combs...
  13. BabasCoop

    Hello Everyone!!

    I’m Baba and as mom of 5 and Baba of 2, I have for the first time ever decided to dive into owning chickens. I joined because in my research I’ve read many great and informative posts on this forum! We are halfway done building our coop! And our 16 new occupants are happily growing well in our...
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