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    Disappointment

    I have no idea what happened, if tractor supply is at fault or if my expectations were to high. 2 weeks ago we butchered one of our, presumed, cornish cross and its butchered weight was 5.3 pounds at 8 weeks. Now here we are at 10 weeks with the rest of our birds (because they were way to small...
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    It happened

    10 hens, first eggs on October 2. Today all ten laid!!! TEN EGGS!! Kids are EGGtra EGGcited! *edit - we just collected an 11th egg lol is it even possible for a chicken to lay 2 eggs in a day?! *and another edit lol upon video review, it looks like we missed an egg yesterday, one of our hens...
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    How long quickly do I need to use food up?

    I am so sick of going to tractor supply every 2 weeks for a bag of chicken pellets! We have a dog and have autoship through chewy but I can't find 20% all flock pellets on chewy to have shipped regularly. I would LOVE if I could just buy 6 months of food at a time but I'm pretty sure that isn't...
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    Chicken nail ripped

    chickens nail broke at the tip. Its bleeding. Should we isolate her in a clean environment for the night vs running around in 5he run dirt and coop?
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    21 week golden comets still not laying!

    We have 10 Golden Comets. They are all most 21 weeks. They have big waddles and combs, they've been squatting for a couple weeks when we approach them but we have yet to have a single egg! Comets typically lay earlier than most and now it seems they are laying late for a standard chicken even...
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    Butchering

    Does anyone have a butcher shop process their chickens? I am very interested in raising meat birds next year but I am pretty sure I would have trouble doing the deed myself and if we did it ourselves I'm not sure I could mentally get around it enough to eat them lol. I am well aware of where...
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    Switching to layer

    history- starter crumble until 12 weeks, at 12 weeks I started mixing in all flock pellets, now we are a few days shy of 17 weeks, is it safe to start mixing in layer pellets this weekend. We have 10 golden commets so I know we will start to see eggs hopefully soon but I wasn't sure if the...
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    Loosing feathers

    First chickens, they are 12 weeks, none of them seem to have bald patches or any issues but there seems to be quite a few feathers scattered about. Do they loose feathers frequently? Or should I be concerned.
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    Getting chicks into the coop!

    Maybe I'm late to the party but last night it was comical trying to coral 10 - 5 week old chicks into the coop. It was getting pretty dark and they were all huddling in one corner of the run. As soon as I headed into the run they scattered. I would scoop one up and get it into the coop but as...
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    Chicks and their run....

    Chicks will be 6 weeks old Monday. We completed their run enough to start letting them out yay! Hubby still needs to put the steel roof on and I need to cover the hardware cloth skirt etc but for now they can enjoy their yard. Yesterday was the first time we let them out into it....it wasnt...
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    Ground uneven will this be ok?

    So the chicken run is on a hill.....highest part of the property actually so we shouldnt have any water issues ever! Question is, I've got what I can framed up without getting hubby involved to make graded cuts, is it ok if are 2 stretches where it gaps four inches and gradually meets the ground...
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    Windows wide open or leave cracked

    High temp for the day is 91, it is currently 87 out but the coop temp is 81. Chicks are 4 weeks old, their coop is 7x14 inside our second insulated garage. I have their windows cracked, typically I open them wide during the day but with temps being so high today I'm wondering if I should just...
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    Routine Care

    What would be annual care for chickens? Two locals I've asked (family) have both said they do nothing for their birds. Just feed and water for their life cycle and that's it. What would all of you say? Same? Or is there things like with dogs that needs done annually?
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    Pea gravel and wood chips

    We are getting ready to wrap things up for a run. I keep reading about wood chips getting moldy and mushy if they haven't been aged or what not. Would it be wise to put down a couple inches of pea gravel and then 4 or 5 inches of wood chips? Pea gravel to help with getting rain and moisture away...
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    Garage coop

    We started framing up our coop in our second garage today. We've got 2 - 37x57 windows to put in, they are double hung which will allow for us to crack the top of them open for ventilation, that will be our next big project. Also need to do coop door and the barn vent fan, there is also about 4...
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    Roost/poop tray

    I am brand new to this and this might be just a ridiculous idea. We are setting up our first coop. We are converting a section of our 2nd garage into a coop, it is going to be a 12x7 with a half way point lock off (chicken wire wall and door). Right now we will only have 6 chickens but um not...
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    Brand new and going big

    I am new to this backyard chicken thing, we have cared for inlaws chickens here and there when they are out of town but for having long term responsibility this is new and we are going big in terms of coop because of "chicken math". The plan is 6 chicks to start. We are converting our second...
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