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    Is There a Rooster in my Hen House?

    Hello! I was cracking eggs this morning from our backyard flock and noticed two things on some of the yolks: white spots and dark brown flecks. Anyone know what these are? Are these eggs ok to eat? A quick Google search made me wonder if the white spots are from fertilized eggs. However, I only...
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    Making Chicken Lover T-Shirts to Keep Me Busy

    With everything going on I've been home a lot and decided to make some chicken lover t-shirts just for fun. I'm not much of an artist but I think these came out ok. Would love feedback from some fellow chicken fans! Showed these to my husband but he's the wrong target audience. For example, he...
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    Eye Shut and Kinda Lethargic Hen

    A few weeks ago I posted about one of my hens who had a bubbly eye. The bubbles went away and she seemed fine. All the other hens in my flock have been fine. Then today when I went to let them free range, I noticed that same hen has her eye shut tight and doesn’t seem to be able to open it...
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    Best Automatic Coop Door Opener? (Chicken Guard Door Was a Flop)

    Does anyone have an automatic coop door opener installed that they love? We originally went with Chicken Guard but the door needs to be recalibrated on a daily basis and their support is not helpful - been going back and forth with them since August 24th. All they do is ask me to send them...
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    Bubbles in Eye Corner?

    One of my Brahma hens has a bunch of tiny bubbles in the corner of one of her eyes. This has happened before and it went away. She seems normal in the sense that she is walking around, eating, seems happy. However this hen has also stopped laying regularly, and when she does lay it is either a...
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    Solar Coop Lighting?

    Has anyone used solar panels on a coop to power lights in the winter? We have are finishing up a small coop and probably will not heat it due to fire hazard concerns, but I'd like to put a lightbulb in there for the winter months. Our days get very short in northern Vermont for the winter months!
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    Best Coop Bedding? (No Poop Boards in Coop)

    We are just finishing up a new coop and I'm trying to figure out what would be the best coop bedding. We don't have poop boards under the roosts, but the side of the coop comes off so that you can just sweep everything out. This is not a walk in coop per say, though there is a door where I could...
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    Do You Worm Hatchery Chicks?

    Morning everyone! I have a couple 4-week old female chicks arriving from McMurray hatchery next week and am not sure how to make sure they are healthy. I know they need to be quarantined for 30 days with a separate area to sleep and a separate run. I have these both set up on opposite sides of...
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    How Many Inches of Mulch for Run?

    We just finished building a run that's 96 sq ft for our small backyard hens and a local tree company is going to deliver mulch to use as run bedding (or is called litter in the run?). How many inches deep would you have the mulch? I'd like to only replace the mulch every few months. I add a bag...
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    Hens or roosters? 4 week old mixed Brahma Chicks

    What do you think? Are these hens? 4 week old chicks. The dad is a Brahma but not sure what the mom was since these babies came from a mixed flock. :)
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    Best Backyard Breed: Australorp, Speckled Sussex or Ameraucana?

    I'm thinking of adding 2 chicks to our small backyard flock. (They would be quarantined for 30 days and only integrated into the existing flock when they are adult sized.) We're having a hard time deciding whether to get Australorps, Speckled Sussex or Ameraucana. Or one of each. Most...
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    Best Bedding for Coop / What to Put in Run?

    First time chicken owner here! We are just finishing up a coop that my husband is building, which will be attached to a big run. I have seen a lot of conflicting info on what is the best bedding to use and figured I'd post here to see what everyone is doing. Our current setup: Coop: Our...
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    Dealing With Mean Mother Hen?

    One of our hens went broody and managed to hatch two chicks, which are adorable. She is a good mama to the chicks, but has become very aggressive and mean to the point where it takes two adults to clean the area where she is with her chicks, give them food etc. As soon as we come near she puffs...
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