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  1. Brooklynfarmer

    Cull or not?

    My first chicken is Goldie. She grew to be a master layer, at 5 months old she was laying everyday until now, 8 months old. She developed a prolapse, doc said she is not able to process her calcium correctly and her egg is not forming, she pushes and hence the prolapse. I nursed her back to...
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    Integration

    I have 4 chicken, 2 are 20 weeks and 2 are 18 weeks, currently they live in separate coops but the coops are attached to the same run (pic below), so when the doors open in the morning they are together. The first two I raised from chicks, the other two I introduced about 3 months ago, they...
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    My Girls are doing great

    So I wanted to thank you all for the help you gave me starting out with my chickens, Goldie and Stella. I received them at 1 day old and now they are 7 weeks old. I free range them everyday for about 2 hours or until they head back to the coop on their own. I even started to fodder (I think...
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    Is this a rooster?

    I was playing with my chicks today and saw a comb beginning, is this a sign I have a rooster?
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    Chicks fought today

    This morning, I ran my usual routine clean the water and fill the feeder. My chicks have been eating a lot of the bedding, scratching around and eating little pieces. I heard a ruckus coming from the brooder and went to see what was happening. Goldie, my NH red had found a chunk of wood , and...
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    They Arrived

    I received my first ever shipment of my baby chicks. the coop still has not yet arrived but i have time before they go outside. Sadly, i was expecting 4 but 2 passed away during shipment. This is Goldie Hen and Stella
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    Help: Ideas for my coop floor

    So built this new lean-to, as to further protect my coop and run from rain and snow. I am raising the coop 6" by attaching a 2 x 6 base to the coop. Should I leave the floor as cement and put the shavings right on top, or should I add a wood floor to the base and put the shavings on that? Below...
  8. Brooklynfarmer

    an all cement yard

    So I am new to raising chickens. I bought a coop and a run, actually extended it to a double run almost 200" long 45" wide. The one thing I am stuck on is my flooring. The area my coop will sit is entirely cement next to my garage. I could cut a space out of the cement revealing the dirt...
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