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    Chickens, roosters, and the mystery of no eggs.

    So we've had a huge decrease in egg laying since the beginning of August...down to no eggs at all this week. We have nine hens and a rooster. While I'm aware that there's often a decrease in egg laying in the fall, I just wanted to verify that everyone is healthy and I'm not overlooking any...
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    Fermented feed

    I’ve been fermenting my chicks’ unmedicated feed and they love it. But I feel like I don’t have a good container for storing it while it it ferments. What does everyone else use?
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    Painting coop interior

    We’re working on cleaning out and prepping a shed for our chicken coop. I’d like to paint the interior With some of the paint that we have. We have lots of acrylic based trim paint, some deck paint, and interior home paint. Would any of those work for inside the coop?
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    Barred Rock, is she a she?

    Hi there! This little gal is always friendly, but she’s always been just a little ahead as far as her waddles and comb, so I was hoping for some thoughts. Boy or girl? She’s 12 weeks tomorrow.
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    Buying a coop

    We are thinking of purchasing a coop but wanted advice from the experts. We formerly talked about converting an existing shed on the property, but it’s out of our line of vision and we didn’t even notice when a fox stopped by and took a few chickens. so we were hoping for opinions from you guys...
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    Fox troubles

    So we are new to keeping chickens, and are out of town enough that we have decent amount of predators. My husband put hardwire cloth all around our covered run of our coop and dug it in. It was an old shed that was on the property when we bought it. We had a fox come over the weekend and steal...
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    Trouble figuring out who is who....

    I ordered 5 blue rocks, 4 Plymouth rocks, 2 olive eggers, and 4 black australorps. I am having trouble telling who is who, as the company sent two extra eggers, so the black colored ones I am struggling to tell apart. Bird type one Bird type two Bird three And I’m pretty sure this is...
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    Opinions on this coop?

    Hi! We’re planning on starting our chicken coop this weekend and hoping for an a frame style tractor. I like these plans: https://www.greenwillowhomestead.com/mobile-chicken-tractor-build-plans.html but hubs is having trouble swallowing the price tag. Are there any similar plans anyone knows of...
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    Too many chickies in Northern Michigan

    Hi there! I’m a new chicken owner in northern Michigan. Our family of six just moved up here for my husbands job and our desire to live out of the city and homestead. We just got our first chicks, and I probably overdid it and ordered too many. The hatchery also sent extras, so we’re totaling at...
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    New chick owner and very confused

    Hello! I’m glad to be a part of the chicken raising club but definitely struggling along this far. I think my brooder is too warm, but yet my chickens are all huddled together. They are panting, and definitely to the side of the coop, but they are also huddling and seem to be trying to snuggle...
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