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  1. ChandaH

    Squirrel problem

    So my set up is a small coop with a little run where I leave the door open to the run during the day to let the chickens free range in the pasture. I don't have a 'predator' problem with the chickens because I have a Livestock Guardian Dog. What I do have is a problem with squirrels eating my...
  2. ChandaH

    Having some trouble with my coop?

    OK this is a little tricky. At the same time as I had some odd egg laying behavior my all my chickens but one decided to start roosting outside. So I think part of the problem is that my coop setup is just wrong. It is a small coop with 6 chickens. There are two roosts inside one on each side...
  3. ChandaH

    Ack, laying all over the place...

    I just posted the other day about my nest boxes being too small so I reconfigured everything and now have much larger box spaces. A large shelf divided in two (about 18T x 18W x 11D, for 6 chickens lined with shredded paper and a golf ball. My chickens are at 19 weeks and JUST started laying...
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    First egg laid in wrong spot...

    OK, I am a super newbie here! I bought the whole coop with 10 week old chickens so I didn't build any of this myself but here is what I got... The coop is abut 3' x 3'. On one side of the coop there are two shelves (about 3 feet long), one above the other. The top shelf I put a roost above the...
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    A little help with a dog bite injury

    OK, I am really new to chickens and I know that keeping dogs and chickens is risky. I let my hounds out to take them for a run and a chicken had jumped the fence. My greyhound chomped her and let her go quickly when I yelled. I caught her and tried to inspect her for wounds. Being a newbie to...
  6. ChandaH

    Night time question

    Hi, I am new to BYC and VERY new to chickens. I have owned them for 5 days now. I have six 9 week old girls I got from a friend who was looking to get rid of his whole setup. My first post was over in the coop section... I am noticing that there are a couple things that might be a little...
  7. ChandaH

    Hi, I am new!!

    I am brand new to chickens and brand new to BYC. My name is Chanda. I am so happy to have found you! I live on the Central Coast of California. I live and work on a sustainable vineyard. I have 19 sheep who mow the vineyard and 5 dogs that all have various jobs including guarding the sheep and...
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