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    Chickens are so satisfying to watch in the backyard!

    Yes, that is what my husband said to me last night. This is from the man who ignored the chickens and wouldn't help when I converted the old playhouse into the chicken coop. He does like the fresh eggs but outside of that he doesn't quite get the chicken thing. I usually let the chickens out...
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    Sore butt, egg bound, or what?

    I had six 1-yr old hens ( 2 easter eggers, 2 RIR, and 2 goldens). One was recently killed by a raccoon we think-we also know we have foxes, bobcats, and skunk. We think the varmint reached through the our baby gate run and broke her neck. He dug all the way around the run but couldn't get in...
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    Backyard chickens and cat

    We have been letting the chickens roam in the backyard in the evenings while we enjoy the outdoors. We have been trying to keep the cats and dog inside until we can be sure they don't harrass the chickens. Well, somehow our cat Smoke got out but as you can see it worked out fine. Smoke eyes...
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    Confused by Egg Color

    I have six chickens - 2 RIR, 2 goldens, and 2 easter eggers (sold as Americanas at the local feed store). I got my first egg on Christmas Day - a very nice present. Today I received 6 eggs for the first time escept now I am confused about the egg color. I thought the RIR and the goldens would...
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    Green Eggs and Double Yolker

    We got our chicks the beginning of August and received a first egg (brown) for Christmas. Now I routinely get 4 to 5 eggs a day from my six chickens (2 RIR, 2 Golden sex-linked, and 2 Easter Eggers/Ameraucanas). We love the fresh eggs and I must visit the coup at least 4 or 5 times a day to...
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    Gender??

    I have six 11 week old chicks - 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 sex linked goldens, and 2 Americanas (Easter Eggers?). All of these chicks are suppose to be pullets but those Americanas are different looking and I am new to this whole chicken thing. At any rate, I tried to photographed them but no one...
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    My Little Tikes Playhouse Coop and Snap Together Baby Gate Run

    The temporary coop and run is done. I used my daughter's Little Tikes Playhouse for the coop and the old snap together baby gates for the run. The playhouse windows and door windows were covered with hardware cloth and spring loaded hook and eyes were used for the shutters. My husband did not...
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    Thinking of using a little tikes playhouse as a chicken coop

    We have been trying to plan a coop & run but everything we design costs too much money. I think my hubby has decided he is done with the project so I am on my own on this. He wants me to get rid of the 6 baby chickens in the shower stall. So now I am down to using my daugher's little tikes...
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    Back to the Planning for Our Coop & Run

    I have two week old baby chicks in the shower stall. We have been working on plans for the coop & run for about two months. My husband is a computer wizard. Set him to writing computer code and you won't hear from him for hours or maybe days. He is very good at it. He is not so good at the...
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    What is the best way to make a coop cleanout door weather tight?

    We are busy designing our first chicken coop. We bought the Garden Coop Plans from My Pet Chicken. Okay, we are doing quite a few modifications. One modification was to make an access panel/door on an outside wall for easy cleanout. The cleanout door on the Garden Coop is designed as being...
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    Six 1 Week old Baby Chicks

    Well, we did it. We bought 6 baby chicks from our local feed store. We are now proud owners of 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Ameraucanas, and 2 Sex Linked Goldens. They are so cute! My 9 year old daughter is absolutely thrilled and of course she has already named them. Here are our girls. Sasha...
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    New from California Central Coast

    Hi everyone, If you wonder about the user name, we live on 10 acres on a mountain between Morro Bay & Atascadero in California. The mountain backs up to national forest land. When we first moved here 10 years ago, the bobcat took naps in our small backyard and marked the rocks so we called our...
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