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    5-6 month old pullets stopped laying?

    Hi everyone! I have 4 pullets that were apx 4 months old when I got them at the beginning of September. 1 of them produces very large creamy coloured eggs and the other 3 are laying teeny tiny little brown eggs. We were getting about 2 eggs a day (the large egg was consistent one a day and...
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    High Insurance Premiums for homes with Backyard Coops?

    Has anyone experienced this? We just got a coop through an urban chicken project. When I announced it on facebook, someone posted this on my wall. Jen did you ask about your house insurance, we just had to set up new house insurance and we were told there would be a very big premium on homes...
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    Our first egg!!!

    We just got 4 pullets yesterday that are apx 4 months old. I was really surprised to find an egg in the nesting box this afternoon!!! I haven't figured out how to add pictures here yet, but here's my blog post about it...
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    Got my pullets today - trimmed beaks? Feeding advice!

    Hi everyone! I got my pullets today, and it looks like 2 have had their upper beaks trimmed. I have an organic chicken scratch for them, do you think that will be OK, or should I be giving them something else? Thanks!
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    Our New Coop - Urban Chicken test site!

    Hi everyone! We had the Hens in the Hood group come today to bring the coop and start working on the pen. We're lucky to be one of 10 test sites for the urban chicken project here in our town! We're pretty excited! We're going to whitewash it right now, and work on making it cute...
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    Building a coop on sand - Advice with the foundation

    Hi everyone! I'll find out next week if I get to be a part of a local test site for urban chickens! When the project manager came over to check out our space, the area that will work best for the chickens is currently sand. We put up a big play area for our daughter this summer in the...
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    Coop in a greenhouse? Is it possible?

    Hi everyone! This is my first post My city has decided to allow 12 test sites for backyard chickens and there is a good possibility that we'll be chosen as one of the sites! We're just planning out now where would be the best place in our yard to house the coop. Our backyard is private...
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