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  1. Echelontheory101

    Well if this isn't the best picture I've ever taken of the coop ❄️🩵❄️

    Thats all haha 🩵🩵🩵 Just felt the need to share the cozy snowy vibes ❄️
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    Real world experiences with rooster to hen ratios 18 to 2?

    Hi all! Adding some additional birds to my flock in the spring, I currently have 11 hens I plan on adding 7 more hens and I want to also add 2 roosters. BUT I know when I look online it says 2 roosters to 18 hens is not good they should have 8 to 10 hens each to prevent issues which I'd...
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    Lavender easter egger tail giving cockerel vibes 😂

    Hi all, I have 11 total 6/7 and 5/6 week old chicks and most of them I'm starting to be able to tell who is who, we've got a lot of rounded tail and hackle saddle feathers coming in but this lavender Easter egger is giving me a little bit of trouble. She's 6 weeks old almost 7 weeks old now at...
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    Would love to see your supply storage set ups! Looking for ideas!

    UPDATE: I'm not looking for suggestions on types of feed bins I definitely explained my question wrong below apparently. I'm looking for organization setups like how do you organize your bins do you use cabinets do you do Cube shelves is everything on racks in a shed like how do you organize all...
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    Social post! its the babies first night outside and just looking for reassurance 😂😂

    Hi all! This is just a social post more or less none of my social circle has livestock so none of them understand so figured I'd post here. I have chicks that some are 4 weeks old and some are 5 weeks old come Monday. We've been weaning off heat all week and they've been spending all day out...
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    Tail feather picking/pecking order but only on one breed?

    Hi all, Luckily this isn't an emergency post there's no actual injury happening just my chicks annoying my two poor olive eggers but I've noticed my two barred grey olive eggers are targets of tail feather chewing... I say chewing instead of picking because the 10 other chicks aren't pulling...
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    Help reading/following this survey pin map for fencing?

    Hi all! Unsure if there is anyone here that may be able to check my "math" so to speak on this survey map. This seems pretty straightforward but just want to confirm my thinking because I don't have a metal detector to find the iron pins. I'm going to be putting up post and rail fencing along...
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    Outside transition - double check my thoughts?

    Hi all! Trying not to make this post too wordy unnecessarily. So I have 3 chicks that are coming up on four and a half weeks old and 8 chicks coming up on 4 weeks old they are spending the day outside in the coop and run the last few days which is huge and wrapped already for the winter I'm not...
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    2 seperate flocks on 1 property? Biosecurity issues? Other advice?

    Hi all! I'm curious if anyone here has experience managing 2 separate flocks on their property? My first setup is 16x8 which is plenty of space for my 11 current birds. I would like to get more space for more birds next year as I don't want to overcrowd in my current set up, but I am having an...
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    Brooder dust bath ideas?

    So out in the coop/run its sand floor and they have a designated big dust bath bowl with volcanic ash, but for the babies in the brooder inside (I will be brooding outside for future batches) their instinct/want for dust bathing is kicking in because they are dust bathing in the feed crumbles...
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    Is this sneezing or just chick noises? Anything of concern?

    Hi all Here is a video of my cream legbar, 3 weeks old she will occasionally make these little pip noises that to my ear sound like a little puff of air. Is this sneezing? Its never louder than this its almost always completely air sounding. And not super often. They had their first day out...
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    Tips for transport to and from coop without too much stress?

    Hey guys! So 3 of my chicks are now 3 weeks old and my other 8 chicks are a couple days short of 2 weeks old, so we are going to start taking field trips outside and to their coop/run during the day this weekend. (Outside temps in the 50s coop/run temps in the 60s during the day 30s at night...
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    Katies Rural NH flock

    Hi all! I'm a new member but a long time lurker in these forums lol! I was posting a couple pictures on my profile feed and a nice person commented and said I should create a thread here instead so without further ado.... I live in a small cow town with less than 1500 people in New Hampshire...
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    Recomendations on how to keep chicks from kicking feed all over the brooder?

    They are jumping onto the feeder and kicking backwards to pull all the feed out of their feeder. I dont really care about the mess since I just roll up the puppy pads when I change them but seems like a waste of food since theyre still really only eating out of the feeder and not the stuff they...
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    What humidity level is ideal in winter? Below 80% below 50% etc?

    Hi all! I live in northern New England so winters here are snowy and cold. My coop/run combo is wrapped in the winter with ventilation up top. I have a hydrogrometer and thermometer set up in the coop/run that I can check from my phone. Current October stats below so you can compare the...
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    Chick weight milestones - too fat? 😂

    Hi all! I have 11 chicks one of which is the Cream legbar (cinnamon) pictured here.(sorry its black and white its from my camera in their brooder) 3 of the chicks including cinnamon are 12 days old and the other 8 are 4 days old she is the only cream legbar. Kind of a silly question but I...
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    Over researched and made myself anxious about coccidiosis

    Hi folks! Im a first time chicken keeper but have wanted them for years and I spent months researching everything before finally getting them. Now the chicks are here, 11 in total now 9 days old haven't lost a single one since they got here and have managed any minor baby chick events like pasty...
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