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    Why Is Our Door So Attractive?

    Three breeds of chickens and four different flocks with chickens that would not have learned this behavior from each other ... The chickens love the carport. Specifically our door. Right now, there are seven young (almost laying) Barred Rocks parked on the ramp right in front of the door...
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    Just over 1/2 of Barred Rocks laying - why?

    Our Barred Rocks will be six months old the end of August. Out of 11, we have one boy and 10 pullets. We get six eggs every day. So, does anyone know why four are not (apparently) laying? All of them are in a Lowe's shed (with doggie door to a run) at night and free range all day long. Some...
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    Female with large comb??

    We purchased Barred Rock chicks that were sold to us as a pure female run. I am not sure about this one though. All of our Barreds are about five months old and are starting to lay. This one seems to have a super large comb for being a female. I haven't heard him/her crow and don't see...
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    Barred Rocks Not Laying in Boxes

    I have a real hen box and two banker boxes (I had hens - no longer with us - that would lay in these) in the Lowe's shed (8x8x8) we are using as a coop. The Barreds (we have 11 hens) roost on the shelf in the coop. I found one egg two days ago near one of the boxes. So, I took a yellow ball...
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    Keeping Barred Rock Out of Carport?

    We love our Barred Rocks. We own eleven pullets (who I guess are almost hens terminology wise?) that are just reaching five months. We, of course, spoil them rotten, and they love following us around. One of their favorite activities is sitting on the top step - the one that is in the carport...
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    Bare Spots Under Each Wing

    We have four Red Star hens (almost 2 years old), and 11 Barred Rock pullets (about a month and a half old). The Red Stars and Barred Rocks are in separate coops (for now) but are in the backyard together. All free range for a good bit of the day. My husband caught one of the Red Stars and...
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    Introducing Pullets to Rest of Flock

    My husband bought some Barred Rock chicks. They are roughly a month old now. We have them in a chick-n-rabbit hutch which has a 6X6 enclosure (imagine a box with one end open) on top of the hutch. We figure we need to put them with the rest of the flock in a couple of weeks because they are...
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    Rooster Abusive to One Hen

    We have an Australorp rooster named Bob and four Red Star hens. One has been off on her own for a good bit of time. For the past three nights, she didn't go to the henhouse, and we had to find her. Now, we know why. My husband observed Bob go into the Lowe's shed after this hen and hassle...
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    Persistant Hawk

    We lost one Red Star this past Friday to a hawk. My husband found the body. We have been letting the chickens (one Australorp named Bob and Red Stars) roam at will around the yard. Yesterday, even though we were in the backyard burning, the hawk struck again. Bob was a very brave boy, chased...
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    Bob's (the Australorp) Comb in Winter?

    Hi, I live near Chesnee, South Carolina. Our average low in January is 29. We either get snow or ice every winter. Do I need to worry about Bob's comb in the winter time? He is about a year old, so this is the first time I have had to worry about it.
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    The Red Star Harem with a Hunk of Burning Love

    Well, we climbed a steep learning curve with chickens - like don't let hens sleep in trees even if they really really want to because a raccoon will invited them for a midnight party and said hens will never return again - not even with lampshades on. So, poor Bob (our Australorp rooster) has...
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    Red Stars?

    We bought five Red Star hens through Craigslist, and I wanted to check to see if that is actually what these are.
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    Henrietta Died/New Hens

    Well, Henrietta (one of my Australorps) died leaving poor Bob (the Australorp rooster) alone. This weekend, we were going to go after church to the man who originally sold us the chickens to buy more. On Saturday, the boys come in all excited saying they had a secret. My husband had taken...
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    Shelf Perching - Ok?

    We converted a Lowe's resin shed into a chicken coop. So far, we just have a rooster and a hen (both Australorps). Their perch is about two feet off the floor. There is a shelf up higher for storing tools. Both birds have been sitting on the shelf for awhile now to sleep. Is that ok? It...
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    7 Acres and the Australorps Take a Dirth Bath .... WHERE?

    Yes. Seven acres of land. Trees. Places to hang out. Lots of nooks and crannies. Guess where the rooster and hen settled for their dirt bath. In the carport planter. Of course!! Let the dirt fly ....
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    Catch Poop?

    Now that the roost is done; what is a easy to clean cheap way to catch the poop? Buy some plastic thingees from WalMart?
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    Greens/Food Other than Chicken Feed for Vacation?

    I have two Australorps - Bob and Henrietta. They live in a 8X8X8 Lowe's resin shed with an attached 8X8X6 (6 is height) run. The birds usually free roam. When we go out of town, I worry about them so keep them "cooped" up. Of course, there isn't much grass in the run. I'm sure they are ok...
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    Turning Lowe's Resing Shed Into Coop - Pictures

    We purchased a resin 8ftX71/2ftX8ft shed from Lowe's (http://tinyurl.com/3zhnub4) with the idea of turning it into a chicken coop. We own two Australorps (Bob and Henrietta) and have a chicken rabbit hutch which is not meeting their (or our) needs. This is a picture of my husband laying out...
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    Lowe's storage shed as coop?

    My husband came from Lowe's saying they had their 8X7.5 shed on sale. It comes with skylights, two windows, and a vent (round circle at top of roof). It might also come with shelving. The website shows $1000+ but Lowe's had it at around $400. I'm thinking that one vent isn't enough. Their...
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    Australorp - Finally Have Plans

    Thank you all for responding to my previous posts. I finally sat down with my sketchbook and sketched out a layout for a coop. Hopefully, you can read my chicken scratch (bum bum bum) handwriting. If not, the idea goes as follows - Chicken coop is 4 feet high by 8 feet wide by 8 feet long...
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