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    How long until you worry about no eggs?

    Suppose you have a couple one-year-old hens who have stopped laying. They seem healthy, and not much has changed in the lives of your chicken. How long to you relax and let nature take its course before you start worrying about them?
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    Flat Tires on my Chicken Tractor

    The winter's been mild, but still rough on my coop. Specifically on the wheels. Every time I go to move the tractor, I find two flat tires on my coop. Since I've only been moving the tractor once a week, I've been applying the lazy-man solution. A can of fix-a-flat to the rescue Now that...
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    Not enough poop? Shouldn't I be happy?

    I have two new 17 month old pullets, and I'm a little worried about them. They don't seem to be pooping (or pooping very little) overnight. On one hand, it's nice that I don't have to clean. On the other hand, I worry about them. Does this mean that they aren't eating/drinking enough? They...
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    Dog wounds: Please share some happy endings

    One of my girls had a run in with a dog today, and I'm feeling pretty rotten. I am pretty shocked she's still alive. She's in a lot of shock, too. She's resting in a cat carrier behind me now. I treated her wounds with a home-made saline solution and neosporin. Now I guess I just wait, and...
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    Looking for a better locking mechanism for my pop door

    My pop door is a guillotine style sliding door. It slides up to let the hens out, and down to lock the girls in the coop for the night. I've kind of built myself into a corner because I can't reach the door very well, and my plan for locking the door hasn't really worked out. Here's a photo...
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    It started out lightweight - my tractor and coop

    I'm calling this coop done, and spending this 100 degree day inside uploading photos instead of painting trim. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=82401 I am so thankful for all the friendly BYC advice I've gotten while building. I have never tried anything like this...
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    How much BOSS is too much?

    I've finally discovered my chick's favorite treat. They will move wherever I want them to move if I toss out some black oiled sunflower seeds. So now I'm a little afraid I've been overdoing it. In the morning, I need to move my girls from their bedroom (in the garage until I finish the...
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    Polycarbonate roofing...now what?

    I'll admit that roofing my coop was a bit of an afterthought. What? I can't just use plywood? So, I picked up some polycarbonate panels at Lowes. Another admission: I got the wrong kind. This is for my coop (not the run), and I bought transparent panels. Afterwards, I realized I wanted...
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    Help me strengthen my wheels

    Dh and I had a babysitter this afternoon, so it was a good day of coop building. This is the first he's helped me, and we didn't even come close to killing each other. After a lot of progress, we ran into a glitch connecting the wheels. There wasn't enough room to secure them directly under...
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    How do you plan for severe weather?

    We're having a heck of a thunderstorm right now. Thanks to my poor planning (no coop yet), the chicks are safe in my garage. The run, however, was blown over, and rolled about 50 feet. I'm sure that the tarp I've hung on top acted like a parachute, so I'll be removing that. It was there...
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    Does your full-grown chicken weigh 4-5 pounds? How tall is it?

    I'm trying to get an idea of how big my chicks will be when they grow up. I suspect my chicks are California White (although they look an awful lot like the TSC Tetra Tints that I've seen photos of). I've read that a full-grown hen of either kind will weigh 4-5 pounds as an adult hen. I'm...
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    Hinges for a wooden door on a pvc run?

    I didn't think this out too clearly. I built my run out of pvc, and a door out of wood. Now I'm trying to connect the two. After a couple failed attempts, I'm looking for suggestions. The pvc is 3/4 inches. The door is thin, maybe 1x2? Right now, I'm just using zip ties. They are ugly...
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    How old does a chick have to be to stop calling it a chick?

    Today dh asked me why I'm still calling my 5.5 week old chicks chicks. They are getting rather big, lol. Since I like to sound like an expert, I told him "because they ARE chicks". So now I need to find out the real answer. When do my chicks grow out of chick-dom?
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    Question about framing

    I'm building my first coop, and I'm trying to learn some carpentry as I go. My coop will be a small 3x4 foot coop for 3 hens. I'm planning on copying some coop examples that use a frame like this (there is a nesting box on the side, and I'd add a slope to the front for the roof once I master...
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    Adding some sod to brooder?

    My husband's coworker is my chicken expert. I'm not sure I trust all his advise. Would it be ok to add a 5x5 square of sod to my brooder? My chicks are 3 weeks old. Our expert says they will go crazy over the chance to peck at the seeds/bugs/worms in real sod. I'm thinking they will...
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    Need advice for hoop design chicken run

    I am not too handy, but I figured I could tackle a chicken run. I used a hoop-design that kycklingars so kindly shared in the chicken tractor section of the coop designs ( backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=22688-kycklingars-4x10-tractor ). Well, about ten minutes after the pipes were...
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