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    Our finally "almost" finished coop and run with some of our girls and our boy...Pics

    After an 18 month adventure marked by a crushed propane line and far too many hours at work, our pallet coop is finally "almost" done. I believe I already have to remodel it next spring to give our Orps more room. A few of our girls 4 or 5, have already started laying even though we were told...
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    Help!! 2 of my chicks have been pecked bloody!!

    I just went to check on my 3 week old chicks and 2 of them are extremely bloody right where their tailfeathers once where. All of their tailfeathers are completely gone and they are bleeding really bad. The one can barely move. I removed them from the rest of the chicks but now I don't know what...
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    HELP PLEASE!!! Problem with 10 day old chick.

    One of our 10 day old Buff Orpington chicks has been having trouble walking for the past few hours. When she does try to stand and take a few steps, she falls over onto her side. She seems disoriented, I'm not sure if chicks get disoriented but that's the best way I can describe what I'm...
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    How many nest boxes do we really need?

    My wife and I are having a bit of a debate as to how many nest boxes we need for our 16 Buff Orpington hens? She purchased 50 quart plastic storage tubs, these things are huge! I built a shelf for 6 of them and they take up way too much space in our coop and severley limit my options for where I...
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    Mt. Healthy Hatchery selling day old chicks as started pullets

    My awesome wife returned wednesday afternoon from Mt. Healthy Hatchery with our 16 ladies and 1 gent and imagine my surprise when she brought in all 17 birds in ONE box. They sold her day old chicks and told her those are started pullets. From the reading we've done we know that technically...
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    After almost a year our coop is finally nearing completion

    Well after almost a year our pallet coop and run are just about finished finally. Why did this project take almost a year? I tell that story here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/ernndbrtts-member-page I won't go into the detailed story but I'll just say it involved a propane line struck...
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    My pallet coop- so far

    Here is what I have gotten done so far on our pallet coop... I indeed got the idea from jjamerb, (https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=29322) THX! I got the pallets from my employer for free, I'm a truck driver so I have access to as many as I need... One thing I really wished I...
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    New here and new to chickens

    My wife and I are new here and new to chickens. We do not have any chickens yet. I am in the process of deciding which coop plan to use and then we will get our chicks. As of now, with cost being the determining factor, I am leaning towards a pallet built coop as I can get all the pallets I want...
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