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    Jersey Giant Death

    Hello, We had one of our Jersey giants suddenly die! One of the sweetest girls. One morning, when I went to let them out of the coop, she was up on the roost, then later when I went to check on them she was in the corner of the coop. She did not seem able to get up, so we picked her up and...
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    Intoducing new chicks to existing flock

    Hi all, I am sure there have been threads about this already, but I cannot find any! We have 4 girls that will be two years old. They have been raised together and get along great with each other, us and our dog. They have a pen but free range around the yard during the day. We are hoping to...
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    chickens in the garden

    Can chickens kill a lawn? We let our chickens free range around the backyard, which results in chicken poop on the lawn. The lawn looks terrible! There are several possible reasons, but I know that chicken poop is very strong, I was hoping that the lawn could take it. Any thoughts?
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    Is broody always bad?

    Hello! We have 4 hens all laying very well this spring. We have them as pets and for the eggs. No roosters. My question is about one of our hens being broody. I left the inside light on over night last week and I think that got them a bit out of sorts. One hen, our Jersey Giant had been...
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    Cats after chickens?

    Our four chickens free range around the yard during the day, and are locked up safely at night. This evening around dusk, my husband looked out the window and saw a neighborhood cat "stalking" the chickens! Should we be worried that this cat could hurt our chickens? I know to be careful of...
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    Sleeping in nest boxes and other questions!

    Hi, Our four girls are now 19 weeks old, getting red in the face and I think might be getting ready to start laying YEA!! So my questions are: 1. They were all sleeping on their roost, but now they are all sleeping in the nesting boxes (three boxes). Should I block the boxes for a while...
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    pictures of our coop

    Giving this a try. Finally trying to post pictures of our coop in the trees! Let's see if this works
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    roosting in nesting box

    Hi we have four girls 2 Jersey Giants, 1 Dominic, 1 Easter Egger. They are 15 weeks old and the faces are getting a bit red. We are transitioning them from medicated chick feed to layer feed 50/50 this week. My concern is, we have three nesting boxes in the coop each with some hay and a golf...
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    silica sand??

    Hi we are putting sand in our coop, I know about play sand, my yard says that silica sand is washed sand, they say it is the same thing. Is this correct? Thanks!!
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    Question about dirt in the run

    Hi we have finished our coop and run.(pictures soon!) But I have a question. We put sand in the coop (love it!) but the run is just dirt. The run is about 5'x12' the last 4' is covered. Since the chickens (4 girls) went in about 3 weeks ago we have had very wet weather. The coop is nice and...
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    Base rock for run and coop?

    We are thinking of using sand in our coop and run but we have some extra brown base rock that we used for pathways. The size ranges from fine sand to 1/2" gravel. Do you think that this would work for the run and or the coop? Thanks!
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    What type of sand?

    Hi Ready to fill coop and run (finally!!) I plan to use sand. Can anyone tell me the best type of sand to use? Also, should I spread food grade DE around both the run and coop? Thanks!
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    Roost questions

    Hi there we are almost finished with our coop. I have a couple of questions about the roosts. How far up off the floor of the coop should they be? And, how much roost board space is needed for each chicken? Thanks in advance for the help!!
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    hard wire mesh for coop

    We are building our coop and run, not as fast as the chickens are growing however!! I want to use the 1/2 hardwire mesh for the run as I have heard that chicken wire is not good enough protection against predators. I am have a REALLY hard time finding the wire! Or if I find it it is super...
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    Six week old chick not looking good. Help Please!

    Hi we have a six week old Jersey Giant who has been thriving, up until yesterday. She just kind of stands off by herself and looks kid of all puffed up. I picked her up and usually she squawks but this time just sat in my hands. She has been eating and drinking. . . I just don't know. ...
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    Hello from California

    Hello, I am brand new to chickens! We have four little ones. Two Jersey Giants, one Easter egger (Americana), and one Dominique. They are four weeks old. So much fun! Here is the crazy part, we have them on vacation with us this week!! They are to little to be left home, so . . . we packed...
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    pressure treated woos for coop?

    Hi I am a newbie to this site. We have four 3week old chicks! So cute and fun. Our dog seems to like them too! So I do have a question; We are in the process of building the coop and run. Can we use pressure treated wood for part of the coop, run. Like for the posts? Will the chickens try...
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