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    I'm at a loss...

    I just don't know what to do. My chickens make a complete mess of their coop. I put down straw and try to change it out every 7-10 days. I also use straw in their nest box. Their coop is over an attached run (chicken tractor). There is a hole in the bottom for their ramp. They are...
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    Am I supposed to wash the eggs?

    We just started getting eggs (2/day for 3 days now). I've just been putting them straight in an egg carton. But my husband is freaking out that I haven't washed the eggs - with soap and water. He's insistent that the eggs are crawling with bacteria and e.coli and it's disgusting because the...
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    Woo-Hoo! Just got our first eggs!

    We got our first two eggs yesterday and another today! The kids are beyond excited. They want to go out every 15 minutes to check, lol. The eggs came as a surprise because my chickens are only 16.5 weeks and I wasn't expecting them to lay yet. I didn't have any nesting boxes in yet so I...
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    a few questions, if you don't mind

    I have eight 8-week chicks in a chicken tractor. I had been using the chick waterer, but got tired of cleaning it up and refilling it several times a day. Now I just have a bucket in the bottom (run) until I figure out something more permanent. I also have several wide-base dog food bowls for...
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    Coop bedding questions

    We have a tractor with a raised coop and a hole in the floor for a ramp down to the run. We have been using the wood shavings that we get from TSC. The chicks were pushing most of the shavings down until we built guards around the hole. We also have a piece of linoleum stapled to the plywood...
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    Egg and Laying questions from a newbie

    I'm so new at all of this. I have 8 golden comet chicks that are about 8 weeks old. I have only ever had a few fresh eggs last summer and I can't wait to get my own. I have a few questions that have been floating around in my head for a while now... 1. Is there any nutritional difference...
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    Will chickens eat dandelions?

    I have 8 5-week old chicks who live in a chicken tractor. My yard is covered in dandelions. I'm always telling my kids to pick the dandelions before they go to seed. Can they give the flowers to the chicks? Or will it hurt them?
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    New in Western PA

    I am the proud new owner of 8 Golden Comet pullets. We've had them now for 5 weeks. We picked them up from TSC just a few hours after they arrived in the store, so I'm guessing they were only a few days old (?). We just got the coop/run/tractor to the point where they can live in it, so...
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