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    Laws in Texas about Dogs!!!

    If you don't want to kill the dog but do want it to leave your chickens alone, you can use a BB gun or soft pellet gun. I have used those to train my dogs on what not to chew on while they are outside. It only takes a few shots before the dog realizes that it doesn't want to be anywhere near...
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    What to put in the coop? sand? sweet pdz? pine shavings?

    I put down sand and topped it with pine shavings and sprinkled DE on top. The sand keeps me from sliding around in wet weather and has good drainage. But I also have a poop board below their roost that I keep PDZ in and I use a kitty litter scoop to clean it out. I can then put the droppings in...
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    Side of house Coop with pictures

    I'm not quite sure what kind of helpful hints you are looking for but I will say that we dug around the edges and buried the chicken wire under the ground about 6-8 inches so that it would be harder for things to get in or out of the coop. Also for the chicken wire, we ran it on the outside of...
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    Barred Rock?

    Very cool, thank you for the posts, this explains a lot. Plus since my goal was to have just hens, that works out in my favor. I think 3 of my 4 Dominique are males, so at least with these I know they are female.
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    Barred Rock?

    I have a couple of chickens that I was told were barred rock, but I am unsure. They seem to be all black. They are only 6 weeks old, but I would have expected them to be barred already like the Dominique I have. This is the 2-3 week old picture. They are in with the Easter Eggers. I...
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    Side of house Coop with pictures

    The nipple feeders use a piece of water hose to hook up to the 5 gallon bucket. I just used an old piece that I had and cut it to the length I wanted. I am sure that if you wanted to you could have a larger water bucket and it would last longer, but I figure the 5 gallon bucket should last at...
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    Side of house Coop with pictures

    We decided we wanted chickens but had limited room for a coop. So I designed a coop that would fit along side of the house. This is the space I had to work with. I capped off and shortened the sprinkler so it wouldn't spray. The space is 5"5" wide and 8' long and we made it 5'7" tall in...
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    Nipple Feeders - Level?

    I am in the process of building my coop and I have 3 different age chicks. 4 are 5 weeks, 4 are 4 weeks and 3 are 2 weeks old. They do fine together but my question is about my nipple feeders mounted to a PVC pipe, has anyone tilted theirs at a 45 degree angle? Can I do that without it...
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    New Chicks in Fort Worth, Texas

    You must not be that far from me since I'm in White Settlement. I went to that Russell Feed and they didn't have a very large selection and the salesman told me that the Jacksboro Hwy store had a lot more chicks because they sell several hundred per week. The Russell Feed on 199 (Jacksboro...
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    New Chicks in Fort Worth, Texas

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My wife and I are new to raising chickens, but we like to raise our own vegetables so this seemed like a natural next step. We first got chicks last week. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 11, we had 12 but one of the...
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    City Coop design questions

    We are planning on doing an all in one coop and run. We are only planning on getting 6 birds so I was thinking we should have enough room (40 sq ft) based the on other posts. I was just curious since we are in such a southern climate if I could have a more open run and not have an enclosed...
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    City Coop design questions

    My wife and I are planning on building our first coop and the only place we have to put one is on the north side of our house. The area is 5ft wide by 8ft long by 6ft high. It has cedar fencing on the north and west side of the area and the brick of our house on the south side and I plan to put...
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