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    Electric Fence and Chicken Door (Coop Update)

    Quote: Best teacher without a doubt, but some teachers teach you the wrong things. Anyway, keep yourself confident on you is the way to go, but never forgetting scientific knowledge is made of experience from all the ones who contributed to his current state. However, some are bias and have...
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    Electric Fence and Chicken Door (Coop Update)

    Quote: Thank you for asking! The electric fence has worked perfectly. Several of my hens beat me out of the gate and ended up against the fence and pen. They did a jig until I threw the cut-off switch. I put the switch next to the gate so it would be easy to reach. I have found one rat, one...
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    Electric Fence and Chicken Door (Coop Update)

    Quote: I think that doing this is asking for premature laying and consequent problems caused by that, like Prolapsed Oviducts. Chickens get the reproducing hormones levels high when they get 14 hours or more of daylight, if they get their hormones up before their bodies are ready they will...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Hi All, UPDATE- Our best day for the 14 RIR pullets, er - hens! I collected six eggs, including the first Jumbo Egg. Egg laying for July 10, 2009 (one Jumbo at 2.6oz.) I wish the rest of you success; you deserve it! My best, Dick. Phelan, CA
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Quote: Update: Happy Fourth of July! Yes, more were laid! I now have four RIR pullets that graduated to be hens, laying today. I now have 15 eggs. (This picture was taken several days ago.) One RIR fooled me with the lighter color of eggs. I thought a...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Hi All, Add me to the list of happy (chicken) farmers! At 19 weeks, two days, my first RIR Hen laid her first egg! June 29, 2009 First Egg! What an expensive egg. But I suspect more are to come. Dick. Phelan, CA
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    Can 4 week old chickens go off a heat lamp?

    Quote: That is also what I use as a guide line. If they are fully feathers, lost all the baby fluff then you can turn off the light. I agree with the chicks distance from the heat lamp and the feathers. I monitored mine and removed the lamp at 7 weeks. This was due to our night temperatures...
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    Can 4 week old chickens go off a heat lamp?

    Quote: That is also what I use as a guide line. If they are fully feathers, lost all the baby fluff then you can turn off the light. I agree with the chicks distance from the heat lamp. I monitored mine and removed the lamp
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    Does anyone have photos of chicks by age?

    Quote: Hi, I have posted threads on the growth of my chicks/chickens (Buff Orpingtons & RIR). 3-Days, 16-Days, 4-Weeks: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1652432#p1652432 5-Weeks: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1761555#p1761555 7-Weeks...
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    Update-Chicks are 15 weeks old

    Here is another photo of my flock. Maybe this will help. I just threw some scratch out for them to eat. Dick. Phelan, CA
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    Update-Chicks are 15 weeks old

    gonzo&hispeeps : what beautiful birds you have!!! how many do you have?.... Thanks to all who have made their comments. They are appreciated. I purchased 25 day old chicks from McMurray. They shipped me 11 RIR pullets and 14 BO's. They substituted the BO's for a RIR mix. I was upset at...
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    Update-Chicks are 15 weeks old

    Hi All, My chicks, aka Chickens, are 15 weeks old. Buff Orphs & RIR pullets in their pen. Note the automatic waterer with an Orbit Timer attached to the water line. We are on a water tank so water is scarce. I set a timer to open for five minutes every two hours. The cockerels catch their...
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    Electric Fence and Chicken Door (Coop Update)

    Quote: Thank you! As I explained, I left the center flap held above the door with one screw for several days. I lowered the center flap after they were all in for the night. The flock is too interested in getting out in the morning that they used it very quickly. They love to investigate...
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    Electric Fence and Chicken Door (Coop Update)

    Hi All, I just finished my latest additions to my chicken coop and pen. Electric Fence I have been concerned with our dogs digging under the pen wire and the Antelope Squirrels feasting at night. So, I extended my electric fence to run along the ground of the exposed pen sides. This image...
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    Has anyone ever done a Treat Chart for baby chicks?

    Quote: I agree! Please remember these are CHICKENS, not babies!! I am use to feeding chickens the prepared mix that is designed for chickens. I only throw out scratch in the outside pen for them to do just that; scratch. Are these unhealthy at ten weeks of age? Enjoy, but do not kill...
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    Update: Chicks are now 10 weeks old!

    Hi All, My Buff Orps and RIR chicks are now ten weeks old! Should I say:Chickens? We have not lost a one. We still have the 25 that survived the trip. We have been having a lot of wind and the night temperatures are still down to freezing. Today, was warm and calm, so my chicks are enjoying...
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    Feeding Wildflowers?

    Quote: Thank you for your link. It is a form of FIDDLENECK and the plant may contain high levels of nitrates. According to my Mojave Desert Wildflower book the plant is a Devil's Lettuce, Checker Fiddleneck. I will not feed it to my 9 week old chicks as they are "little chickens" and doing...
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    Feeding Wildflowers?

    Hi All, The snow has left water in the ground for our wildflowers to grow. I was weedwacking today and thinking about feeding alfalfa to the chickens. I do not have alfalfa but a lot of wildfowers. Wildflowers in the High Desert of Southern California This is the flower and plant that I am...
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    7 Week Old Status Report

    Quote: Hey, I love Hot Fudge Sundaes! After all these years, the health nuts think chocolate is good for you and dark at that! I have not had the time to play with them. Only when I check the water and feed in the am & pm, would I talk to them and once in a while, I would pick one up. I...
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    7 Week Old Status Report

    Hi All, My chicks are now seven weeks old. I turned off the heat lamp last night. I have had it set for coming on at night only for two weeks. Our nights have been below freezing, so I have been a little cautious. Seven week old Buff Orps and RIR's. I have been letting them out to run in...
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