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    From a feed store. What are they?

    One of the "blue andalusians" looks like a black australorp.
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    Newb13's coop

    It's been a hot summer but the coop works like I hoped it would. I added a divider with four holes cut into it, it is placed between the coop and nesting boxes. This fixed two problems. I had hens sleeping in the nesting boxes and now they don't. I had hens laying eggs on the ground and now they...
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    From a feed store. What are they?

    Thanks, Fred, when he speaks he will only be telling me that he is ready for the oven. A bit sad because he is such a pretty bird, but I'll be thankful and full. I would be happy if I lived in the country and could keep a rooster. I thought I read about a way to look at EE's comb and tell if...
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    From a feed store. What are they?

    Thank you, fiberart57, I'm very happy with them (except one of my Easter Eggers has curly toes and I'm not sure what I want to do about it yet, if anything). I was thinking that the black one could have been mixed up. The legs of the two andalusians look very much the same except the black one...
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    From a feed store. What are they?

    One of the blue andalusians is nearly completely black and doesn't look like any photos of blue andalusians that I can find. Could it be something else? These 5 are about 10 weeks old.
  6. newb13

    From a feed store. What are they?

    Update. RIR at 13 weeks.
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    Got sand? You should!

    After reading this I tried sand. I have been using sand for a few weeks now and I am very happy. I use a calcium carbonate oolite sand that is very fine and soft. It is a little dusty but I didn't rinse it before use. It is easy to clean weekly and works nice for my tray system.
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    Chlorinated Chicken

    I use a simple carbon filter for my drinking water but I didn't think I needed to filter the chick's water.
  9. newb13

    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    I have three of these setup for 8 growing chickens. I think I'll add a 7 gallon bucket gravity system for the heat of the summer. I'm still working on the feeder.
  10. newb13

    From a feed store. What are they?

    I had to peek at them again and the legs are blackish with pink feet. So I was wrong, sorry. Andalusian looks right by what I can find.
  11. newb13

    From a feed store. What are they?

    And now my wife just found the receipt. It says blue Andalusian.
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    From a feed store. What are they?

    I should have put up better pictures. I think they have mostly yellow legs and they were labeled small. So that seems ancona. Ancona would be good for a lot of reasons. I let my wife pick them out and it seems like we have some good ones.
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    From a feed store. What are they?

    Thanks :-) The anconas look darker than pictures I found online. The RIR looks lighter than pictures.
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    From a feed store. What are they?

    All of these are from feed stores and I just wanted to see if they were labeled correctly and I think I might have a cockerel. They are labeled as best as I can remember the store labeled them. Sorry about the pictures with flash, they didn't want to stay outside for photos. Buff Orpington...
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    Newb13's coop

    Thanks for the suggestions and compliments. I can always add more vents. I planned on putting a tarp over the run for shade, then I started trying to think of something more solid. Our cats are the biggest predator we have to worry about unless a dog gets though the outer fence. The cats take...
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    Newb from Utah

    Thanks for the great welcome. My wife wanted more chicks after losing the one, so we picked up 3 more. Two that are just medium size when fully grown, blue something, and another Ameraucana(feed store, so I guess not). That should be all we need for a few years. We were told it's best to buy all...
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    Newb13's coop

    There is a good chance I don't know what I'm doing. In a short period of time I looked at a lot of pictures and read what I could, I tried to understand chicken care, I looked at the wood available and I started building. My goal was to make a cheaper coop that wasn't too small. I worry about...
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    Newb from Utah

    Hello My wife and I bought our first 3 chicks 3-4 weeks ago. We bought 3 more a week ago but we lost one after one day. I just finished the coop build. So right now we have three chicks outside in the coop with a heat lamp and 2 tiny ones inside with heat. I'll try to get some pics soon. Great...
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