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  1. donandmelissa

    Has anyone built a coop from 2x6 decking pieces?

    I have a friend who is tearing up his 2 year old good condition deck to put in composite. It is a TON of free wood. Any ideas on using it?
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    Lost City council battle need to move flock.

    Would you be willing to sell them to me? We are homeschoolers who live in an unincorporated area and are SUPER eager to collect eggs but we just have 6 week old orpingtons so we have a long way to go. Also, we bought ours from tractor supply straight run so come to find out we have 8 roosters...
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    swallowed a flamingo toy

    So... My 3 week old orpington swallowed a small rubber flamingo toy. I couldn't get to it in time. What will happen? It's been 10 minutes and there is no distress.
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    Leg bands or similar for keeping track of chicks for my kids. Ideas please?

    We have 10 chicks and will be getting more in a month or so. What can we put on them to keep track of them? I want to be sure to be giving them all attention. I think I am doing a bad job of keeping them straight. They are buff orpingtons and 3.5 weeks old.
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    Holes through plywood or cardboard to feed chicks avoid spillage of expensive food???

    yeah, they are determined chicks. Those ideas haven't worked for us yet. They poop in the plate or if I raise the food they poop on whatever I used to raise it. Then continue to spill :(
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    Holes through plywood or cardboard to feed chicks avoid spillage of expensive food???

    I seen someone from byc do this for older chickens but would this work for chicks? We use soy & corn free feed from scratch & peck feed. They dump so much!
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    corn and or soy free... is there something wrong with this feed

    We try to be soy free so when looking for soy free feed I seen corn free. What would be the benefit of this? Is there any other people here who eat mostly organic? What feed to you use? Our or ping tons are only 2 weeks old and going through a bag every couple days because they knock most of it...
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    Where can I find local breeders? I live in Chicago/ NW Indiana

    We had no clue that finding local breeders on google would be so hard. We want orpingtons and silkies so ordering online won't work.
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    abused chicken or ? what can I do now?

    Ugh... never mind I cant figure out how to add pics. Anyway, the neck has no feathers :(
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    abused chicken or ? what can I do now?

    My father in law put chickens in our yard when my husband got a job in canada. We were gone for a year and we got home and noticed one chicken stand out picture below of her neck. So we caught her and put her aside and she freaked out. After about 20 minutes she started eating the cracked corn...
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    What could I build with the supplies I have on hand? Lots of plywood & 4x4's

    free ranging won't work :( We have a good size garden but mainly because we live in an area with lots of possible predators.
  12. donandmelissa

    What could I build with the supplies I have on hand? Lots of plywood & 4x4's

    I plan on only starting with 4-6 chickens and going up to 12 at some point this summer or next summer. We live in the Chicago area (Indiana unincorporated area) so we have colder winters. Would it be okay to just cover the chicken wire blanket on the run with thick plastic in the winter to...
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