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    Authentic Woods KD (Knock Down) 10' by 16' Coop Build

    Yes, for the most part it was built authentically, one wall at a time. The only section I built differently was the rear roof. I really had no way to lift the heavy panels up into place if I built them as the original design, so I just used horizontal 1x4 boards attached to the top of the...
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    Authentic Woods KD (Knock Down) 10' by 16' Coop Build

    Ted, I wanted to thank you for your entire thread and all the pictures you took during the building of your Woods coop. I had purchased the book and already drawn out the plans with all the dimensions when I stumbled across your thread. I literally spent hours reading and rereading the posts...
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    Comment by 'mcrvdeb' in article 'Broody Breaking ala aart'

    Thank you, Aart!! Broody hen out of jail in 3 days using your advice. Interesting to me that my first broody hen is actually one of my 3 hens that have never laid an egg. She is a beautiful 8 month old Buff Orpington with quite an attitude in broody mode.
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    Low weight Cornish Cross chicks?

    Thanks for your responses. My CX are from Welp Hatchery. As a side note, I am using the MHP (Mama Heating Pad) for these guys, as I have for all my layer chicks in the past. Our daily temps have been in the 65-80F range due to daily monsoon storms and altitude (7000ft) ever since I received...
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    Low weight Cornish Cross chicks?

    Weights were for cockerels. One chart was from Welp Hatchery and the other from Cobb 500 performance metrics.
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    Low weight Cornish Cross chicks?

    First time raising CX chicks. I happened to run across two different charts for expected weights at different ages for CX so I decided to weigh 6 of the 31 male chicks today at 6 days old and was surprised to find that they are only about half the expected weight listed for their age. Actual...
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    Chick healthy but not growing?

    They were purchased. I received 7 Buff Orpingtons, same hatch date. The picture shows the biggest and the smallest. The other 4 are all about the same size, half the size of the big one, but much bigger than my tiny chick. I was looking at the pics of the group at about 4 days old and they...
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    Chick healthy but not growing?

    How is your tiny chick doing now, 6 weeks later? I have a tiny 3 1/2 week old that is barely starting to feather, still all fuzz. Very active, eats and drinks well and stays busy all day. Picture shows her along side another chick from same hatch date.
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    Review by 'Anonymous' in article 'Chicken Breed: The Hyline Brown (and a chicken story)'

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    anyone have cinnamon queens when do they start laying

    Our 4 Cinnamon Queen started laying at 22 weeks. Averaged 2 eggs day for about a week, but this past week we are getting 4 eggs day at 24 weeks. Some eggs are still small, few large and have been gifted with several double yolk.
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    About to take the leap!

    No pictures yet. Decided that the options available to me today at the three locations we checked out were not what we are looking for, so although I really wanted to bring home some of the cuties we did see, I did not. Hard choice to make, but cute won't fill my egg boxes. We have checked...
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    About to take the leap!

    Thank you for all the "Welcome's". I will check out the ToW. Have not ventured there yet.
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    About to take the leap!

    Sorry, slow to respond.....still trying to figure out how to get around and follow here. Was lost in the MHP thread...again.....! I laughed about the "M CRV Deb" because it is actually an old sign on from a couple years ago. MC = Motorcycle and RV = RV, both alternate passions of mine. I have...
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    About to take the leap!

    Ha!!! I have TWO CRV's!! Your are absolutely right, they are the best, if you are always cold like I am. I guess I know everything now....no need to spend the night reading endless conversations about raising chickens. (Joking.....I am having a blast! Had no idea chickens could be so...
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    About to take the leap!

    You have a very good point there! Guess we're going thru new baby panic at the moment. I figured I would get good advice here.
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    About to take the leap!

    New to raising chickens, have been absorbing hours and hours of information on this forum. Everything is ready: coop, bedding, heating pad, water source, food is fermenting and we are excited! Then I realized I have no idea how to get our new chicks home from the feed store where we are...
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