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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Thank you!! I just asked to join :) I am in the big one but had no idea there were regional ones!
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    INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

    Just moved from Madison Indiana to just across the bridge in Louisville Ky (west end). Anyone near by? I would love to find a local source for eggs until my girls are laying reliably.
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    Chicken palpating....not egg bound.

    I do not suspect egg bound issues, but I am wondering if it is possible to "feel" the egg inside the chicken by palpating from the outside? I will go in to further details if needed, haha. Basically I want to know who has an egg ready to be laid at one point and time and check once eggs emerge...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Got our first egg last week none since though. We cried when we found it They are coming to the nest boxes and kicking the fake ones out though...normal?
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    Coop and Composting Run

    Absolutely lovely little coop,I love things that are multi-purpose. We plan to compost on ours as well!
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    Locking them in?

    Oh and we have six girls, I'll pull the blueprints we used in a moment. We modified the witchita coop from this website.
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    Locking them in?

    I am.making a ramp right now actually. The coop has enough sqf for 12 birds according to a calculator i used. Longer than it is wide and well ventilated. It's not done-done, just safe enough to put them in while we finish up things I'd rather them free range and they are easy to catch so I...
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    Locking them in?

    Hopefully this is the right forum.... Are 16 week old pullets spent their first night outside in the coop last night, previously we had been bringing them in at night and keeping them in a large dog kennel in the basement. they would basically bring themselves to the back door and put...
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    Will I get eggs this year?

    And we won't be doing any artificial lighting, I don't mind waiting until they lay. Just curious.
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    Will I get eggs this year?

    We have four EE's and two Cinnamon Queens, bought from Rural King!
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    Will I get eggs this year?

    We got our chicks in April, just started doing some math : If they wont lay until around the 7-10 month mark that puts us at November....so winter. I will be waiting until next spring for eggs, wont I? Chicken math!! Its for the birds!
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    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    How ironic, I came here to also ask about weaning off the heat pad. They have vegub knocked it flat and it worries me. They are in my basement where night temps are 55-65 degrees most nights. They are roughly 4 weeks old, is it safe to take the heat away? Coop is not done so we can't simply...
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    Up your game and get some Chicken Nipples!

    We don't have room for one in our brooder, do you think they would be able to learn it at 8-12 weeks when they go outside?
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    2018 Newbie Chat!

    Anyone else slacking on coop builds? My babes are turning 3 weeks old and all we have managed to do is sketch out the build, supply lists and spray paint the area we want it in the yard (for visualization...and stuff..) Whooops
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    I've STOPPED Roosters Crowing Is there enough interest for me to patent & supply?

    If you are being serious, Kickstarter would be your best bet for a niche product.
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    I've STOPPED Roosters Crowing Is there enough interest for me to patent & supply?

    You are just going to sell us a cookbook :P
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    Preventing free range escapes

    And of course we will have a coop with a run, but I was hoping to be able to let me girls out while I am in the yard.
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    Preventing free range escapes

    Hi yall! While I have a while to plan, as my babes are under a month old, I am wondering what to expect with free ranging birds. We live in an urban area, we have just under a quarter of an acre total with the backyard fenced in with 4 foot chain link. We cannot have birds escaping into the...
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    MAMA Heating Pad....I'm getting cold feet!

    I was very nervous as well, for all the same reasons you listed. So far it's been great though, as long as you do not puncture a y of the elements of the pad you should be safe! I use a big dog crate to brood and set mine up so that it was against the wall so no cording is reachable for them...
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    PLANTS POISONOUS TO CHICKENS

    What about those who allow their chickens compost pile access, should we be filtering out the veggies and fruits listed here or will chickens "pen around them"?
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