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    In February 2009 we purchased plans for the "Chicken playhouse coop". I built it from cypress that I purchased at a local sawmill and cut to size myself. In the process I knew my wife could not unscrew and lift the front of the roost box per the instructions for cleaning so I modified the design...
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    Anyone noticing an unusually poor November egg production?

    Central Florida with 3 Barred rocks and only one egg a day. Now that we see there are others with unusually low production can anyone hazard a guess?
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    I was hoping to never say this...

    How is Tillie doing??? Sure would like an update if you can. Been thinking about her plight.
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    I was hoping to never say this...

    Before you trim the bottom why not try making the slurry they talked about at the beginning? If she has already figured out how to drink she may quickly learn to drink the slurry. If you trim the beak first you might remove that as an option without making her a viable way to eat. No matter...
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    Black forming on comb

    Ok thanks. That was one of the thoughts I had but didn't figure it would be a continuing deal. No roosters but sometimes ladies can fail to play well together I guess. Should I separate them for a while? see if it stops? any thoughts?
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    Black forming on comb

    Something is going on and I am worried. We have three Barred Rocks that are around 14 months old. All have been consistently healthy and we have had no know issues with them. They are all laying normally and acting normaloly. In the last three days one has developed some sort od scale on it's...
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    newbie with questions

    I was interested to note that "Tractor Supply" had a restriction that they had to sell a minimum of 6 chicks at a time a week before Easter. They said it was a USDA restriction. Didn't make sense to me and I thought it might be a good way to keep people from buying Easter presents that would be...
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    Hi from Florida

    Welcome from Plant City!
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    help!!! what happened to my egg!!

    We dry and crush our egg shells then feed them to our girls. They really like their "chicken chips". They act like they are a real treat and they add even more calcium to their diet. Jjust make sure you never give them a piece of shell that looks like an egg shell or it can be asking for trouble.
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    Newbie Here Plant City, Fl

    I have sent a direct email and loive in the same little city offering to let this person visit my coop, see how we do it, and to try and and answer any questions I can. Additionally I remember how daunting a jump it felt like when we started and can sympathize.
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    Central Florida intro

    Thanks so much for the link! It really helps! I have been feeding them the misc items that are left over from the garden and suddenly realized I could be doing a bad thing!!
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    Central Florida intro

    Good spring to all! I have enjoyed gleaning information from your website for quite some time and have found it extremely helpful to my wife and I. We live in a fairly rural area and decided a little over a year ago that we wanted some hens for laying. I built a coop, we bought three chicks and...
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