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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Keep Your Chickens Cool In Summer?

    Shaded with a mister outside and fresh water. Inside well ventilated 4 inches around the entire top perimeter plus barn fan, very well insulated, and an air-conditioner to keep the inside temperature at 85 max.
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    Disappointment

    Yep that is most definitely the plan next time to order directly! We spent the afternoon setting up for these 5 we have left to survive and be well cared for like our other 10 hens while we are out of town lol and when we get back if no one has decided they want to adopt some of ours we will...
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    Disappointment

    Yeah we have 10 layers all ready 🤣 looks like we have 15 now. We have some friends we give eggs to. Im checking with them to see if they want the 5 white leghorn hens we now have. Adding those 5 to our current flock will make space tight in the long run I think and the meat area we built would...
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    Disappointment

    My suspicion really started when they started flying up 4 feet onto the window sill to roost. Ive never done meat birds but I knew that was not normal for 8 week old meat birds lol Should we switch them all to an all flock pellet for the next 6 weeks? Or keep them separated or what gah I have...
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    Disappointment

    The funniest part is I'm pretty sure in a straight run we only got 1 rooster lol 🤣
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    Disappointment

    That was exactly the conclusion I came to! What would you do?! We've butchered 4 of them and they are so small! Should we move the other 5 in with our other layers. Gah im so irritated!!!
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    Disappointment

    I have no idea what happened, if tractor supply is at fault or if my expectations were to high. 2 weeks ago we butchered one of our, presumed, cornish cross and its butchered weight was 5.3 pounds at 8 weeks. Now here we are at 10 weeks with the rest of our birds (because they were way to small...
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    Square footage/Cornish cross

    I am SO GLAD you posted this, I kept hearing that pasture birds taste much different and a friend did pasture and she said she would never do it again. But then coming to byc so many are saying pasture, grass, free range and I had no intentions to do that but was starting to feel guilty. The...
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    It happened

    They could manage a spreadsheet im sure, they are 7 and 8. They do math and phonics online but other than that we try to limit screen time. I even got an encyclopedia set to keep them offline and off screens as much as possible at this age lol
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    It happened

    I will add our blank chart when im at my computer later for you and anyone else who wants a copy!
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    It happened

    We are homeschoolers, so we've turned the eggs into math! I have a worksheet for the end of each month to log lowest laying day, highest laying day, average for the month. We've been tracking cost of chicken supplies too so we will average out the cost per dozen too. Once we get the hang of that...
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    It happened

    10 hens, first eggs on October 2. Today all ten laid!!! TEN EGGS!! Kids are EGGtra EGGcited! *edit - we just collected an 11th egg lol is it even possible for a chicken to lay 2 eggs in a day?! *and another edit lol upon video review, it looks like we missed an egg yesterday, one of our hens...
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    No shell...?

    We just had a similar experience, their is egg white and yolk smeared in on of our boxes but I can not find any remnants of shell. Im guessing and hoping it was shell less and the chickens don't suddenly have a taste for eggs. Our girls are 22 weeks, not all of them are laying yet so we are...
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    How long quickly do I need to use food up?

    update, local feed mill, got 150 lbs which should last us about a month and a half. I am hoping it doesn't go bad in that time! I'm going to see how it goes and then add another 50 lb bag for a total of 200 lbs and evaluate again. Thanks for everyones input!
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    How long quickly do I need to use food up?

    OMG I never thought of that! Friends from high school actually own the local. I am going to look into it!!! THANK YOU
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    How long quickly do I need to use food up?

    I am so sick of going to tractor supply every 2 weeks for a bag of chicken pellets! We have a dog and have autoship through chewy but I can't find 20% all flock pellets on chewy to have shipped regularly. I would LOVE if I could just buy 6 months of food at a time but I'm pretty sure that isn't...
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    21 Week Old Golden Comets not Laying

    I posted this exact same thing on the exact same day about our Golden comets lol we got our first 2 eggs yesterday! Hopefully you are getting close! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/21-week-golden-comets-still-not-laying.1419145/post-23334546
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    21 week golden comets still not laying!

    AHHHHH It finally happened lol 2 eggs today. A tiny one and a regular one! Kids are OVER THE MOON
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    21 week golden comets still not laying!

    My husband does building automation for a living lol he wrote the app, built the panel, built the door, and rigged everything lol
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    21 week golden comets still not laying!

    I am sure too, im just being impatient! Oh yes they are spoiled 🤣 my husband has got some stuff rigged up for me lol
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