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  1. SophiaSussex

    Post Your Chicken Yard Pictures!

    Amazing! Those look like some happy chickens. Has the electric chicken fencing been good at keeping predators out? We have been battling a fox problem all summer. Hence why I ended up building a run instead of free ranging.
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    Post Your Chicken Yard Pictures!

    I am looking for ideas for a more open chicken yard. I currently have a 12x6 run, but want to expand to a bigger space so my birds can have grass, shade, more places to dust bathe, etc. What does your yard look like? What type of fencing? Do you cover the whole area or is there a height you've...
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    Nest Box Tips

    Thank you! They sure are a mess. This morning they scratched out half the bedding, and a couple fake eggs!
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    Nest Box Tips

    Ill post a picture when i go out to the coop next. But basically they are at ground level, with a ledge that the chickens can stand on. They are built into a prefabed coop.
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    Nest Box Tips

    Hello Fellow Layer Friends- I have 13 girls, about 6 or 7 whom just started laying in the last few weeks & am wondering if anyone has tips or tricks to get my stubborn girls to lay in their nest box. Right now, i am getting about 5 or 6 eggs a day. 3 of them are regularly laid in a box. The...
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    Speckled Egg

    Beautiful rainbow of eggs!
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    Speckled Egg

    Just wanted to show off our Winnie the Welsummers first speckled egg. I'm in love!
  8. SophiaSussex

    Ended Official BYC Valentine Puns Contest Series - Barred Rock My World Photo Contest

    Entry #2: This is Miss Pickle. She's one solid chicken
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    Comment by 'SophiaSussex' in article 'Managing Manure: What to do with all the poo'

    We mix it in our manure pile along with the cow and llama manure. Every spring we till it into the garden a few weeks before planting & use sparingly throughout growing season to fertilize.
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    My fermentation process

    I am now on Day 2 of my fermentation experiment. Im using a four bucket/4 day process. Each day i switch the scratch to the next days bucket, add water so that there is an inch excess of the grain, and replenish bucket 1 with new. Day 4 has holes in the bottom and will have a drip pan under it...
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    Ended Official BYC Valentine Puns Contest Series - Barred Rock My World Photo Contest

    Sweet Penny eating her chicken oatmeal as she recovers from illness in our kitchen
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    Meet my Chick!

    What a handsome boy 😍
  13. SophiaSussex

    Meet my Chick!

    Trump with his little fuzzy head that looks like a toupee has me cracking up. They are all adorable.
  14. SophiaSussex

    First Egg!!

    For sure! I celebrated with breakfast for dinner! 🍳
  15. SophiaSussex

    First Egg!!

    Thank you!!
  16. SophiaSussex

    Ended Official BYC Valentine Puns Contest Series - Wattle I Do Without You? Photo Contest

    This is Sophia. I have raised her from a day old hatchling. Sophia has claimed me as her person. She follows me everywhere, is the first to greet me in the coop. And if i want a nice picture of her and her beautiful speckles... Nope.... This is what i get every time. She's always in my...
  17. SophiaSussex

    First Egg!!

    One of our girls laid our first egg this morning! (Despite the huge north eastern storm that dumped 2 feet of snow on us!). Looks like it's one the Rhode Islands or Golden Comets.
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    What treats do you give your chickens?

    Meal worm's, scraps, and fruits/veggies that are about to go bad. Grapes and apples are the flock favs! When i had my Plymouth rock in the house healing her leg, she ate all the house flies buzzing around my backroom window. A treat for her and me.
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    Suggestions Please!! Swollen Hock!

    Hello I have a 18 week old white rock hen who has suddenly started limping. I noticed last night while closing up the coop. This morning i observed in better light. Her left hock is swollen and the foot itself is slightly turned inward. When she stands in one place, she pulls the left foot up...
  20. SophiaSussex

    First Egg!!!

    Congrats! So exciting!!
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