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  1. sbaker

    Laying on ground

    Right now we have 2 hen who have started laying. Been laying about a week we have gotten a total of 5-6 eggs. They won't lay in the nest boxes we provided, they are laying on the ground. I marked and moved the egg into the box yesterday and it disappeared. Went back out today and there was...
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    Nest Box question

    How high off the ground are u suppose to put nest boxes? Also if you let a hen keep some eggs to hatch how are the babies suppose to get back into the box if the follow her out?
  3. sbaker

    Free feeding ?

    We can't let ours out to free range. With stray dogs, cats around and the hawks we just put a run off the coop Thanks Shelly
  4. sbaker

    Free feeding ?

    At what age do you quit free feeding your chickens or do you? Our oldest are almost 3 months old. Shelly
  5. sbaker

    Space

    How much space would one rooster and a couple of hens need? I have 30 delaware coming and they will go in the big coop. But we have the 3 that we hatched out and it seems that along with my oddie that at least one of them is a hen. We want to keep our odd ball but don't want to have him by...
  6. sbaker

    What breed?

    Yep feathered feet. Single comb. We have no idea as to what it may be as these are our first chickens
  7. sbaker

    What breed?

    Yes it has feathered feet Breeder still says the egg came from her Delaware hen and that its the 4th black chick that has come out of her flock in 2 years. We got the eggs off ebay. She has other breeds but says they are all seperate Can you tell if its a roo or pullet? We are getting 30...
  8. sbaker

    What breed?

    The chick is around 3 weeks in that pic. Yes I love my dobermans. They are great dogs
  9. sbaker

    What breed?

    Can anyone tell me what breed this is? I ordered some Delaware eggs and an oddie popped out I'm not sure how to post the pic here so I'm adding a link http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=wwm1sps.2x2kgf8w&x=0&h=1&y=-e9ug8r
  10. sbaker

    mixing

    Would it be ok to have pheasants in the same coop as our chickens? And if so will they breed together?
  11. sbaker

    New at this

    incubators we have where we raise quail. I probably should have worded my post better. I don't expect to not to have to buy eggs or chicken from the store once we get set up but being able to supply some of it ourselves is what we are looking for. Thanks everyone for the welcome and advise
  12. sbaker

    New at this

    Hello, We are in VA near the Ky state line. Hubby decided he wanted chickens for eggs and meat plus we raw feed our dogs. We have ordered 25 (straight run) Delaware chicks should be here the first week in April. We are taking an old rabbit hutch 20 ft long and 6 feet wide and turning that...
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