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Hi Everyone, We live in Glendale and my 9year old daughter is interested in entering her Speckled Sussex at the fair next year. Does anyone know how we go about doing that? What do we do to prepare my daughter and her hen. We are first time chicken keepers. Her hen is 5 months old and is okay...- ChelleBelle
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Happy Hatchday to your birds! And happy chicken anniversary to your family!- ChelleBelle
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I have dogs that would keep any coyotes away. I have a 120lb Black Lab and a 95lb German Shepherd, they would chase any away. My german shepherd thinks the chicks are her "babies".. lol We used to live in Buckeye and I regularly saw and heard coyotes, my dogs chased one out of our backyard...- ChelleBelle
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Yes we have a block fence surrounding the yard. Stray cats are my biggest worry as far as predators go. It rained here last night too. It was a nice test run for our coop, we figured out exactly where it got wet and where it stayed dry- ChelleBelle
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I'm not too worried about predators. We live in a residential area. The biggest predator in the area are stray cats. Stray dogs can't get into my backyard unless they jump over the wall. And I usually don't see any strays running around. Thanks for the warning though. I'd like to move to a more...- ChelleBelle
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Yeah we just got the cheap, hexagon shaped, wire. I wanted the small square wire but it was a lot more expensive. I was thinking to maybe put shade screen on top of the wire to keep flys out. Or try to keep flys out.. lol That would make lots of shade also.- ChelleBelle
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I can hang a heat lamp in the coop. It's designed to be very open and airy. I read that I can freeze water bottles to put in the waterer and to provide a lot of shade. we are going to plant bushes next to the run to provide even more shade in the summer. Maybe they can go out in the evening and...- ChelleBelle
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The coop we are building will be fully enclosed. We will probably let them free range when they're a lot bigger. They are 2 weeks now, they just seem bored in the brooder box. They try to escape every time I take the top off. It will probably be a week or so before we get the coop/run completley...- ChelleBelle
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4 of them are 2 weeks old (the RIR's, and the Sex links) and 2 of them (the Ameraucanas) are 1 week old. The 2 week old ones are constantly trying to get out of the brooder and seem very bored. The two little ones aren't ready for the outdoors yet but the bigger ones seem like they might be...- ChelleBelle
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Hi I am new to having chickens. We live in Glendale, AZ. We have our coop under construction :) We have 6 chicks, 2 Rhode Island Reds, a Red Sex Link, a Black Sex Link, and 2 Ameraucanas. Does anyone have any advice about when they can go outside in our climate?- ChelleBelle
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