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  1. M

    New to raising poultry and this forum!

    I currently have 14 Barred Rocks and 12 Buff Orpingtons. I also have 2 Heritage Breed Turkeys. My first time ever raising poultry and I'm a worry wart so I'm looking forward to any practical info I can learn. My husband made it a project to covert an add on on an old garage into a chicken coop...
  2. klowewilliams

    Newbie from West Georgia

    Hello all - expectant chicken family joining the community! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes so new in fact I just placed my first order last night for 7 baby chicks arriving the week of May 27th!!! So excited and nervous at the same time. (2) How many...
  3. M

    Hen attack

    Hello y'all. Last Saturday the 21st two dogs got into my girls while I was at work. Three were killed, Clementine was badly injured and Lilith was not harmed. I took Clementine to the vet because she had two nasty spots from the attack. They gave her a pain med twice a day and antibiotics as she...
  4. MimiRatt

    Hi! I’m new!

    I started raising chickens last year, maybe nine months ago, and it’s been an adventure with a lot of ups and downs. I love it, overall. We have four hens and a rooster, three Rhode Island reds, two black australorpes (I am sorry, I have no clue how to spell that). We also have fourteen chicks...
  5. Tzippi613

    Moving my girls outside - Boise, Idaho - Ladder and Roost questions

    Hello everyone! We get to go down on a road trip to see family for a late Seder, and while I'm very excited to see family (some of whom are getting very up there in years, and haven't met their great-grandson in person yet), I am worried about leaving my girls. (I'm a first time chicken-haver...
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    • advice boise idaho brooder to coop help ladder nervous beginner roosting seven weeks
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