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Hello. My name is Jen. Currently reside in the backwoods of Tennessee. Kinda new to the country life but I am truly loving it. We started our farm with 26 chickens and so far 1 rabbit. We got the rabbit first it was suppose to be a boy but a week later we found 6 chewed babies in the pen. We got our chickens at the end of March. Unfortunately we have lost a few of the chicks. We have 5 speckled sussex, 5 rhode island red, 5 buff orpington, 5 plymouth rock, 5 black australorp chicks and 1 rhode island red rooster. The chicks are all suppose to be pullets but I suspect that one of the reds will be a rooster since it has a larger comb than the rest of them. I still have my chicks in a cage that resembles the rabbit cage. I think I may need a bigger cage for the because we have to clean it out at least three times a day ~ Once in the morning before I leave for work, when the kids get at home at 4pm, and then before I go to bed. Any suggestions would be a great help. Right now they are in a four foot by two foot pen with pine shavings as the bottom and they have two one gallon waters and two quart feeders. I feed them a mix of crumbles and starter. The rooster of course eats scratch but he seems to like their food as well because I have been putting their shavings I take out of their cage and put them in his pin to get him accustomed to their scents. I don't know if this is normal or needed but thought it a good idea so that the food that falls into the shavings does not go to waste lol. Look forward to learning from you and getting to know you.
from Ohio. So glad you joined. Nice collection, good luck. 
