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AnRamire said:
Hello, My name is An, and I am a chickaholic. :oops: I merely can not, walk past baby chicks with out purchasing one, two, etc...I was to only have three, I am up to 15:eek: . I succumb to chicken math....my newest editions. 4 Ameraucanas, all though I am not sure they are true Ameraucanas. ANy way to really tell at this age? I placed them in the same brooder with my 1 month old silkie chicks, not knowing what would happen. I am new to silkies, and have read time and time again how gentle they are. There were a few chick pecks in the 1st hour. But now, my silkies snuggle with them and keep them warm. They seem almost motherly to the new addition, even though they are just babes themselves. Its so adorable to watch.
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Welcome from Cambria county! If you're near Altoona and need more chicks to fuel your addiction, I could help with that lol.
 
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My handy hubby has begun construction on what we call the "Chicken Palace". Since we are not free ranging, we needed a larger space for our flock. Hopefully it gets finished sooner rather than later, but he keeps coming up with all kinds of ideas!! I may need to rein him in a bit to get a usable structure complete now, and plan for grand additions later!!
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Looks like a good start...remember to allow a corner which can be converted to allow a broody some privacy if needed...or space the egg boxes to allow for a divider to be placed if needed for that, you never know when a broody will throw a wrench into the nest box situation!
 
Thanks for the advice! We are actually connecting this monster to our existing commercial coop, so we still have space for all of those things. We are going to be adding an additional box of some sort, though. Our rooster is a meatie and doesn't really have a space accessible to him to get out of the weather (only a roof to keep off the rain), so we want to make him a dedicated space too.
 
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I watched one climb a tree and go into a hole once. Was pretty neat to watch even though I despise the slithering nasty beasts.
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Just had to comment on the snake/spider thing. I don't mind snakes but I'm not happy when I walk or the garage door and see a big one sitting there. We have a 5 gallon bucket with holes drilled all through it, specifically for catching and relocating them.

Now spiders are a totally different story. I HATE spiders! I anyways look around the coop before I crawl in it to clean it and I've still been surprised by the occasional wolf slider in there. The worst event though was while spring wood with my husband, I saw something on my shoulder, thought it was a chunk of wood, knocked it off and then saw it crawling around. HUGE wolf spider. I avoided that part of the driveway for a while because it disappeared and we didn't get it killed. Hubby thought it was hilarious. I have no clue how long it was on me. Bleh!
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I scooped a big shovel full of dirty shavings out of our biggest coop once and underneath on the floor were millions of baby wolf spiders. I did spray with what spray I had for the horse barns, but I doubt it helped,as it is for flies. Iguess it sort of made me feel better about going in the coop though :lol:
 
LadyJane8 said:
Thanks for the advice! We are actually connecting this monster to our existing commercial coop, so we still have space for all of those things. We are going to be adding an additional box of some sort, though. Our rooster is a meatie and doesn't really have a space accessible to him to get out of the weather (only a roof to keep off the rain), so we want to make him a dedicated space too.
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how are the girls doing
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dgibson0604 said:
how are the girls doing
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@dgibson0604 , the girls are doing great. Here they are with the rest of our crew Wednesday night, I think. We had them out in a play yard last night, but I didn't have my phone with me!! Only two of them flew out, but either Roxy or Flo was one of them!! I can tell them apart, but my husband was the one to block her from making it out, so I don't know who is the rowdy one!!
 
@dgibson0604 hello I have a question for you. Is your coop pictured in your post the one from Tractor Supply? If it is I'm curious as to how the ladies are getting along. I got one last month and have 3 Rhode Island Reds in the brooder waiting to go into it late June. If your chicks are working out for you I may just buy a couple more if in fact your coop is the same as the one that I got. Thank you Butch
 
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