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Outdoor Brooders

Outdoor Brooders

Hello, I'm looking for pics and ideas for outdoor brooders. What are your DIY ideas and pics? I'm looking for cheap but good. Thanks!!! Trying to help my son with learning struggles get started on...

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A very interesting look at bloom and its effect on egg shell colours: backyardchickens.com/threads… backyardchickens.com/threads…

Observations on Egg Blooms

In my budding obsession with egg colors and all the factors influencing them, I have scoured the forums for information about blooms, but beyond knowing the purpose (sealing the egg to prevent...

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A discarded washing machine, our washing basket, on our bed... What is the strangest places you guys have found eggs? backyardchickens.com/threads… backyardchickens.com/threads…

Strangest/Funniest Places Your Free Range Hens Lay

So, after noticing a sudden decrease in eggs collected, DH said the other day, "I think they're laying someplace else." (They had been laying in the machine shed behind the stairs that go up to a...

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Putting eggs under a broody

Putting eggs under a broody

I have my first broody hen who my husband thinks has been broody for about 4 days (I’ve been out of town). I have a dozen hatching eggs coming by Thursday or Friday. Is that too long for her to be...

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Keeping Older Hens

Keeping Older Hens

Hi, I was reading the post about when to cull. I'm wondering if there's anyone out there that just keeps their hens and lets them live out their lives. If so, on average, how long do they live? I...

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Hatching vs purchasing chicks

Hatching vs purchasing chicks

Hey y’all. I’m new to chickens, though my husband is not. He has incubated eggs as a child, as well as raising chickens. This will be a family activity, but primarily my “project” I’m looking...

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Treating your Chickens?

Treating your Chickens?

Hi Everyone, I like to treat my chickens and am looking for some ideas. Just wondering what you like to treat your chickens and how often do you treat them?

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How do I treat chicken lice?

How do I treat chicken lice?

i got home from the feed store today, i got them new litter since it had finally gotten warmer and i had some time to switch it. Well while i was in the middle of cleaning out the coop i decided...

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Testing My Dogs with the Flock

Testing My Dogs with the Flock

So...after 2 years of only letting my chickens free range when the dogs are inside, yesterday we forgot the chickens were out, after the dogs were out with them for about 20 minutes we found our...

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Coop Build - Woods Style

Coop Build - Woods Style

This page is going to be the on going saga of my coop build. I will take pictures as I remember and update this first post and will do my best to give the dimensions and pluses and minuses of the...

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My chicks are four weeks, are they ready?

My chicks are four weeks, are they ready?

I plan to put them out in the coop, but currently they still have baby feathers on their stomach, butt area and head, do you think theyre able to go outside? I live in a warm enviroment, so theres...

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Buying chickens- What to look for?

Buying chickens- What to look for?

Buying Chickens- What to look for? When buying chickens, whether it's for the first time or not, we all get excited. We know though that it requires research and sometimes that can take a lot...

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Cattle Panel Hoop Coop

Cattle Panel Hoop Coop

We use an 8.5'x8.5' cattle panel hoop coop to house our 4 Plymouth Barred Rock hens, Red, White, Blue, and Pink. I have about $250 in it to build. Maybe $300. We built it on a Sunday afternoon a...

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Why do you have the breeds you do?

Why do you have the breeds you do?

DH and I just wanted a couple of hens as pets who lay breakfast. I underestimated how quickly and deeply I’d get attached. I have this thing where when I love something I get a bit obsessed. So I...

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Best bedding for wet muddy run

Best bedding for wet muddy run

The floor of my run is currently dirt mixed with straw that the chickens are always kicking out of the coop. We live in a humid climate that gets lots of rain. A majority of the year it is wet/...

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Ended - Contest #3 Cutest Baby Fowl! - 10th Annual BYC Easter...

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Winners Announced Here! Contest #3 - Sponsored By Brinsea Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest! 10th Annual Easter Hatch-a-long! We are looking for the cutest baby Fowl out there! 2014 winner...

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When are chicks old enough to be outside during the day?

Hello. I searched around, but it was hard to find information on when chicks can go outside to explore, but still be sleeping in the house. I would love to bring my girls outside so they can have...

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When to cull old hens??

When to cull old hens??

I have some hens I got for a gift from my grandparents. I've had them for a year now, and they were older hens when I got them. They aren't putting out many eggs and its's costing more to feed...

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