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    To quail or not to quail?

    I am sitting here looking at a cage with two small coturnix quail. I have no idea about what I should do with them. They are about 5 weeks old - a male and a female. They do make some really cool noises and I am enjoying watching them. If I build a little quail tractor would that be OK for...
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    Got my girls this morning from MPC

    Everyone was alive and well but I was short one RIR and one EE. I am not going to worry about it because I got an extra SLW. Everyone is EDP so I think they will be good to go. I am going to do a pasty butt check this afternoon. They dominique chicks are really mean! As soon as I opened the...
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    Small black chickens and a large gold one. UPDATED pg 2!!!

    My friend gave me these guys as day old chicks back in June. Some were solid black as chicks and some were mostly black with a little bit of white when they were small and fuzzy. I had two yellows, I believe that they were sex linked because one had a black double diamondish shape on it's head...
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    Georgia city considering allowing chickens in town

    Here is the news story. Just an FYI http://onlineathens.com/stories/072908/news_2008072900411.shtml
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    Raising two batches of chicks, 6-8 weeks apart - many questions!

    I have a batch of 4 week old game crosses now, they will be going in the coop/run once it is complete later this week. In mid to late August, I will be getting a shipment of 15 heavier breed chicks from MPC. I will put them in the outdoor frankencage (not using a brooder, it will be august...
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    Placed my order, hoping for mid to late August arrival.

    I ordered from my pet chicken, this is what I have on the list 3 Dominiques 3 Easter Eggers 3 Golden Laced Wyandottes 2 Rhode Island Reds 3 Silver Laced Wyandottes Right now I have some 4 week old game crosses and a buff orpington cross. I plan to rehome any extras if all of them survive.
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    Coop Design - Need some feedback!

    hello all! I am a newbie here and am getting back into chickens. I had chickens when I was a young girl and loved them. It is very thrilling to be able to have them once again. Anyway, I have worked out a rough design for my coop/run and wanted some feedback on improvements to the design...
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