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Re: Some chicks
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Originally Posted by NickMyers03
are you keeping them for their eggs? thats the only reason i see for keeping them or am i missing something.....other than feeding them to larger snakes ( i know you are not doing this but its just a point)
They are just awesome animals.
I used to have one that would come to me, and would sit on my shoulder like a parrot, but when we moved to the city i had to rehome her.
We moved back to the country and i wanted some more.
Ive always loved chickens.
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Re: Some chicks
well it sounds like they are going to have a great home!
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Re: Some chicks
How big of a coop do you have for them? I am in the middle of designing something, and am really at a loss. All of the people I know just let them roam their barns.. I want more of a contained approach to keeping the ones I will be getting.
Or are yours free-ranging?
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Re: Some chicks
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Originally Posted by Ginevive
How big of a coop do you have for them? I am in the middle of designing something, and am really at a loss. All of the people I know just let them roam their barns.. I want more of a contained approach to keeping the ones I will be getting.
Or are yours free-ranging?
No, they cant be.
My dogs are killers. Right now as chicks they are in a 4x6x6 outside, and inside they have a 2x4x2.
I'm making a 6 tall x12 long x10 wide coop for them.
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Re: Some chicks
I can't look at chicks anymore without thinking of the "Dirty Jobs" episode where Mike has to squeeze the turds out of the little chicks to sex them.
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Re: Some chicks
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Originally Posted by Ginevive
How big of a coop do you have for them? I am in the middle of designing something, and am really at a loss. All of the people I know just let them roam their barns.. I want more of a contained approach to keeping the ones I will be getting.
Or are yours free-ranging?
Gin, contact your local Extension Office....you know...4-H??? For like .50 (or maybe now it's $1.50) you can actually buy plans for a chicken coop/house. Poultry is still a 4-H project, so all the beginner training / knowledge, parts of the bird, diseases, feeding, care, husbandry are in the booklets you can buy. It's (4-H) for kids, but you can buy the booklets. :D :D Look in the gov't pages of your phone book for your local office location. :)
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