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on โ08-09-2010 07:32 PM
Roughly what sort of cage do you have i.e. wooden? How many chooks & what/how much do you feed them? I searched chook houses on ebay, do you suggest a good one?
Klarry what is needed to fox proof a chook house? We were thinking wire underneath and perhaps sleepers too? Are snakes & rats a problem?
Any information would be good ๐
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on โ10-09-2010 02:44 PM
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on โ10-09-2010 02:46 PM
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on โ10-09-2010 02:48 PM
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on โ10-09-2010 03:52 PM
The worst thing with chooks is the pecking order when you introduce new ones to the coop. It can and often does get very nasty and they peck the heck out of the poor newbie.
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on โ10-09-2010 03:57 PM
As in does it matter if the ages differ or is it only when you add a new one to the coop?
I would like them younger but I wouldn't mind one at lay now IYKWIM
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on โ10-09-2010 03:59 PM
We have one now and one duck, I will try to take a photo. I don't even know if they males or females ๐
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on โ10-09-2010 04:15 PM
Our council doesn't allow us keep roosters because we live in residential area.
Our little chick was a rooster and we had to surrender him to RSPCA. It made my husband cry. The chick was his baby.
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on โ10-09-2010 04:17 PM
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on โ10-09-2010 04:26 PM

They have 4 young chickens and the coop looks a bit small for 4. There is not much space for them to move around. I was checking them after dropping off my daughter this morning. They are pecking each other even they are young ones. I notice one of them hardly have her tail feathers left. Poor thing.
Hopefully they are all hens.
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on โ10-09-2010 04:29 PM
there might be a bit of pecking to start with but with such a small number they should fall into line easy.
It is when you have say four big ones and go and toss in an extra in a few weeks.. they will all peck the new one...

