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Well I haven't seen a difference between a saddle and a sweater. Any thoughts?

Never thought I'd say this, but I just bought a chicken sweater. Hope it works! Thanks!

I'm pretty sure her bald spots started out as normal molting, and that began early summer, but those spots are still there, and one of them looks angry red. Do you think the other hens are pecking at her? (She is the bottom of the pecking order, but what I see is the other hens pecking in her...

Awesome. Thanks! I was just looking at Premier's website today.

Do you still need a strongly fortified coop inside the fencing if you use Feathernet? Ideally, I'd like to use a lighter weight chicken tractor inside the fencing so I could move everything myself once every day or two, but I'd like to know if determined predators could still get past the...

Thank you!

Thank you!

So Amberjem, sorry I keep harassing you with questions, but I am most certainly a newbie. :) I see you've got a little chicken condo-type structure that's well protected from weather, but the rest (the run?) looks like it's subject to wind, plus rain if it's blowing that direction. Is it the...

Thanks! What's your coop like?

Could I get some advice on coop siding in our PNW climate? I live on San Juan Island. I've seen a couple peeps here from Oak Harbor and Whidbey Island, so we've got to have similar weather issues. I'm looking at some coop building plans, and many of them have just hardware cloth on 4 sides. I...

Thank you :)

Hello from Friday Harbor! Had no idea there would be so many Washingtonians here! Tara

I got my eye on you.

The polish is so cute and fluffy, I could just die.

Alright. Our house is surrounded on 3 sides by woods. I don't want to put the time and effort (and love) into chickens to have them eaten up. Thanks for the advice everyone!