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I think they would be crowing already if they are 10 weeks old. My easter egger looked a lot like the ones in your photos at 10 weeks. In a week or two their muff feathers will start fluffing out. I know this probably doesn't help much. Good luck.

Hi. I just integrated 2 new pullets I raised from day old chicks into my flock of 3 full grown birds. I was really nervous about coop training too. So my babies were coop trained separate from the main flock. I set up a separate (mini) coop for the babies that was right next to the main...

Hello. So about 3 weeks ago I integrated two 10 week old pullets into my existing flock of 3 chickens. I did it right. I had the babies in a separate coop/run right next to the main run for 3 weeks before I let the babies into the main enclosure. I also spent a week letting the chickens meet...

Thank you Lazy Gardener and Aart. I'm going to try and take a look in the next couple of nights. You both gave some great tips. I'm crossing my fingers I don't have a mite problem. It sounds awful. Thanks again.

Thanks Lazy Gardener. I do know my coop doesn't have the best ventilation so it could be that. Since the run is completely predator proof, I was keeping one of the doors open in addition to the sliding windows to hopefully help with the ventilation issue, but maybe it wasn't enough. And I didn't...

Here is a photo of my coop and run: Thanks again.

Hello. I have three 23 week old chickens (an easter egger, buckeye and a blue andalusian) and they have been coop trained since we moved them from the brooder. I never had any problems, I confined them to the coop for 3 days and voila, they went back to the coop every night to sleep without ever...

Hi Elizabeth. We like the coop as a first go. My husband and I picked it for price as well. We enclosed the bungalow in a 10ft by 12ft run. Our chickens love it and we will be integrating a couple more chickens in a few weeks. We are already planning our new coop. I learned a lot from the...

Thanks Mclanea. I think we'll bury the hardware cloth. Your encouragement is great, I was starting to get nervous about my coop. If it's really not working we'll build our own this summer.

I'm stressed about the predators! I didn't realize how many hawks we have on our property until I ordered the chicks. I was shocked! We're being very thorough with our run enclosure, which is why it's taking so long to get it up, combined with all the rain. I'm expecting a few sleepless...

Thanks everyone! I've already got my husband on the job of building a higher roost for when the chicks are bigger. My husband and I have planned to build our own coop in about a year all along. We're both new to chickens and didn't quite understand what coops looked like so we went with a...

Thanks Mary! Our coop is called the Bungalow... here's a link: http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Chicken-Coops/The-Bungalow-Chicken-Coop-up-to-6-chickens-p1185.aspx I'll keep the windows open for ventilation during the day. It's in the garage because we've had an extremely wet fall and...

Hello. I'm raising my first chickens and so far it's been great! I have a Blue Andalusian, a Buckeye and an Easter Egger. They are 5 weeks old and are feathered. I'm moving them from my indoor brooder to their coop, which is currently in our garage. I've been using a Brinsea electric hen...