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I got five babies on a whim with a gift card to my local farm store the third week of March. I kept them in the laundry room for four weeks before I got fed up with the daily bed changing. They also quickly outgrew their “brooder”. My laundry room is not heated and with the crazy weather they...

I don't think you're message came through clearly. Silly website, it looked like you said that you have enough birds. But from everything I've read on this website nobody has enough birds! There must've been a glitch in the matrix

He is a beaut!

I was very hesitant about roosters. This summer I had a friend of a friend in the city who had a rooster, hand raised, that needed a home due to poultry restrictions. He was hatched this spring and I took him in around July. I'll be honest I thought about making him Sunday dinner a couple times...

I'm so sorry for your your incredible loss.:hugs

This is freaking incredible!!!!

My run was not heated last year. And after doing a lot of reading online and in my chicken books, I decided it was not a good idea. My girls did just fine. And there's lots of tips out there about how to care for them when the temperature drops. Good luck! Welcome to the thread

I started the deep litter method right after water-geddon this spring. It has completely changed my run for the better! I will never go back to a bare floor run or any other kind of floor. Throwing in piles of debris keep the birds busy for hours. And chickens hate piles so they will smooth...

Also this spring when I had water-geddon in my run (mostly due to the tarp situation and being on the bottom of the slope) I coated the bottom with wood shavings and several bales of straw. But under that I had some pallets with plywood scraps on top until the dirt dried out. I can totally...

When I (my dad and uncles) added on to my run this summer my dad found metal roofing on the cheap. Someone he knew took it off of a house and we used it on the run. Now my entire run is covered A huge relief! Last year with the smaller run only half of it was covered. the back half was...

Hhahahahah. I've found eggs in some weird places around the yard.

Oh my word! He is breath taking!!

I'm so sorry for your loss

Such pretty birds. All these pictures are making me have chicken fever again!!!