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Working on drawing up a potential chicken coop design. Can anyone give me some input on anything I'm missing, whether this is feasible, etc? Also need to figure out how to get chickens from the coop into our run which is a 6' x 10' chainlink dog run.

A few weeks ago one of my chickens developed a sore from overmating that the rest of the flock pecked so badly she had a deep gouge and I wasn't sure she was going to make it. I seperated her and cleaned her wound and bandaged it and she healed well. I have been trying to reintroduce her to the...

So my chicken is a mama as of today. She hatched one chickie and still has one egg. Wondering if i have to move the chick or if i can leave them in the coop with mama? I dont have a brooder set up yet. Below is my coop and i have a flock of 4 hens and 1 rooster.

I am looking for someone willing to care for my chickens in my area for future vacations. Is anyone in the overland park, KS area? All I would expect is food, water, let them out in am, lock them up in pm, and gather eggs (that you could keep!) :D

Working on predator protecting my chicken run and I ordered hardware cloth from amazon. It was supposed to be 1/2 inch 19 gauge, but it arrived and it's the 1/4 inch 23 gauge. Does anyone know if this will work to protect from raccoons or other predators?

So I recently ordered hardware cloth from amazon only to find out that it was 23 gauge and 1/4" instead of 19 gauge and 1/2". Can anyone tell me if this is thick enough or if the size of the openings will make a difference? Or do I need to send it back as the wrong product and buy the thicker...

Hello all. I have my first chickens, still inside and I am working on setting up my outside coop and run and trying to figure out what gender birds I have (crossing fingers for hens since I live in the suburbs). Any advice would be more than appreciated!! Just cause I don't want to repeat...

The two yellow ones are suppossed to be road island reds. The two others are mixed breeds. They were all hatched between August 5th and August 9th. Trying to figure out gender. Also, if you have a guess on what breed the two others are that would be great too.