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I am so happy with my chickens! We are new to raising chickens and I am a city girl who has just learned to garden, can and now raise chickens in our small backyard. We have six and they are 16 weeks old. Four days ago I heard this racket going on out in the run. Normally our pullets are quiet...

I am so happy with my chickens! We are new to raising chickens and I am a city girl who has just learned to garden, can and now raise chickens in our small backyard. We have six and they are 16 weeks old. Four days ago I heard this racket going on out in the run. Normally our pullets are quiet...

Hi everyone, we are already thinking ahead to the cold months of January and February. We have a brick Victorian farm house and our basement has five seperate rooms. We were wondering if we could make one of the rooms which has a window as a temporary home for our six chickens during the two...

Wow this was a work of love! We are finishing up today..all that is left is for me to paint the inside of nest box in the coop and the outside of nest box. I think my hubby did a wonderful job. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=25963-building-our-first-coop

Updates as we finish our octagonal coop and run. Hope to be finished with both in two weeks. Things we would change are many. Built the run at 3' and one week later decided a walk in is much easier on the back so we are now adding more height. Pictures on my page here on BYC but here is one to...

Ok please someone help me. Five weeks ago after lurking on BYC for a few weeks my DH stopped at TSH and came home with 6 chicks. He said the girl told him they were Gold Sex links. Dual purpose Layers. He was so happy and excited to finally have chicks. He has worked on the coop and run every...

Hi everyone, I am not sure how to post the pictures in this thread but if you click on my page our progress so far in picture form. I love this coop its octagnal with a round gable style roof and my hd is doing a fantastic job. We are running electric to the coop today and hopefully will be...

Hi, I hope this is the right area to ask this. We have three week old chicks in brooder. My husband used Bayer grub control on our yard last month. He did not apply it in the run area thank heavens. He threw away the bag so I can't read about pets although he said the bag said ok after 24...

I don't know if I have made a mistake, but I read on this forum a few days ago that sand was ok for chicks. The pine shavings were so messy that I took them out of the chick's play area( still using them in the box where they sleep under light) and my husband put in regular sand from Lowes. NOT...

I have my six chicks (one week old) in two boxes that I attached together. One side is for sleeping with the light, food, and water. They have an opening to run into the other side where I have perches, stuffed animals, play room type. This morning I came down stairs to find them flying...

Ok so my DH just brought us home our first chicks ever! I have lurked at this forum for last month and caught chick fever from all of you! We thought we were getting RIR however he came home with 6 Gold Sex links which is what came in today at TSP. They are so cute! I have one problem, I can't...

:)Hi everyone, I have a question about our mini schnauzer and our new chicks coming. I am worried my dog will attack our chickens. Does anyone on the forum have a mini schnauzer and if so how has your dog been around your chickens. Did your ms finally accept that the chickens were part of the...

What a wonderful forum you all have created here. I have been lurking and gaining information and we are purchasing new RIR chicks on April 9th. Thank you all for the wonderful pictures of your coops and brooders. We are building our brooder now based on some of the information we found here...