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How much did you wind up paying for all the materials? How difficult was it to build it?

I am, by no stretch of the imagination, handy. But I have tools and I don't want to pay someone $900+ for a coop. What I need are step by step, detailed, instructions on how to build a coop. I know how to follow directions. When I look around for coop plans though, what I keep finding are...

I'd love to build a coop for my new flock, but I'm not going to pretend like that would turn out well. I lack the technical skill, time, and tools. So, I have to buy one. I'm not sure what I'm looking for. I have 6 and we're in CT. Tractor Supply and places like that have good prices on...

I'll get the chicks on Saturday and then leave on Friday morning/afternoon. I'll be back on Sunday and then leave the following Friday morning.

There's a local feed store that's going to be having a chick day in a couple of weeks. My plan was to get 4-6 that I'd use to start my backyard flock. They'll be about a week old on chick day. I was all set to get them until I looked at my calendar. The following two weekends my wife and I...

Zoning laws have recently changed and we're about to get 3 or 4 hens. I would like to place the coop right up against the back of the house. My wife is concerned that they're going to smell bad. We have neighbors to the left and right. The coop has to be at least 25 feet from their property...

Windsor here. The town just changed the zoning regulations and now allows chickens on much smaller lots.

I'm still new to the world of chicken, so new that I don't have any yet. I'm hoping to start next spring. Anyway. I've read lots of comments and post about turning their hens that have stopped laying into soup. What I don't completely get is, how do you know when a specific hen has stopped...