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I live in Portland OR /Vancouver WA metro area. I've got the indoor run and coop covered with sand and pine shavings - all is good there and those work great. My question is about the outdoor run/play area for my hens. They are not out there all day long but only when we are home. I think...

Husband went out to open up the coop this morning and came back with 2 small perfectly shaped eggs! We think they are probably from our Sicilian Buttercup. Later this afternoon, about 4 pm, there was another egg. Our girls were purchased as week-old chicks on Memorial Day so that would make...

$300 on Craigslist Wow, for someone with carpentry skills to dismantle and put back together this would be a good deal. http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/grd/1335663268.html

My chickens are now about 12 weeks old and are on a "Triple duty" feed which my feed store recommends. It is not medicated feed and when I asked what people do to take some extra precautions I was shown, and I bought, a small 8 oz. package of Durvet Vitamins & Electrolytes for 3.99usd. I...

It appears that the two Americauna chicks I bought the first week of June is a Roo and a hen. They have been together since I purchased them and they act like a couple. I had them separate from my older girls and now the hen follows the roo everywhere and he protects her so I am reluctant to...

Have come to terms with the fact that our gorgeous Buff O., now about 10 weeks old, is a rooster. We are unable to keep him but would love to rehouse him with a 4-H family or with someone who would like to have him. He is sociable and very curious about everything. We puchased him from...

Mother Earth News has an article on Earthbag constructed homes. I'm wondering if anyone out there has tried this for a chicken coop. It's very interesting. The materials are cheap, labor is intensive but I'd think for something small like a coop it wouldn't be too hard. Read more about them...

Has anyone used the shed kits from BackYard City? If so, what is your opinion? Their shed frame kits are on sale right now. Obviously they do not include the wood or flooring, http://www.backyardcity.com/storage-sheds/GTS-Storage-Shed-Kit-QFK4520.htm

I have a flock of 6 pullets, purchased around Memorial Day when they were one week old. So far they have henlike appearance and the Buff O. seems to be the head honcho. I have two Aracaunas a bit younger, purchased later, which I kept separate. Three times now I've tried to introduce them to...

I've been offered one bundle of flat cedar shingles for free. My small shed style coop is 4x4 feet and approx 5.5' in height. I might use the shingles on the front side as a decorative accent or might use it for roof, replacing the corrogated plastic currently on top. Can anyone tell me how...

Now this sounds like fun. It would be fun to get some of us together on this. Portland's 6th Annual TOUR de COOPS Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:00am-3:00pm "This is a fun and affordable community event for you, your whole family and all your friends! Chicken owners throughout Portland will...

Our small attached run has served its purpose for chicks and pullets but we now see that our 6 girls will soon need a larger area to run in. Eventually we think we'll properly fence off a separate area but in the meantime (this summer) we're talking about using tall fence rails and using...

This is our first coop. A retired friend made it for us out of scrap wood and supplies he collects as a woodworker. It's roughly 4 x4 feet. The wood is cedar. We put down some leftover vinyl flooring inside the coop based on suggestions here. There is an attached run with hardware cloth...

OK, so I've read lots of threads here about using construction sand in coops and runs. Whoopee I thought, I'm gonna get me some. So off I trot to a big box store. Stopped off first at local feed store and picked up a bag of pine shavings and bale of straw. Then off to Home Depot where my...

Hello, I have been lurking for the past two weeks and today taking the plunge to join: To answer the template questions: (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had hens in the mid-1970s when I was in college and lived on kind of a communal property with other...