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We have a coop that is about 20ft long by about 10 feet deep. Inside is all perches and nest boxes, and then the chickens have a covered run and are free range all day. Inside of our coop, we have a plywood floor, and about an inch of sand. Every morning I go out and use a scoop (homemade -...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what to do next.... Our neighbor owns 3 different lots, and one of them joins ours. We would like to buy that joining lot. We have agreed on a purchase price, and I plan to pay him cash (no loan). Whats the next step? Do I HAVE to get a lawyer...

When we got chickens last year, we got 11 hens. I didn't plan to sell the eggs, but provide them to my neighbors and close family in exchange for goods. Now I have a couple people who i've given eggs to, who expect them for free. I want to start selling them on a small scale, a couple dozen a...

Last year when we started our chicken adventure, I said 12 was enough and all i'd ever need... HA! We had an existing double camper "car port" on our property and decided to work with that for our chicken area(it is 40 feet long by 20 feet wide). We fenced in the whole carport as a run, then...

We have week old chicks that we just switched from straw bedding to wood shavings. The chicks are finding the splinter sized peices and seem to be eating them, which is why we switched from straw. I don't have access to chick grit tonight, is adding a small bowl of sand into the trough ok?

Hello all! I am new to chickens and super excited to get started on everything. I've stalked the forum now for 3 months and my DH says I should be well versed in chickens with all my late night readings. At the end of April we bought 11 "pullets" and DH wanted 1 straight run (hoping for a roo...