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As a budding homesteader and lifetime cheapskate, I wanted to chronicle my adventures building a mobile chicken coop with used and salvaged materials. Reclaimed sounds classier, but I’ll freely admit I’m repurposing trash. It seems like homesteading has pretty different meaning to different...

Howdy peeps! It's been raining way too long so it's as good a time as any to stop being patient. I picked up some chicks from Rural King about 6 weeks ago, all labeled pullets. These are my first chicks, any thoughts on these two? Quarter White - from Hoover's Assorted Colored Layer mix. Comb...

I'm raising my first chicks (10) that came home 4/14. They're getting more feisty by the day. I have them in a roughly 3'x4' brooder box lined with cardboard outdoors. Using the mama heating pad method. I have a UFO feeder and a trough feeder. Standard chick founts that fit a mason jar. For the...

Apologies if this is discussed elsewhere but my search wasn't very successful. I brought home an 8 month cockerel about a week ago. He's set up in a quarantine pen with a small coop behind electric netting. I'm feeding 18% protein all flock pellets. I've been adding a little water and vitamins...

Good morning! I'm currently in the drawing phase of a coop plan. I like having my flock on rotating pasture and am trying to maximize space with a trailer build. I'll have a 6x8 footprint and plan a monitor roof that will supply 8 SF of ventilation. I plan to also leave permanent ventilation at...

Howdy! I'm a new chicken nerd...well, a general all-around nerd who now keeps chickens. I would like to work toward a self sustaining flock. But I'd like to select for dual purpose birds with somewhat camouflaged feathering and pretty eggs (blue, green, speckled). I currently have 3 red sex...

I acquired a flock of chickens from a couple who was moving in August. 1 ISA Brown, 2 Golden Comets, and 7 Columbian Wyandottes. The Wyandottes hatched around Easter 2021, the brown gals are of unknown age. The chickens and all of their gear were free in exchange for pulling down a half fallen...

Hi. I'm a chicken newbie in SW Virginia, USA. My flock came to me in August from some folks who were moving - 2 Golden Comet & 1 ISA Brown hens of unknown age, and 7 Columbian Wyandotte pullets hatched around Easter 2021. So far I've been keeping them in a couple mobile coops (that are too...