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Hello! This is great idea 😀 I’ve been so busy the past year that I only jump on for research and then back to work. This group has been a huge help for me starting to build our “homestead”! So thankful for the wealth of knowledge and kindness here. 🥲 in the past two years we’ve bought a...

Thanks for the input 😊 thats what I was leaning towards, but didn't know if I was being a helicopter chicken mom 😆 thank you, I wasn't sure if they would be smart enough to find a different spot.

Hi there! I know this is an older post, but I’m hoping someone can chime in with advice. Some of my chickens sleep in the eaves (the open space for ventilation at end of rafters, 10 ft long.) So they sleep on hardware cloth. They access the space via a 2x4 wall separating their coop from storage...

I don't think so. 🤔 It’s 1/2” HWC all sides including top of run onto the roofed area, overlapping all 2x4’s. Plus i have 2-3 feet underground all round the barn and run. No sign of digging anywhere, no holes in HWC that I can see. I read recently they can go through a lot of feed when they...

Gosh! Idk where my feed is going either! I’m sitting here calculating how much my birds are eating because it seemed they were going through feed so quickly. I have 20 birds (1/2 sussex, 1/2 barred rock), about 5 months old, I’m getting 7-11 eggs a day. They're in 240 sq.ft. HWC covered run with...

This page is saying it cant be loaded. Anyone have any luck? Or have other info on overwintering BSF? Thanks! 😊

Did you ever find an automatic water solution? (I’m trying to find a good option for a larger waterer for 20 eight week old chicks. Currently cleaning/filling a 2 gallon waterer twice a day.)

Oh ok 😂😆🥰

She’s is very cute! But she’s been skittish from day one. Has never let me near her while all the others having been eating out of my hand since a week or so old. She still just kinda does her own thing. She doesn’t get picked on but wish she wasn’t so skittish. The others all come and say hi...

She’s is very pretty! But she’s been skittish from day one. Has never let me near her while all the others having been eating out of my hand since a week or so old. She still just kinda does her own thing. She doesn’t get picked on but wish she wasn’t so skittish. The others all come and say hi...

Aww I got excited she might have been a he! 😅

Really?? I wouldn’t be disappointed. I guess I’ll have to wait and see 😊

Thank you!!

Oh wow… Thanks!

Oh wow -Thanks!

Hi All! I ordered 20 chicks (10 Barred Rock, 10 Seckled Sussex). One was a little different looking early on, but it’s clear now I have one that’s another breed. Can anyone confirm if this is a Black Star?

I was thinking the same thing! And I’m leaning towrarfs that recipe also! 😊

Thanks so much for the input 🙏 they’ll be moving to a 10’x10’ coop (part of a 10x16’ barn built for them. Other side will be their storage, brooder, quarantine area if needed.) Their run is 244 sq ft. I did recently make the cave taller but just a few go under, they seem to prefer the heat lamp...

Thanks 🙏 they are in an unheated basement right now as we had nights in the 20’s and 30’s when I got them at 3 days old. I have a heating pad cave (they don’t all like it or fit under) and two heat lamps (no light just heat) that they are using now. I feel like if I can secure the lamps well...

What nighttime temps did you have when you moved them out?