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My run is a repurposed chainlink dog pen. I so have a solid roof over it which was worth the investment. It keeps the run dry. Before I had it built, the mud would suck my boot off during periods of heavy rain. Hope that helps.

You probably don't need to go the ER but you should check on or talk to your doctor about a tetanus shot. Keep your wounds clean and definitely don't wait if you have any signs of infection.

I've never had 100% lay every day. I only have barred rocks. I think 1 time I 'be had 11 eggs from 11 hens.

I live in Harvest. Hello neighbor. I have chickens. I never received any HOA rules. I asked my long term neighbors about it. They said there was supposed to be a HOA restrictions but it never got drawn up. So I'm allowed to have as many as I want and I can have roosters also. I prefer not...

Wow! I've been here for 5 years and am still a little fuzzy on where Cullman is. LOL!

This week - 29 eggs from 5 Barred Rocks. They are eating like horses and they love it when I gather some chickweed, grasses and other delectable garden stuff and "open the salad bar." They are the funniest animals to watch and interact with. As soon as they hear the back door open or hear...

5 biddys - 5 eggs yesterday for the 1st time and again today. With the $250.00 I spent building a little coop myself (which is falling apart) and the $700.00 I paid a carpenter to build a bigger better coop and the $125.00 I paid for a used dog pen for them to play in and the $30.00 for the...

Have a blessed and safe New Year everyone.

I'm not raising chickens to sell eggs - just a small flock of 5 for personal use. But I saw an interesting business opportunity present itself the other day when someone here in Northern Alabama advertised a bucket of chicken poop for 15 dollars.

I have 5 barred rocks that I got September 3rd when they were ?20 weeks old. But I'm not sure if that was an actual age or an average age. Anyway, the first one started laying at 27 weeks. The next one almost 2 weeks later, the 3rd about a week after that. I think the 4th is getting ready...

Yesterday we found a small egg in the run, not in the nest. We still only got 2 eggs but it made us think that maybe a 3rd hen is laying. Today my mom collected 2 eggs from the nest box about noon. When I came home from work about 4:30 there was another egg - in the nest box. Small but...

Well there's a good possibility we have a 3rd hen laying. We found a small egg in the run on the ground. Although there were still only 2 eggs today one of the others may have skipped. This one is smaller than all the others I've gotten.

So glad to see a variation in BR combs is normal. I have 5 barred rocks. The place I bought them from said he thought there was a touch of Dominiques in some of them because of the comb. One has a big red comb with ridges along each side and a groove down the middle. One has a perfectly...

Well I knew it wouldn't be long before we had 2 eggs in one day. Nov. 11th my granddaughter found egg #2 for the day. Whhhooooo Hoooo! Two of the 5 are now laying.

I am very new to raising chickens. I built a small coop and run this summer but I wish I had built something larger. I planned for 3 or maybe 4 hens. I ended up with 5 but I want more. It took me most of the summer but then I have no carpentry skills and very few power tools. Here is a link...

I have 5 barred rocks. We got our 1st egg almost 3 weeks ago. I've only seen 1 hen in the nest box laying but one of the other hens will go in there at night to sleep sometimes. We've only gotten 1 egg per day and she's missed maybe 3 days in the past 2 1/2 weeks. Is it likely that more than...

I got my 5 barred rocks from Saddle Rack and they are good healthy birds. They are wonderful up there.

Just started getting eggs a week ago. They've been pretty clean so I just collect them and put them into the carton in the fridge. But then I do wash my hands with soap and water.