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The difference between Hens and Roosters
- Chookchicken
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The difference between a Hen and a Rooster One thing to note is Hen means Female, Rooster means Male, Pullet means female under 1 year... -
The Chicken Hotel (4'x8'x4') and run
- nickcerda
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I inherited 5 hens from a friend and along with it came a very well built coop and a standard 4'x8' run made of scrap wood. After a few days of... -
My Chicken Pentouse
- CharterChick
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I have a total of 3 tractor coops and a temporary shelter area. The tractor coops are all moveable with our quad. There are hooks on the base that... -
Gypsis Chicken Coop
- Gypsi
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Gypsi's Chicken Page as of 2011-09-28 I had owned this house for 8 years and threatened to get some chickens for most of those years, as I eat 21... -
Dukecitychicks Chicken Coop
- dukecitychick
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The 5-sheets-of-plywood, shed-roof coop! This is clearly a coop built by a new homeowner with no scrapwood pile... but them's the breaks and I... -
Chicken Coop 240
- erin0415
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Chicken Coop 240 My chicken coops seem to be getting smaller and smaller. I started this coop because, once again, I have more eggs incubating... -
The Brick Chick House Westtexasfarmboys Chicken Coop
- WestTexasFarmboy
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FThe Brick Chick HouseE Here are pics of the coop I am renovating. This was built by my granddad sometime in the 1940s, and he made the bricks by... -
Dingleberrys Chicken Coop
- Dingleberry
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We started by taking off carpet from 5 2x4 and plywood (slabs) We placed them with 6' presure treated wood legs on the 4 corners my son helping... -
The Chicken Garden Coop
- FrontPorchIndiana
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The Chicken Garden by Mike & Christine One of the greatest benefits to raising chickens is the abundance of fertilizer they so freely provide... -
Chickent Tractor Coop
- patandchickens
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Here is the chickens' summer home. The 'run' part is 4' wide by 7' long, 30" high in the tall portion and 20" under the house. The house itself... -
Bullying: When and How to Intervene
- calychicken
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Bullying can be a serious problem. Whether its minor or major, it affects the health of your flock. In this article I will go over what bullying... -
Silkie Hairdos
- Sandwitch
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Pretty quickly after getting our silkies we realized a big downside of the breed…. Their wonderful, silky, hair like feathers, occasionally get in... -
The 10 coolest looking chickens (in my opinion).
- CrazyChicken360
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There are many different chicken breeds out there, that are popular too many. There are so many different breeds to choose from, to good layers... -
Mottled Wyandotte Project
- Poultrybonkers
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F1 Glw x Red Sexlink F2 Glw/Sexlink Mix x BLRW F3 GLW/Sexlink/BLRW Mix x SLW F4 GLW/Sexlink/BLRW/SLW Mix x BLRW So rooster above was bred to... -
5 Beautiful Ornamental Chicken Breeds
- SilkieChicken123
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5 Beautiful Ornamental Chicken Breeds There are a lot of cool chicken... -
My Coop
- MLCfromTennessee
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In 2020 my husband gave me the best birthday gift a country girl could want, a chicken coop he designed and built himself. His design is both... -
Chicken Treat Blocks or Molt Muffins
- Melky
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Chicken Treat Blocks Or Molt Muffins I have been asked so frequently about these treats that I decided to add a recipe article for the readers... -
Lots of Chicks possibly hatching. Any special needs?
- Lillian-Xing Liu
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We recently bought a very large incubator that could hatch 24 chicks. Grandma’s saying that because there are so many chicks that could hatch, we...