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Thank you! They’ve been doing many dust baths lately with the sticky and humid weather we’ve been having! :cool:

Thank you! :)

I have 14/15 week old Australorps. I believe they are all girls BUT I have one in particular that stands out. Grey, she is the same size and clucks like the rest, but her waddle and comb is much larger than the others. There are times when it gets a vibrant red like when she’s playing chasing...

I can try to put a fan it there but I think they’ll be afraid of it and not want to go in. I put a fly ribbon out in their run right above the vent openings and same thing they wouldn’t go in at night. I had to move it to the corner where it would blend in with the wood.

That’s a good thought. We’ve lived in our house just under a year and I have yet to see any snakes. I clean their coop weekly so I have not seen any snakes in their bedding. Since it is approaching summer here in IL, I don’t do the deep litter method. It would be very easy to spot snakes in...

I can admit that it does get stuffy in there in warm days. However, for me to take those pictures, I have a side door on the coop for ease of cleaning. I will usually have that open during the day to help vent while they’re out free ranging. But is ventilation really the reason or the only...

Yes I have and they freak out and run out the coop.

Here are mod photos of inside coop. They have a roost bar made from a 2x4 that well fits all of them. Growing up they’ve always had a roost bar. Some nights they choose to sleep on it and other nights they want to cuddle together. These girls are pretty much inseparable so whenever one goes on...

Hello everybody! :frowI’m new here on BYC. I have 13-14 week old black australorp pullets (I’m like 90% sure they’re pullets!). In the beginning of May they were finally big enough to be put in the coop. There were no issues then. A few whines but 2 days later they were fine and liked to sleep...