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    Need to lock the chickens up at night?

    Our chicks definitely always sleep in their coop. We just kept them in the coop for a couple days when they first moved in, then opened the hatch out to the run & they always go inside the coop at night. We never close that hatch door now so they can go in and out to the run as they please.
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    How do I merge two flocks?

    I've been wondering the same thing. We have one year old hens, then 2 batches of baby chicks that are now 5 weeks and 11 weeks old. We added on to the back of the original coop house and for now our 11 wk babies are in that new coop & our 5 weeks are in a chicken tractor in the yard. Probably...
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    Food in Coop or Run?

    Hi there, We've kept our oldest hens food & water inside their coop, but now that we've had them a year I'm beginning to see how little they actually use them in there. Whenever I put any water or food in their run or around our yard they are all over it, so I'm considering moving them out of...
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    How do you get water and food to your chickens? (Share your storys!)

    Right now we have 3 sets of chickens: For the big girls we have their food/water in their coop. Feed in a homemade pvc pipe feeder and water in a large pan that I change every day. We let them out during the day so they graze the yard & we keep a galvanized waterer under our deck so it stays...
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    New member from western NC

    Hi, My family and I have had chickens for a year. We started with 6 white leghorns from Tractor Supply. They were supposed to be all females but one turned out to be a rooster. This year we are adding to our flock. We have 6 more teen white leghorns and 8 peeps that are a mix of Rhode Island...
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