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    NEED HELP! Bedding suggestions for this type of coop

    We had to buy this prefab in a hurry! I’m so glad you said something. How would I go about adding some ventilation in here?? Just add some vents on either side up top? Or would putting hardware cloth over the windows for protection & opening them?
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    NEED HELP! Bedding suggestions for this type of coop

    Help! I’m about to be moving into my forever home, I have 20 chickens I’ll be transporting to their new coop at my new house about 2 hours away. This is a new coop & I’ve always used the ‘deep litter method’ with wood chips because my current coop has a sandy bottom & it is most effective for...
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    New chicks

    I’ve been using the food grade DE, sprinkling it all through the coop with fresh bedding on top, but I’m still seeing ants in there the big, black juicy fire ants. And I believe the ants killed two birds a few weeks back, that’s when I got the DE & havent had any more deaths since I put it out...
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    New chicks

    Do that have this at TSC? Is it safe to put inside coop also? Also, I have two 10’ roosting bars & a large limb they like to play on also. I’m currently trying to train them to use the bars. I have a bucket with a lid I keep their feed & wood chips in, and the big girls try to all cuddle up on...
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    New chicks

    Also, can’t get the article to load about the space needed for them.
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    New chicks

    The small chicks have outgrown their brooder.. the coop they are all in is 12’ by 25’ with obstacles to give them their own space, I let them out all day during the day to free range on our fenced 11 acres . Do you think that’s not enough space for 24 chickens?
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    New chicks

    When do I need to worry about how bigger chicks are pecking smaller chickens? All my chickens are younger than 4 months old , I also have the same number 2 month old chickens as I do 4 month olds, added them to the flock after being housed next to each other for about a month, older chickens...
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    Hey guys I’m new & Need some help !!

    Thanks so much! I wish I would have known that When they were a little younger. I’ve had two of my oldest die two days in a row a few weeks ago, came to the conclusion they could have smothered each other in their sleep, or got ate up by ants in their sleep, because they were covered with them...
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    Hey guys I’m new & Need some help !!

    I currently have 12 3 month old chickens, and 12 2 month old chickens. I’ve had them separated in different coops side by side for about a month, & finally let the baby chicks in the big coop with the big girls, I’m not seeing any serious pecking, or them keeping the babies from food & water...
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