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    Here we go.

    I have four that we got last year with the intent to add 2 more every other year. We will see how that goes. The idea is that when the first ones start to decline in production we add a couple more to offset the loss. The coop should be able to hold about 20 chickens total. Have to make more...
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    Here we go.

    Pics of the mostly completed coop and run.
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    Here we go.

    Some more of the run and fencing
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    Here we go.

    And some more of the way I did the fencing on the run.
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    Here we go.

    Here are some more pics.
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    White eggs from a brown egg layer

    Her comb and wattles are, but not her earlobes. Why does that make a difference?
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    White eggs from a brown egg layer

    I have a BR that just started laying, she is about 24or 25 weeks, but her eggs are white. Will they get brown as she ages? They also are more elongated than my other pullets.
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    Here we go.

    Here are some pics of the run.
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    Daylight predator attacks

    What would attack a chicken in broad daylight? Something carted off one of my chickens from the yard at 3 in the afternoon. Pulled out her tail feathers and some from around her neck, but never broke the skin. I heard something moving in the woods and run out there and there she was trying to...
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    Here we go.

    Here are some pics of how I did the eaves.
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    Here we go.

    I can move it with my truck or tractor. It is on skids. I put it on skids for two reasons, one to move it and two so in the summer heat the chickens could get under it so they would have a cool spot out of the sun.
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