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ShelterFarm, I made an exact replica of yours and had a big problem with the chickens wasting the feed by knocking it out of the feeder. Appps, I'm going to change my design to mimic your design. I think the chickens need a trough-like design that prevents them from being able to knock the...

Well, here is what happened. After keeping the two groups separated, I finally reunited everyone into the completed coop when the hurt toe looked fairly healed up. For nearly five days the girls got along perfectly. Not a single problem. Yesterday it rained really hard and there was a...

Sudden drop in temps here in Dallas, keep 6-wk old chicks inside coop shelter? Yesterday it was 83, this morning it's in the 40s (feels like 35). Should I keep the girls locked up in their coop shelter today? They're still having a hard time understanding the concept of the ramp: they know...

Thanks all! Regardless of being less-than-pure-bred, those chickies are a joy!

After looking at photos of cuckoo Marans I think you're right. That is definitely what they look like...

Both had a white dot on their heads as chicks. Their legs are yellow with slight black shading,

Feed store. Lesson learned.

Sorry for bad pic but these two are both supposed to be Barred Rocks. The clearly striped one is a week older, but why is the other not striping out? Just young?

Mealworms bite!!! I have lots of them in my compost pile. I picked one up to give to my chicks and it bit the crap out of my finger drawing blood! Rip the head of before giving live ones to chickens. Suckers are nasty and mean!

"Thanks, BYC friends! You were right. We were B.O.R.E.D. and it was making us act B.A.D. Mom took us Bossy Barreds out for some fresh air this afternoon and it was just what we needed! The rest of the family came along, too. After we played and played we came back inside and fell fast asleep."

As of this morning:

Coop progress this morning.

You guys rock. Thank you so much to all that responded with suggestions. I really appreciate the feedback about moving them out at 4 weeks. It's definitely time. We're really close to finishing the coop and putting them out. For now, things are okay. I am so thankful for this website...

Thank you Stephanie! I'm going to keep them separated for now until I can figure out a better situation. The one BR seemed much happier to be alone and away from the meanie.

Sorry to be needy right off the bat, but do you guys mind taking a look at an issue I'm having and tell me what you think? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/759688/chick-bloody-toe-pecking-by-others/10#post_10802987