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    Can you help me verify gender and age?

    That's the one I'm suspicious of. Roo or pullet, she/he is turning out to be beautiful! The Starlight Green is a bit rough looking right now, but she's also a stunner, typically. It will be interesting to see what she looks like as she matures.
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    Can you help me verify gender and age?

    That's the SLW I'm suspicious about as well (Cookies). It won't be bad if she's actually a roo, but I'm curious. Do you think 7 weeks is about right for their age?
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    Can you help me verify gender and age?

    Hi everyone! We bought these chickens from Tractor Supply about 6 weeks ago. We were told when we got them that they were about a week old at the time. We have two Barred Rocks (named Sugar and Spice), 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes (Cookies and Cream), and one Starlight Green Egger (May). Can...
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    Desert Chicken Retreat, Anyone?

    I love this idea! Putting water in the freezer to make an ice block right now!
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    Desert Chicken Retreat, Anyone?

    I've thought of trying the oat grass trick and just sewing that in a patch of rock. Have you tried that? If so, does it work?
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    Desert Chicken Retreat, Anyone?

    during the day, the birds could hop out (although they're too small right now), but I'm not sure that this is a real issue. Birds of prey are kept at bay by the predator netting, and as for raccoons, we close the coop up at night. We're at about 3,700 ft, so we cool off at night fairly...
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    Desert Chicken Retreat, Anyone?

    Thank you for your response to my post, and I love these ideas! I thought about opening up the side with wire, but the issue we have with an open air coop is that we also get quite a bit of snow and low to freezing temps for much of the winter. But that’s where the genius of the hinged roof...
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    Desert Chicken Retreat, Anyone?

    What was supposed to be a simple chicken coop and run that took a weekend to put together ended up being a desert chicken resort of sorts that, to date, has taken us 5 weeks to complete (this was a "spare time" build) and is nowhere near simple...at least not for us. 😁. Because of the heat, we...
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    Help with high outdoor temps!

    Thanks for the reply. They were doing just that - panting, raising their wings, and just laying there. They've acclimated back into the house just fine, but I'm concerned with how to get them back outside now. I'm thinking of moving them to the garage tonight, which is much warmer than the...
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    Help with high outdoor temps!

    That's not a half bad idea. Thank you!
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    Help with high outdoor temps!

    I need some help. We built a coop with about 10 sq ft of ventilation (pics are in this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/az-coop-deville.1626766/post-27790672) Along with the ventilation, the coop has been moved to where it is mostly in the shade, and we installed a mister system...
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    AZ Coop-DeVille!

    I added an additional 4 square feet of ventilation today. Thanks for your wisdom, my friend.
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    AZ Coop-DeVille!

    I just did the measurements. That was optimistic. The corrugated roof is 3/4" tall by 77" long. That's works out roughly .2 square feet of actual air flow "space" when you account for of the wave of the panels. So I have about .4 square feet of ventilation with both ends of the roof...
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    AZ Coop-DeVille!

    Ah! I get it. I have exactly1 square foot of ventilation right now with the vents alonee, and then another 1 or 2 square feet from the corrugated ceiling. Is that 1 square foot per chicken? As for the the floor vent, adding a floor vent would add another .5 square feet of raw ventilation...
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    AZ Coop-DeVille!

    Thanks for the comment and help! As I replied to another comment, The corrugated roof is not sealed, so it’s open at the base and at the peak. I’ve actually thought of cutting a vent into the floor to create a “cooling tower” type of air circulation. Would that be enough? And do I need more...
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