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    What would be the benefits of building a larger run?

    I have a 10x16 covered run and I closed with hardware cloth all around it, with a small cheaper bought coop on one end attached to outside the run, and a very large coop I built on the other end. I started with 4 chickens and that cheap coop & kept it to 8 hens for 10 yrs now. The large coop...
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    Hardware Cloth Size and Guage Choice Dilemma

    I was reading a reply about you burying the hardware cloth around the run. I did just that as well. I saw signs of something digging a few nights and I then decided to get some concrete mix and make a boarder along the ground. It’s about 6-8 inches wide all around the run. My run is 6 ft x 18ft...
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    Hardware Cloth Size and Guage Choice Dilemma

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    Abandoned Chicks at the Post Office

    Hi, I’m just seeing this post today and my heart breaks for any animal like this. But, a police officer can do a kind of welfare check at the address to see if someone is at the address. Since covid and all any numerous things can happen so just maybe something can be done in that legal since to...
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    Abandoned Chicks at the Post Office

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    How many of y'all have 'senior" hens still laying?

    I have 2 americauna hens of 3 yrs. they were laying machines until 2 months ago. Now they only lay every other day. I have 4 more 9 weeks old to replace the 2 Rhode Island reds I re homed. After they slowed on egg laying to 1 a week they got a little aggressive and I couldn't have that around my...
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    Brahma and Amerucana Chickens

    I hammered 2 poles in the ground, then attached a wider board on the 2 poles. Drilled 2 holes in that top board to hand hooks from so I can hang the feeder and water containers. When they jump on the top boards (which they always do) they can't poop in it either. Water stays clean and the food...
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