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    Show Off Your Coops!

    Ours while we were building the run! Modified the design from the blueprints—both sides fully drop down and there are 2 windows with hardware cloth screens on each side for lots of ventilation. It is far from perfect but I don’t think the chickens care much :D
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    Safe plants around run?

    I wouldn't stress too much about chicken-safe things, they will avoid most (if not all) poisonous plants unless they are starving or extremely bored. They might just take a couple test nibbles before moving on to tastier things (lol)
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    Hen or roo??? 4 cute Plymouth rock

    Their barring gives them away—the males will look more white than black, and the females will look more black than white. Someone else will be able to explain it better (barring genetics), but that’s a basic description!
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    Hen or roo??? 4 cute Plymouth rock

    2 and 4 are your boys
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    Lavender Orpington Gender Help

    You could definitely be right, that ones showing a lot less comb and wattles! This isn’t the best quality pic but just for comparison this is my Orpington (gray, in the back) at 9 weeks
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    Lavender Orpington Gender Help

    Did you buy them as sexed pullets, or straight run?
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    Lavender Orpington Gender Help

    I have an almost 10-week-old Splash Orpington pullet who still has a completely yellow (and tiny) comb. I can’t see #5, but they are all looking like cockerels to me. Hopefully some experts can chime in on here. :(
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    Barred Rock male or female

    I also just realized your girl must have hatched near mine, who is also from Meyer and will be 9 weeks on Monday :D
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    Barred Rock male or female

    Pullet
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    Green Queen/Meyer Hatchery

    I’m thinking I may need to order more Green Queens next time I get chicks. Mine is now 8 weeks old and starting to look pretty similar to a Black Faverolles—I’d really love to know what the parents are!
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    Who has raised (or not) garden beds around their run? Looking for inspiration!

    These beds would be outside the run, and ours don’t (can’t) free range in our yard....at least not yet! I was thinking of planting some pumpkins etc (annuals) and letting them pick around in the early spring, fall, and winter when nothing is growing. :thumbsup
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    Who has raised (or not) garden beds around their run? Looking for inspiration!

    Like the title says, we are going to install garden beds around our run soon-ish and are looking for some photos to guide us! Post pics and feel free to give some advice and what you like or don’t like about your set up :)
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    What was in my run last night?

    The run is fully enclosed with 1/2 inch welded wire (including the roof) and we have now tacked down and secured the 3-4 foot apron—the rat couldn’t get in last night or the night before but I’ve seen the dig marks at the edge of the run where the dirt is covering the apron. We also bring their...
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    What was in my run last night?

    The culprit! This young man spent midnight to 3am last night digging around, luckily the reinforcements we worked on kept him out!
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    Green Queen/Meyer Hatchery

    Mine is 6 weeks old, very pretty so far! Has a green sheen on feathers. Kind of in the middle, personality-wise—could take or leave any human attention and is pretty independent in the flock.
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