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Only 3 of the 8 "fertile" eggs hatched...but aren't they cute?

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I just found out that mine do like uncooked oatmeal.

My 11 week old girls don't seem to want anything I offer them except grapes...which they love!!! Will this change as they get older? I read here that chickens will eat anthing, but mine seem to be the exception. I've tried the following: Apples Bananas Blue berries Cantalope Watermellon Corn...

Oh...BTW...1/2 yard of sand is about 1500 lbs. (that would be about 30 bags at the homestores)

I've got a 5 x 10 run and I put in sand, about 4" deep. I love it. It is cheaper if you have access to a pick up truck or a trailer and go to a landscape place (where they sell mulch). I got 1/2 yard builders sand (or construction sand) for $25 (kinda high, but that's what was available in my...

I guess I should have read bryan's response before I made my last response. Oh well. I do agree with bryan all the way. Lay the fencing along the groung and attach the edges to the run. Then stake the outter edges down every so often untill grass grows up through it.

Where you bury you do not need hardware cloth. I would think you could use cheaper welded wire fencing. That would stop critters from digging under.

I think you're going to need more windows in that coop. Oh yeah...and a bigger run. Obviously just kidding...GREAT job!!!

I must add that it was cooler then, so this made doing that easier...didn't have to worry about getting too hot in there.

Mine were only 4 weeks old at the time, but I put them in the coop and left them there for 3 days while I finished the run. Once finished I opened the pop door and let them out. They went up for the night on their own the first night. This was purely by chance that I did it this way because of...

When we are around the house, I let them free range in our small yard. When we are gone away the girls stay in the run. Sometimes when we want to go, they don't want to cooperate. They are having too much fun to go in. Sometimes I wonder which of my neighbors are watching and laughing as I chase...

I tell my family, once they stop laying, they go in the oven...But i know I'll never be able to do that...They're my girls!!!

Thnx for the reply...and the welcome...

This is all new to me, but I've lesrned that you guys have the answers. I have five (all different breeds) 7 week olds. I seem to be finding 3 or 4 feathers (big ones) loose in the run/coop/yard each day. Is this normal/okay? Most of them seem to be white (coming from my white leghorn, i guess...