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    Should I Use Hardware Cloth For Entire Run??

    I wasn't sure if they'd manage a 7' fence. But you are right. Better to be safe than sorry, regarding the roof!
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    Should I Use Hardware Cloth For Entire Run??

    But if the 1/2" hardware cloth is the same price as the 2"x4" welded wire, shouldn't I just do my entire fencing in the hardware cloth? (not the top-roof part) My birds are locked in the coop at night, but it would only take one night of me getting caught up with my kids and forgetting to...
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    Should I Use Hardware Cloth For Entire Run??

    What I was originally thinking was doing 1/2" HC on the lower HALF of the fence, burying a foot of it around the edge but skirting it out slightly. It would still be buried. So then the lower 3' of the fence (4' minus 1' buried foot) would be HC, and the upper 4' would be 2"x4" welded wire. BUT...
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    Should I Use Hardware Cloth For Entire Run??

    Well, I don't have bobcat to worry about where I live, at least not that I've ever seen or heard of! My biggest concern are coyotes (they run in packs through my yard sometimes) red and silver fox (see them less often than I hear them, but still) and raccoon (a nuisance everywhere). And the...
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    Should I Use Hardware Cloth For Entire Run??

    Thanks for tuning in! I am planing on building a 30'x40' run and was originally going to do the lower half in 1/2 inch hardware cloth and the upper part in 2"x4" galvanized welded wire fence, with a total height of 7' (tall enough for my 6' husband to work comfortably in the run) and 1' buried...
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    What are these two?

    Your striped one is a Dominique for certain. You can tell them apart from Barred Rocks by their comb. Dominiques have rose-combs, like yours does. Barred Rocks have single-combs that stand straight up. Your brown bird is a little more uncertain to me, but my best guess would be she's a...
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    2 new questions

    Just to confirm what many here have said already... Shirley is a Light Brown Leghorn. As others have said, the white earlobes. And without doubt a pullet. Leghorns are hard to sex by their comb at a young age because pullets get pretty large combs too in this breed. And as others have said...
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    Buff Orpington chick? Pullet or Cockeral?

    100% BOY!!! My Buff Orpington is a rooster, too! Your cutie looks a lot like him.
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    Roo or Hen? Help!

    It is not unusual for hens to get into the chest-bumping feather-ruffling of the pecking order game. My hens do, too! They all bump up against each other and flap their wings! At this point, I think it's almost more play and sizing each other up. And yes, figuring out the pecking order. Though...
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    Rooster or Hen

    That is clearly, and undoubtedly, a rooster!!! All the way!
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    Roo or Hen? Help!

    If you kept both roosters, you would absolutely have to get more hens! And not just one or two! But a half dozen or more. Less than that and the roosters will fight vigorously, potentially hurting themselves. And they will over breed the poor hens. So it's either get rid of one or both, I'm...
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    Roo or Hen? Help!

    Congratulations on your chicks, and sorry of the loss of your one. I too have a Barred Rock, a Rhode Island Red and a Buff Orpington, among others. Based on the growth of my chicks, I'm guessing your chicks are about 3 weeks (around 21 days) in your pictures, or a little more. Here are two of...
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    What breed and sex is this?

    I agree in full with your assessment. It is a Black Australorp. And it looks like a hen to me!
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    What breed is "nugget" ?

    I believe she is one of the Red Sex-Link breeds, like a Golden Buff, Red Star, Golden Comet or Cinnamon Queen. All Red Sex-Link breeds are basically cross breeds between a red-breed rooster (like a New Hampshire or Rhode Island Red) and a white or silver-breed hen (like a White Rock, Barred...
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    Another BO Rooster?

    Looks like two roos to me. Sorry. But I understand why you thought and hoped that the older one was a hen. I find it a little strange that the older one matured slower, too. But just like human kids, I guess they all grow and mature at their own rate. LOL
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