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    How to convince parents? Please help!

    They are not against letting them out, and because of quarantine and summer vacation, I will be able to supervise them when they're in the yard. The part of the yard where the coop will be has fencing around it, but not the whole yard. We don't have a dog, but we do have a cat. I am thinking of...
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    How to convince parents? Please help!

    Quail are adorable, but I don't think that my parents would go for it. It took a WHILE to get them to the point of trying chickens, and that's only because two of our family friends have them. I also mentioned ducklings at one point (without mentioning space etc.) and I did NOT get a good...
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    How to convince parents? Please help!

    I had the idea to look for swing sets on craigslist because they already have the framing to possibly become a coop with an attached run, and they're fairly large. Honestly I can't do much more to change their minds at this point, as the date is set for the chickens to come in a few days. We...
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    How to convince parents? Please help!

    I might try that, but they got 4 chicks about a month ago and are starting to figure out how to integrate them with their hens. I don't want to cause them any hassle. We decided to start with three barred rock hens (already adults, from the farm) because I honestly don't care as long as there's...
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    How to convince parents? Please help!

    Wow, I thought I had looked at every single chicken coop that you could buy online! This one looks great! I think that I am kind of stuck with the other one for now, but I'll try to make the best of it and hopefully be able to find a better solution once I have proved chicken awesomeness. I'll...
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    How to convince parents? Please help!

    I've stopped asking them about it and showing them alternatives because I know it won't work. I was under the impression that chickens can get lonely if you only have one, and I was worried that if a predator got to one it would be hard to get another. This has made me feel...
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    How to convince parents? Please help!

    I have been watching on craigslist, there is nothing directly near me. There are several free sheds that could be modified with a total budget of $200 ish, and some low cost chicken coops that I could build a run for. The proI have a friend who's dad has big building tools (he built their coop)...
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    How to convince parents? Please help!

    I haven't asked directly, but it is most likely because it is the cheapest option from the farm, and the farm offers it in a rental (rent coop and chickens and feed etc. as a package) with three hens. I've gotten "The farm people know what you're doing, you're overreacting" a lot.
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    How to convince parents? Please help!

    I have gone the whole 9 yards with this. I've done my research, I put together a presentation for why we should get chickens. They agreed, but things went downhill from there: the problem is the coop that they want. I convinced them to get three chickens (can't do one, if you have two and one...
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