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    DIY wood coop or metal shed?

    Hello, I am looking at getting chickens this year and I was originally planning on making my own coop out of plywood and 2x4's but after looking at the cost of wood I was wondering if it would be better to purchase a metal shed and use that as a coop. I was planning on making a 4x8 coop and it...
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    mcmurray hatchery free chick. What breed?

    I ordered some chicks from McMurray hatchery and I got a free chick, but I have no idea as to what the breed or gender is. Any ideas?
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Cool! I was hopping he was going to be a cockerel. I just hope I don't have any other cockerels. The black australorps are suppose to be pullets, that is what I ordered from the hatchery. My EE was a free strait run though. So I was hooping it was going to be a cockerel.
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Here are some that I just took. I hope they help.
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Here are some updated photos of my easter egger, who is now almost 9 weeks old. I was able to get some better pictures of the comb. I'm pretty sure its a rooster. I would just like some confirmation one way or the other.
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Thanks for the help. I'm kind of hoping that it is going to be a cockerel. I just hope that if it is one its not aggressive.
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Any idea as to what gender my 7 week EE is? I'm thinking pullet.
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    Looking for an automatic door opener for my coop.

    Thanks for the info. I think I will get the Ador1.
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    Looking for an automatic door opener for my coop.

    Thanks for the suggestions. The two doors listed look pretty good. I like the Guillotine style of the ADOR1. I do have a few concerns on both doors though. The first one is. How do the handle cold winters? Last winter we reached temps around -10f some nights. My second concern is bad storms. The...
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    Looking for an automatic door opener for my coop.

    I use to keep the coop door open so the chickens could just go in on out as they pleased. And so I wouldn't have to get up at 6am to let them out. But that's not an option now since I've been having problems with predators getting inside the coop. So I decided that it was time I got an automatic...
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    Hen or Rooster?

    Thanks. I'll check that out. How old would you say the chick should be before I know for sure what gender it is?
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    Hen or Rooster?

    Yeah. I heard that EE were hard to tell what gender they are. Here are a couple more pictures. I tried to get a better angle of the comb.
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    Hen or Rooster?

    I have a 5 week old Easter Egger, but I don't know if its a Hen or Rooster. I'm thinking that its a Hen.
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    What breed do you think this is?

    Thanks, That is what I was thinking it was. I wounder if its going to be a rooster. At what age can you tell if your chick is going to be a rooster or not?
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    What breed do you think this is?

    I ordered some chicks from McMurray Hatchery two weeks ago. I got 15 Black Australorps and then I got the 1 free "rare exotic"chick. What breed do you guys think this is?
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