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    Coop for 46 hens

    Thank you these are awesome tips! I think we were shooting for making about 10 nesting boxes for all of them. The Woods coop is really neat! I love the idea thank you!!
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    Coop for 46 hens

    Thank you so much for the information. We'll be taking those measurements into account when we start the building process. As far as our management goes, the hens go into their coop for the night around 8pm and are let out at 6am. Those are spring/summer time hours. In the fall/winter they'll...
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    Coop for 46 hens

    My husband and I are looking to start the building process of our coop this weekend. We'll have 46 laying hens. They are only confined to the coop at night and are let out in the mornings to run our acre and a quarter parcel. Around what length, width and depth are we looking at? And length of...
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    What's the latest Age to incorporate flocks?

    I had two shipments of chicks within a week apart. The flock that is a week older is four weeks now and the other is three weeks. We just put a wall of chicken wire in-between them so they can see each other but aren't in the same brooders. When is it too late to have them in the same...
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    First experience was a BAD experience!

    Yes McMurray does only do priority even this time of year. I had to pay $40 in shipping for the expedited shipping costs to My Pet Chicken since it's the winter months which I was totally okay with. They also sent these birds with a heat pack. I can definitely see the difference between the two...
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    First experience was a BAD experience!

    Great reply thank you! I have had to try so hard to let go and give them what they need and just see who makes it. Gah! It's so hard! Next time I will be looking into nearby hatcherys or even buying birds locally instead.
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    First experience was a BAD experience!

    Hi chicken lovers! I am new to chickens and just received our first batch of chicks last week from McMurray, a batch of 25 however we received 27 :) The experience was negative unfortunately and ends with a partial refund of all the chicks we lost and another go with a new hatchery, My Pet...
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