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    Questions about how to free range....

    Hi I have six girls that I have in a coop and run that is big enough but minimally. I live in a urbanish area but my yard is fenced with the standard 4 foot chain link. I would like to be able to let them have the yard area when I am home whats the best way to do that? Or will the just fly over...
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    Blue Andalusian Breeders?

    just bumping ....im interested
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    My Coop is done....With PICS

    Hi Right now they are hidden behind the ramp to the coop. They still come into the house at night so I have the small water and feeder. When they are staying out there full time I will get bigger ones and was thinking of hanging under the coop part? Do you think thats ok? What do you think about...
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    My Coop is done....With PICS

    Hi Here is my TSC coop with the additions. Any suggestions would be appreciated! The run size is 12 foot ( well 11ft 9 inch) x 40 inch. I have right now 6 chicks but 1 is a Roo and will have to be re- homed.
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    Help: Hens roosting in nest boxes

    Hi! Not trying to Hijack... but I got some of my ideas from this thread. I have this same coop! I just got done re-enforceing it adding a door to the coop and adding the other run extension. So now my run is 12 foot (well 11 ft and 9 inch) x by 40 inch. I have 6 chicks but one is a Roo so I...
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    Newbie...Run floor ??'s for City dwellers...

    Hi Thanks for the reply!!!!....the original spec of this coop was 7 feet long x almost 39 inch wide....I modified the run so now its a bit over 11 feet long x 39 inch wide. So its a lot longer. 7 feet of that will be under the roof. I an in central Florida btw. So Im looking for the best run...
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    Newbie...Run floor ??'s for City dwellers...

    Hi All, I am new on here and posted a few weeks ago for the first time. I was wondering if I can get some suggestions on a run floor. I got my coop from TSC and I got my 6 chicks ( only wanted 4 but everywhere had a minimum). Anyway Although its advisetized to hold 8 chickens it seems too small...
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    New chicks seem very lethargic...

    Hi All, Wow I don't know how I missed so many posts. AS a update I got them a huge trough and a thermometer. By the evening they were up and eating and drinking and scratching young they way I would have expected them to. Today they seem really good and much better then they looked yesterday...
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    New chicks seem very lethargic...

    Hi PD Riverman Thank you for your replies! I think they were hot as you posted two of them had wings spread out. I am going out to get a thermometer tonight so I will know for sure what temp they are at. I was a bit worried when I went to the store to get them because they all seemed lethargic...
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    New chicks seem very lethargic...

    Hi Thank you for the replies! All the chicks were lethargic at the store so I picked the ones who seemed more "awake" and I checked for pasty butt with each one I picked. The temp is 76 in the room so the tub would be a bit warmer. The are huddled(laying down) in the middle so I don't know if...
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    New chicks seem very lethargic...

    Hi All, Kinda a newbie. Growing up we raised RIR's but haven't had chickens in 25 years so I need some pointers. I just got my 2 week old chicks from Rural King today and they were all crowded together there. I got six of them and I have them in my 3 season room ( I am in central Florida)...
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    Need Temp Help For Chicks

    Hi Newbie here ......I was just going to post same question! I just got my chicks today and I am in Florida and was worried about them being to hot or to cold. They are two weeks old though not day olds. Thanks for posting the question!
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    Help a newbie with some general questions...Pleas

    Hi Thank you for replying! I also think Ill be getting a Austrlop for the same reason you did...lol..
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    Help a newbie with some general questions...Pleas

    Hi All First time poster and kinda a newbie. Growing up we raised RIR's but haven't had chickens in 25 years so I need some pointers. Here are some details[SIZE I am living in a residential/urban area..( I can have 4 hens in a proper enclosure) I got a TSC coop ( 84 in x 42 in 57 in) that I...
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