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    Rooster or hen.

    So what should I do with them as I can not have them in the city that I live in?
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    Rooster or hen.

    And I guessing it's hard to rehome cockerels?
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    Rooster or hen.

    Also thinking cockerel about 5 weeks old. ????
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    Rooster or hen.

    Is between 7 and 8 weeks aftaid its a rooster and i will no be able to keep it. Anyone in the kansas city area looking for a speckled sussex rooster if that is what it is?
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    new from kansas city

    I'm an early bird myself always up by 4:30 so no issue opening up before sunrise.
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    new from kansas city

    So I'm thinking that I only want to put food and water in the run. So the ladies would not have food or water at night until morning when let out in the run. Is this a good practice or should I also have food and water available over night for them?
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    new from kansas city

    So I have built roll away nesting box. Is astroturf from the big box store safe to use to line the bottom ?
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    Ended Official BYC Pets & Livestock Caption Contest Photo Submission, - Thread #1

    personal space
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    Ended Official BYC Pets & Livestock Caption Contest Photo Submission, - Thread #1

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    new from kansas city

    Made a little progress today. Still have a ways to go. Trim, awnings, hardware cloth over the window, roosting bars, nesting box mats (thinking just some nesting box turf) , automatic coop door (thinking run-chicken) backfill around the run, wood chips in the run, and some plants around any...
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    new from kansas city

    Yes, awnings will be installed along with hardware cloth. Thinking I want to hinge the awnings so in the winter I can keep the winds from blowing thru the coop but yet keeps some ventilation.
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    new from kansas city

    16 chickens, 10 dogs, 6 kids, 2 grandkids. always a full plate around here
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    new from kansas city

    Yes and going to back fill around run with dirt and put some shrubs, ornamental grasses or something along them lines. figured give my ladies some privacy and then the roots would grow thru the hardware cloth making it a good defense for most predators
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    new from kansas city

    I have 2) 12X18 and 2) 18X23 windows plus the corrugated roof panels are open top and bottom.
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    new from kansas city

    Hello my name is Thomas and I'm in the Shawnee, KS area. New to chickens and have the habit of going big or going home. so i jumped in with both feet and got some chicks and started building my coop and run. going deep liter in the coop but not sure what I'm doing in the run. thinking base of...
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