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I was worried about introducing our chicks to the 11 older ones who are between 6-8 years old. I had them in the run but protected for a few days, then the little ones kept escaping and I noticed they were okay with the bigger ones. After that I put them all out with the big girls and kept an...

Good to know.

I love it. We have three. Easy to clean and they love them.

Wasn't aware that there were security brackets. Will definitely get some.

This will be our first summer with Omlet coop and my chickens did well in the winter. We have two types of coops in their area and they prefer the Omlet. My only concern now is summer and heat and wondering if anyone can ease my mind about the Omlet not getting too hot inside in summer. I...

We have apple trees in our chicken area as well as other trees and my experience is that hawks like to swoop in and out easily and the trees are more of a deterrent. Someone mentioned vines and we had some with out last run and one of the chickens got caught up in it so we don't do that anymore.

Update with chickens and new coops. Got the first egg in one of the nesting boxes after a couple weeks.

I felt bad with the change but the garage was no longer safe enough for them due to structural issues so it had to happen. I'm going to downsize to about 5-10 chickens and we thought the omlet coops were nice so that's why a few smaller ones as opposed to one larger one that wouldn't be...

We expected the anxiety with change, but they have adapted well. I do a check of their area frequently and haven't seen any eggs.

Thanks. They are aged 3-5 1/2 years. Garage needed to be fixed up which necessitated the move. We have a large enclosed, covered run and the three coops inside. Then they have a very large area in the yard to free range , about 50 x 75 ft. At first we kept them in the run and they...

After 5 years we moved the chickens out of the garage and into three smaller coops about three weeks ago. They handled the transition well, but we haven't had any eggs since the move. We know this is a slow time of year, but we usually get one or two with 20 chickens. We have the Eglu cubes...

We had a similar issue with our rescue so we took him out on leash when the chickens were free ranging and I had control of him. Teach him how to be appropriate with the chickens or if he has separation issues, give him a special treat when you are outside with your chickens. I've used a Kong...

We've had chickens for 4 years and this is the first year I haven't been able to let them free range because we've had a hawk hanging around for a couple weeks. It sits in the trees where it can see the run.. It's covered and they are safe and wondering why it is hanging around when it doesn't...

We got all of ours from Peter Perkins Farm in Guilford last year. He's not selling this year. He has a nice variety.

Are hawks worse this time of year? We live close to a river and we assume the hawks are getting their food there. Our chickens free ranged in our fenced in 1/2 acre back yard all summer without incident. We have bushes and trees for cover and planted some more for their protection. The...