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    Any ideas what breeds they might be?

    Also is it possible he brown one is a Sussex?
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    Anyone from AZ with coop advice?

    hahaha dont tempt me! I have seen some pretty cute ones!!
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    Any ideas what breeds they might be?

    at what age would I be able to post new pictures for a better idea? and at what age will i be able to confirm they are all female?
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    Anyone from AZ with coop advice?

    It would be gigantic if I had my way but my husband is a smart man and is limiting me to 3.5x5.5. so its bigger than the minimum but just shy of letting me get another bird :-/
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    Anyone from AZ with coop advice?

    ok so this is a bad example but my husband is going to build something similar. the roof will be slightly slanted for rain with a over hang,... we are going to use 4" roost and configure the roost and nest boxes differently. we are going to do a automatic waterer and a low profile feeder. it...
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    Anyone from AZ with coop advice?

    oh good, they are hard to get rid of!
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    Any ideas what breeds they might be?

    I think Thelma and Louise (the two reds) are two different breeds...Louise is quite a bit smaller and her new feathers all have brown speckling on them. Thelma is quite a bit bigger and so far not one brown spot. at what age would I be able to post new pictures for a better idea? and at what age...
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    Anyone from AZ with coop advice?

    We plan on having them free range in the entire backyard :-) our back yard is very bird friendly, we only have a couple cactus with thorns (one is a barrel the other a false saguaro) so they would be easy to bird proof with a little chicken wire at the bottom the rest is agave, aloe, spanish...
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    Anyone from AZ with coop advice?

    we have coyotes but as far as I know they have never made it into our yard, hawks, feral cats, and probably some others that I haven't even considered. We plan on putting wire on the bottom of the coop too. I am going to look up open air coops. sounds like it would be better for the heat.
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    Anyone from AZ with coop advice?

    ok few! haha I am no carpenter... thats where my husband comes in! we were planning on doing 4x5 so it looks like I will be ok on size... yay!
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    Anyone from AZ with coop advice?

    4 square ft per chicken? So your telling me for 4 chickens my coop needs to be 16ft by 16ft?? that seems a bit excessive for a place to sleep??
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    Anyone from AZ with coop advice?

    We are trying to pick out a good design for our chicken coop and are worried about the AZ heat. We have 4 chicks and are looking for a low (below fence line) design. any one from AZ or another hot state have any tips? We will have misters set up on the side of the house the coup will be on and...
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    Any ideas what breeds they might be?

    I was looking at red sex-link and RIRs they were on my list of wanted hens :-) so yay and I for sure wanted a Black Australorp. A little sad I didn't get my eater egger but am reading up on welsummers and Light brown leghorns :-) Tweetie is for sure my most hyper and active chick. thank you...
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    hello

    I am not sure lol I posted a thread to try an find out :-) here are pictures of my cuties. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/935468/any-ideas-what-breeds-they-might-be
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    hello

    Thank you everyone! These girls (I hope) are a lot of fun to watch! Thelma is super friendly and loves to hop into my hand. I made a post to try and figure out what breeds they are because they are from a rainbow layer mix :-) I am sure I will have loads of questions when we start building their...
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