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    How many uprights/posts?

    We're going to build a 4'x6' chicken coop. It's going to be raised up 2 feet on 4x4's. Is it alright for it to only stand on 4 uprights/posts or should there be 6 with two in the middle? I'm not planning on climbing in there too much, but want it to be sturdy...
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    I just ordered my first chicks!!!!!

    from mypetchicken.... I'm SSSSOOOOOOO excited!!!!!! I ordered 6 females, fingers crossed that's what they'll all turn out to be... I also requested the mareks vaccination. 1 EE 1 Buff Orpington 1 Speckled Sussex 1 Australorp 1 White Plymouth Rock 1 Columbian Wyandotte I couldn't narrow...
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    Do hatcheries "sell out" of chicks ealry?

    I want to get about 4-5 chicks from Meyer Hatchery in the spring/summer IF I can get a coup and run built before then. I don't want to order now and later not be ready. I'd like it to happen this year, but it might not. I've noticed looking at their website though, that alot of the dates they'll...
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    Hopefully a Coop and run in the making.

    I wanted to start a thread, so that I will have one spot to ask all the questions I'm going to have about building a coop and run. I'm hoping to get some chicks in the spring if I can make this happen on a budget. We don't have very much land and I don't think I'll be giving up any of the tiny...
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    Hello

    Hey, my name is Melanie and I don't have any chickens, but would love to at some point. I'm going to look around and see if there's a way we could make this work. We have .55 of an acre, but most of it is fairly steep and not too usable. I have one spot I thought might work, but we'd have to...
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