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    Anyone raise meat birds without a chicken tractor or barn?

    We have raised meat birds for four years in tractors and don't want to do that any more for various reasons. We do not have a barn so raising them in a barn is out. Has anyone built a small stationary coop for meat birds with a small run? If so, I would love to see your set up and am curious...
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    The run and coop rehab that was three months in the making

    We moved to our current home 4 years ago and brought our free range birds with us. Unfortunately, we have both hawks and eagles on our property so after losing a few of our beloved hens, we decided to re-home the birds as we were gutting a foreclosure and couldn't take the time to build a...
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    How to introduce 12 week and 6 week old birds to each other?

    We bought 10 hens in March and another 3 at the beginning of May. They have been kept apart up until this point as we had a family issue come up that kept us from finishing our run and coop. They are currently residing in two chicken tractors. When we first introduced them to the tractors, my...
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    Is it common for 4-5 week old meat birds to have sparse feathers under their wings, on their rumps,

    I don't remember this with our laying hens but we have quite a few meat birds with very sparse feathers under their wings and a few with sparse feathers on their bums and necks. Some of our birds are 4 weeks and some are 5 weeks. The lack of under wing feathers doesn't matter in regards to age...
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    First time with meat birds and ailment. Help us figure out what is going on.

    These birds are 4-5 weeks old Freedom Rangers. We wanted to move them to their chicken tractor 1-2 weeks ago but have had two deaths in the family plus a ton of rain so we weren't able to finish the tractor and move them until tonight. When moving them, we noticed that many of them are missing...
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    Completed coop and run. 2 months in the making due to inclement weather.

    Started our coop at the end of March but due to three weeks of severe rain, snow, sleet, and flooding and a few other set backs, we just got to finish it and the run today. Since we had access to a truck topper for $5 we decided to design our coop around it. Each window has hardware cloth...
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    Playing tag with Jenny the Rooster

    We used to own acreage but due to a job change, moved to town, when this girlie of mine was 6 months old. We finally got back on acreage just before her eighth birthday. The country setting is perfect for my little tomboy. This photo was taken during a baby shower I was hosting. She wore a...
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    Has anyone ever built a chicken duplex?

    My husband raised chickens as a child but this is our solo journey into it as a family. We are building a raised coop using a truck topper as a roof for our current birds and want to add more to our flock next year. The raised coop has 3.5 feet of space under it and the thought crossed our...
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    To floor or not to floor in a truck topper type coop

    We are considering building a coop with a truck topper as the roof. I have been perusing photos, of this type of coop, on-line and have noticed that some do not have floors in them. Curious on the thoughts on whether a floor is necessary or not. We live in Michigan so our winters are rather...
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    Big hello from Michigan

    Just moved into our forever home on 10 acres and are excited to begin our homesteading journey. Looking forward to meeting new people gleaning lots of info from this site.
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