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    Anyone have the "Garden Coop"?

    I bought the plans years ago to build The Garden Coop and after buying a prefab coop that is frustrating to clean, I'm going to bite the bullet and build it! So I had a few questions for anyone who has built it or uses it: 1. How much about did it cost you? I'm going to be modifying the plans a...
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    Covered or uncovered run?

    So I made the newbie mistake of not having the coop done in a timely manner and the birds needed to go outside, so I ordered a prefab one off amazon instead of building the one I originally wanted to. It is really hard to get under and clean it, but I'm going to just try to make due with what I...
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    When to introduce new chicks?

    Hi! First time chicken owner here and I am loving these little girls! I have 3 cochins that are about 4 weeks old. They have already quite a bit of feathering and are big. I had wanted to get americanas at the same time as them but the feed store was out so we just got the cochins. They are...
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    Chicks staying under brooder mat???

    We got three Cochin chicks late this afternoon and this is the first time I have used a brooder mat. Once I put them in the brooder I showed them under it and they have been under there for the past couple of hours and haven't come out to eat or drink. Every once and a while they make little...
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    Chickens, yaupon, and wild birds

    Hi! We are getting our first backyard chickens next week and we will have a large coop and fully enclosed run that they will be in most of the time, but I was thinking about also fencing off the back of the yard for more occasional foraging for them (I have a veggie garden I want to keep them...
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    Garden Coop Plan Clear Roofing in Hot Climate Question

    Hi! I am about to build the garden coop from gardencoop.com that looks like this with the polycarbonate roofing going across the whole top: It looks like from the pictures and plans that there is about 8 inches clearance between the roof and the top of the coop - it is otherwise open for...
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    Chick peeping NONSTOP!! and are they supposed to sleep at night??

    I was on here searching the forums at 4 this morning because I had been kept awake all night by one of my week old EE chicks, peeping as loud as it possibly could INCESSANTLY - it literally never stopped from 8pm until about 5:30am and then will stop for maybe a minute or less then start back up...
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    I have 2 chick poo questions. . .

    1) I recently added two EE chicks to my other 4 silkie chicks that are 4 weeks old. The new chicks are about a week old right now. Both of them have really watery poo I noticed today. I've seen them poop from what looks like melted chocolate to what looks like nothing but water, almost clear...
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    Can you add an older silkie to younger chicks?

    Right now I am having a really hard time making a decision - I currently have 4 silkie chicks (around 4 weeks old) and 2 EE chicks (a little less than a week old) that are sexed from the feed store. They are all good friends which is so cute! My chicken operation will be a bit on the covert...
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    Is this normal pecking order behavior in chicks?

    So the past couple of days have been probably stressful for my birds which is why I'm wondering if they are doing this or they are just being normal. I had 7 silkies between the ages of 3-4 weeks, gave three to a friend yesterday (which included the top chicken in their brooder pecking order...
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    How to acclimate chicks to outside heat?

    I have some silkie chicks about 3-4 weeks old that I got from a lady about a week and a half ago. She told me when I got them that about now I could actually start keeping them outside about now (because it is so hot here in Houston, mid-nineties). I can't do that full time because our run and...
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    Is it normal for chicks to get stuck on their backs???

    So I had an interesting night last night. . . At around 2am, I started hearing the loudest, squawking peeps. In my half awake state, I actually was not concerned because I recognized the obnoxious voice as one of my chicks who will randomly make lots of noise. But it continued and didn't stop...
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    Should I keep my chicks or get adult birds??

    I am a complete chicken beginner, so bear with me. . . For a long time, my husband and I have wanted chickens, especially silkies. We've been planning for them, designing a coop and run for them, researching lots, etc. Problem is, we live in an area where chickens are not explicitly allowed...
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