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    Easter Egger - Roo or hen?

    This is our 11 week old Easter Egger. I'm a little concerned that she is actually a rooster based on the tail length compared to our other chickens and that nice long mane coming in around her neck. S/he has a very short comb, but I believe easter egger roosters don't get a large comb? (Could be...
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    Same hen keeps getting pecked at by all the others

    It started when she was 3 weeks - they pecked at her tail feathers until she developed a sore there. We pulled her and let it heal. We found the issue was overcrowding in the brooder and fixed that. Now the birds are all around 10weeks and out in the 15x15ft run (12 pullets in all) and 8x4ft...
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    How did you waterproof your nest boxes?

    We are having trouble figuring out how to waterproof the nest boxes where the lid gets hinged to the coop (our lid opens upward). There is a gap there even with the shingles. We constructed it by making the nest box frame, covering with plywood at an angle on the sides, and placing a plywood lid...
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    I need help :( can't figure out coop layout

    Our coop is 8x4. Here is a drawing of it... I can't figure out where / how to fit roosting bars for 10-12 chickens. We have 12 chicks now. Willing to rehome 2 to make this work but I'd rather not. I have 6 feet of wall space on the wall that the pop door is on. Or I can do some sort of...
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    Huge progress on our coop and run this week :) *pics*

    So this was our progress as of a week ago... And here it is today! 15×15 run with 2 ft hardware cloth skirt. Hubby and stepdad were working on the door as I was leaving for work. All that's left is half the roof. And then it's back to finishing the coop...door, windows, nest box walls and...
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    What do you do with a chicken that doesn't lay well anymore?

    We are raising chickens for eggs - never really thought about what to do with the layers that are past their prime in the egg-laying department. I mean how long does a full size chicken live? How often will we need to replace hens (every 2 years?) We don't have space for more chickens, so.....
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    How maintenance free is sand in the run?

    Building a 15x15' run. Wondering if sand is the way to go since unfortunately the run is located at the bottom of a little hill and thus will get some rain water in there. How high do you build up the sand and how maintenance free is it really? Am I going to have to sift through it daily, weekly...
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    All 'Bout Chickens Horizontal Waterer Question

    She has buckets for sale on her website "in 2, 4 and 6 nipple configurations". If I buy the largest bucket (3 gallons) does it already have 6 nipples attached or do I have to buy those separately?Thanks! How do you all like these? Are they overpriced ($45 for I guess one that's already set...
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    Can you place roosting bars over the nest boxes?

    I have an 8x4 coop. The three nest boxes take up four feet of a long wall. Can I run roosting bars overhead of the nesting boxes across the short wall? I can't figure out where else to place them :( the other end of the coop has the pop door, window and my access door so there's no good place...
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    what to do about these 1" gaps in the coop eaves?

    After putting the roof on the coop, we found we have a 1" gap pretty much all the way around the eaves. Is this going to be an issue with predators or can I leave it uncovered? The coop sits 2 feet off the ground on 4x4s. It just seems like such a tedious task to cut and mount wire all around...
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    Please share your pop door photos!

    I'm looking to build a pop door on a pulley system to remote access it from outside the run. I've never built something like this so if you all could show me pictures of how yours is set up, I'd really appreciate it! We aren't doing an automatic door opener (husband will kill me if I spend...
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    Can someone tell me if these are roosters?

    They are both almost four weeks old and I'm concerned about the way they are developing that they are male. Can anyone weigh in on this? The black one is very dominant and always chasing the others.
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    3 week old buff orp pecked by other chicks. Help!

    I have 12 three week old pullets in our 4'x2.5' brooder. There is one pullet that has always been friendlier than the rest. She's the only one that will come check us out while we are sitting next to the brooder and the only one that lets us hold her without freaking out. Other than that, she's...
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    Should I paint this coop?

    This is our coop so far! I'm very proud of myself haha. I got a ton of salvage privacy fence panels for free from a local fencing company and used the panels for the wood siding (talk about tedious...removing old nails, measuring and cutting each board!) Originally I had planned to paint the...
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    Show Me Your Pretty OSB Coops! I need ideas :(

    We have a monsterous 8x4x6 foot coop that we are building right now and the thing looks hideous covered in OSB. I'm looking for insipration on ways to make it more attractive, because you can see this huge rectangle thing from the road and it's an eye sore. It sits off the ground on 2ft 4x4...
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    is my coop big enough (specifics described)

    I have 2 RIRs, one buff orpington, one white Plymouth rock, and one australorp. The coop we are building is 4x4 feet with three nesting boxes attached off the main square. The coop square is 4 feet high with a 2 foot pitched roof on top of that. Their daytime run is 12x12x6 feet high. Is the...
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    Chicken staggering, legs blue after foraging in yard last night for first time

    I let all 5 chicks out (9 weeks old) to forage for an hour in the yard for the first time last night. Didnt notice any plants that would be an issue but im not an expert. Just went to check on them in their temporary enclosure and both RIRs were laying with their feet splayed out and had...
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    Can i use hardware cloth and then chicken wire higher up?

    I'm building a 6' tall run. We do have raccoons in the area. Is it possible to use hardware cloth for the lower three feet of the run and then chicken wire for the top three feet and roof? Or will the raccoons still be able to get through the chicken cloth three feet up? Thanks!
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