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    Sometimes the help is not so helpy

    Sunday was a beautiful day here on Long Island, NY...so I decided to get caught up on some office work out in my back yard. Spent the next 30 minutes gently shoving 6 persistent hens out of my personal space. Accomplished approximately zero work. But boy, those girls are cute.
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    Six Hens, Not Quite One Brain

    My chicks are two months old and today they experienced their first real rainfall. Their options for dealing with the rain included: They could hang out inside the coop They could hang out under the coop They could hang out in the outdoor run, underneath the corrugated roofing They could...
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    Tour of our first coop

    I'm so excited, the coop is finally done and our 5 1/2 week old chicks have moved out of the house - woo hoo! Here are the features: In retrospect I would have made it bigger, it's just the minimum size for our 6 hens (30 square feet, including 6 sq. ft. of nesting box) Will be using deep...
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    Racoons, fox, hawks, snow - what's your experience building a secure run?

    Hi all, newbie here, first chicks arriving May 18. I have been poring over the forums and learning lots, but I am hoping to get some consolidated feedback from people in similar situations to mine as to the best methods for building a secure outdoor run. Here are my parameters: There will be...
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