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  1. Sungrove Farmstead

    The Hen House is complete!

    I am very excited to share my shed/coop conversion -- I sectioned off nearly half the shed for the coop, and the rest will get some actual built-in storage eventually for all the animal and garden items. I have never built something this big, I did most of our last coop after my husband did...
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    Chick Heating pad?

    So...apparently I am raising baby chicks indoors now (weren't planning to this year) - my last 3 broodies are being mean to chicks (one had all of her eggs taken after killing 2 chicks) so now I am removing chicks as they hatch because I don't have an incubator but I'm not risking losing more...
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    Help! Mom pecking at baby chick

    I heard peeping outside, and went out to find a chick in the underneath run of my elevated coop - I hadn't moved hens yet, I didn't think they were so close to hatching! But I think what happened was mom kicked her out of the nest box or something - I found a different hen in her box, and her...
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    Faverolle with multi-colored eyes?

    I noticed today that one of our fav Faverolles has a multi-colored eye! I have never known chickens to have weird eyes, normal? Cause it’s pretty cool
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    Half Wyandotte, half ??

    My faverolle successfully hatched and is doing good with “her” 5 chicks, though she most likely stole most of her eggs - 1 baby is a barred rock cross, but any guess what these guys are? Rooster is a black Wyandotte, hens could be: Faverolle, Rhode Island Red, Wyandotte (I think) based on the...
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    Roosters & their own Chicks

    It dawned on me - I have a broody hatching chicks, from our rooster...so now he will have some of his own babies around...how does everyone handle inbreeding? Do you get rid of the rooster and get a new one from an outside flock?
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    Help? Hen sitting on eggs

    Hey all! I have a hen sitting on some eggs and dumb, but I'm not sure what to do lol -- she is on the floor of the elevated coop (it's clean, shavings, a fine place for now) and I plan to put her in the "seperation cage" as I call it (a big cage I made for transitioning pullets and such) with a...
  8. Sungrove Farmstead

    Painting/Color inside of coop

    Turning part of a wood shed into a coop, one of my questions (to myself) is "what color will I paint it, should I paint it at all?" We currently use a large tractor/small coop and I painted the inside red just like the outside and honestly, it looks great - I know some people warn about red...
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    Leg bands ??

    I really need a way to identify the girls, I can't tell them all apart anymore but they are free range and leg bands make me nervous for some reason - for those who band, what do you use an what do you suggest? There seems to be so many mixed opinions out there I don't know what to do!
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    Height for roosts

    This seems like a dumb question, but there are none of those right? Lol When looking at putting in roosts to a walk-in coop, how do you decide how high to make them? I want lots of roosts, probably in the ladder-style, but if I make them very high up should I provide the chickens a way to get...
  11. Sungrove Farmstead

    Creating a half-shed coop from existing shed

    Hey all :) I am looking at converting 1/3ish of an existing shed (old but in good shape) into a coop, so we have more room for a run and it can be a walk-in -- I'm getting ready to start framing up the inside, does anyone have certain suggestions? I know I want to add a sliding window that can...
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    Hello all from Western Oregon

    Hello :) Not sure what all to say here so I'll answer some template questions :) (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Been around chickens (and many different farm animals) all my life and bought a house a few years ago to start a little "farmstead" as we call it of...
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