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    Anyone tried mesh over grassed lawn to protect it from scratching?

    Hello all. We like to free range our 7 hens. People keep telling us to fence them in but we’re wanting to persevere and try and adapt the garden for the chooks! Over these past few winter months the lawn has turned to almost mud. Has anyone tried attaching hardware cloth mesh or grass...
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    Check out the coop I built!

    Hey all, part-converted our garden shed here in the UK into a chicken coop. It’s raised off the floor of the shed so we don’t loose floor storage in the shed and it’s handy for keeping food under there too. It’s got two big doors on the inside for cleaning, one is removable. There’s a huge...
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    Brahmas & Buff Orpington's. Pullets or cockerels? (Pictures)

    Hi all! We've got 5 Brahmas that are 3 months old and 5 Buff Orpington's that are 2 months old. I've attached some pictures and wondered if anyone wanted to play the guessing game with us? Or is it still too early to tell? Here's the gallery, I've uploaded two photos of each chick at the same...
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    Older chick bullying younger chicks

    Hi there, wondered if anybody had any advice on this. We have 5x Brahma chicks that are 4 weeks old and 2x Orpington chicks that are 3 days old. Initially we had them all together for the first day we got them. But the older chicks kept pecking the younger ones and 90% of the time it was the...
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    Picked up 7 chicks today. Am I being paranoid?

    Hello all. We picked up five 4 week old brahmas and two 1 day old Orpington’s today. We’ve put them all together in our brooder (1x1 meter). We’ve got a 75W ceramic infrared bulb running and I keep getting paranoid that they’re not getting enough heat! It’s around 22C here outside during the...
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