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    Hardware cloth in sand?

    Help please : ). I am still confused about how to secure a hardware cloth apron/skirt into the sand? All the threads and photos I can find show the apron staked into grass or dirt. If I attach the wire to the bottom of the coop and run frame, do I then just lay the apron unto the sand? What...
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    Paper towels in brooder

    Hi. Is there any reason I should not keep using paper towels in my brooder box? I change them 2 times a day. Is there a reason to transition to sand or pine shavings before the chicks go from the brooder box to the coop/run? Thank you.
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    Height of premier 1 brooder plate

    Newbie. My 3 chicks got here 5 hours ago. One is a partridge silkie, one is a red sex linked hen and the biggest one is a black sex linked hen. The silkie and red stay under the brooder plate, come out to eat and go back afterwards but I am noticing that the black one stays on the edge. I Have...
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    Hardware cloth attached to bottom of coop/run?

    Hi all: Newbie. I created a fully enclosed section out of my side yard and filled it with about 8 inches of construction grade sand (or river sand). There are wood gates on either end and walls on both sides. The area is about 4 feet wide by 20 feet long. I place 1/4 hardware cloth under the...
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    Noisette, Coquette and Loulette

    Hi All: A lifelong dream for this city/suburban girl from French farming roots: We are getting 3 baby chicks tomorrow! One black sex linked (Noisette), one red sex linked (Loulette) and one silkie mystery (praying for a hen: Coquette ; ). They are actually being hand delivered by this really...
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