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So maybe I'm overthinking things... I have looked at lots of coop+run examples to see how people build their walls. I see many people are installing 2x4's with the wide face out, so they can install the wire on the inside-facing side of the board to hide seems. This is very aesthetic, and I...

I heard delawares can lay XL eggs, so I picked up some straight from TSC just for a trial run before I went and dropped "breeder money". I normally raise and breed Marans for SOP, but I'm looking for a good fit for me for a dedicated "egg layer only" flock. Well, besides from discovering that...

I ordered some chicks from a hatchery and received them on Friday. They were in very bad shape (appeared dead on arrival). I brought back 4 by slowly warming them up and they have been healthy and active since. Today, I came home and my roommate told me that one of my chicks had some white...

Ok, they aren't COOPS, but I still need to build me some and am considering ideas. In two weeks, I'm taking my entire adult flock to a swap to sell. (I am changing breeds.) The problem is -- I don't have any crates, and I don't like the idea of shoving them all into dog crates. It would be a...

I wasn't sure if this was best put in the Baby Chicks forum or here. I live in Louisiana and outdoor temps range between just below freezing in the dead of winter to 110 degrees in the summer. It tends to run warmer year round. I am building a custom brooder that I would like to have left...

A week ago I hatched a single ayam cemani chick. It was born very small and extremely sticky. For the first 3 days, it was blind because it's eye lids were glued shut. He has a foot that curls inward and walks on his (knees?), but doesn't have a huge problem getting around. My biggest...

Hello everyone! I'm doing my very first incubation attempt and I'm getting very confused by what I'm seeing, versus what the great internet tells me I should be seeing. First off: I messed up, and placed orders from EBay (because, why not), but it was right before USPS decided they weren't...

I have a rooster problem. I bought my mom some chicks to be "her" chickens, and ALL of them (save one) is a rooster. I gave away two of my own roosters, but that still leaves me with a buff polish roo, two buff orpingtons roos, and a buff silkie roo. And because I can't seem to learn my...

Chicken: Blue hen, no idea of breed. Less than a year old, began laying regularly a month ago. Fed laying pellets, gets access to scratch as enrichment (I toss it all over the run for them to look for) Has access to oyster shell Free access to clean water Symptoms: Lethargic, non-vocal, staying...