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    New Chicks with Existing Flock

    We have 12 new 8 week old chicks being introduced to our 6 month old existing flock of (1 rooster, 5 hens). We moved them into the coop brooder for one week then let them into the flock, they are treated nicely but they tend to stay far from the other chickens, will this eventually end and they...
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    New Chicks into Existing Flock

    We have 12 new 8 week old chicks being introduced to our 6 month old existing flock of (1 rooster, 5 hens). We moved them into the coop brooder for one week then let them into the flock, they are treated nicely but they tend to stay far from the other chickens, will this eventually end and they...
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    Slickly Chicken Bridge

    Getting the chickens up to the poop shelf I created this chicken bridge that folds up (makes it easier to clean) however I was wondering, how have you all made your inclines less slick to walk up for them? Mine they can run up just fine, but coming down they are much slower and slide a bit. I...
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    Question: can the brooder be too big?

    picking up first chicks today, I have a brooder I built and read that basically every two weeks or so you should increase the size of the brooder; but Is there a reason why they cannot just have the full size of the brooder right away?
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    New member and new homesteader family

    Thank you all for this group! Last year moved out into the country to begin more of a homestead lifestyle which naturally is anchored around our desire for chickens. Our family of four here in Ohio is picking up our chicks in the next few weeks. Couple is in the works (building myself, first...
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    Bones of a Coop

    Before I list the other details, what is everyone’s suggestion on making a coop structurally sound for wind as the main environmental factor. When talking about bones of the coop, let’s not set off the warning bells but I am talking structure lol. I have just put the posts in this weekend and...
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