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Okay, I have found plenty on adding babies to an already established flock of older girls...but I am interested in doing the opposite. I have five 8 week old girls, and I am interested in getting two hens that are already laying age to add to the flock since I have coop space and want a...

Okay folks, here it is! The only thing we may change is the "door", right now it is just chicken wire we stretch over nails. We don't have critters, and they are inside another six foot fence, so we think it is is "okay" for now. Here is what we spent: $40 on wood, $30 on three sheets of...

Okay, my seven week old girls just moved out to their coop/run. Today was the first day that I let them out into the run. It took them about 30 min to decide they would fly out of the coop and down into the run. The bravest girl was the first out and the others followed not long after...

Well, after chasing escaped chickens around my house two days in a row, I moved the brooder outside. They are six weeks old, and all feathered except their bums. They are still in the brooder (we are finishing the coop this weekend) and on the screened in porch. It is about 80-85 during the day...

We are building our coop and run from pallets and reclaimed wood. Here are some pictures of the progress so far. This is the first part of our progress...figuring it all out. We had three very long pallets, which we decided to use as the fencing to close off this square section of the yard...

Okay, the space I am putting the coop and run is already closed on 3 sides. Two sides are the house, the 3rd is a 6ft tall privacy fence. This leaves me one side to close in (about 10-11 feet long). How best to do this? We are renting, so I don't want to permanently attach something to the house...

The two most dominate girls (who are 5 weeks old today) are jumping at me like they do the other girls. I take them outside and they jump at each other and then try to jump and peck at me. What gives? I didn't think I was in the pecking order.

Okay, I felt sure that some yummy meal worms and some other goodies (ultra kibble and some veggies) would bring my almost 5 week old girls running to me. Well, one of them pecked me so hard I dropped a hand full in there, then they just pecked at it and didn't eat any of it. Any one have...

Today the girls are 4 weeks old, and I took all of them outside into the fenced in area of the backyard while my son was taking a nap (chasing chickens and a one year old was not in my plan today). Here are some pictures: (But let me throw in a question too. One or two of my chicks have runny...

Okay, so our 8 girls are about 3 and 1/2 weeks old. Today they really started to make a ruckus, and I finally was able to peek around the corner and see what they are doing without them seeing me first. They are having Chicken Fight Club...I swear. There is one in particular that keeps trying...

Okay, I have 2 barred rocks in my little flock. One is growing slower and has shorter feathers. I would like to prepare myself if this is a roo, just so I have time to re-home or prepare for freezer camp. I also would like to have the opportunity to maybe pick up one extra chick from TSC or...

I have 8 chicks. All of them seem to be growing feathers at about the same rate (they are 18 days old) across the breeds (4 EEs, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Black Austras). Except one little one. One of the Barred Rocks is not feathering at the same rate, or rather the feathers are shorter than her...

My chicks are so cute. :) We ordered eight chicks from Myers. They shipped Tues afternoon and got here Thurs morning. Not too bad, and all of them were alive on arrival. The post office let me come get them before they opened, which was nice. I was worried about one but after some TLC and...

We ordered 8 chicks from Meyer's. 4 "Easter Eggers" (hoping for some interesting looking girls), 2 Black Australorpes, and 2 Barred Rocks. One of each is for my mom's chicken tractor (so she will have 3) and then 3 of the EEs, and one each of the other 2 are staying at home with me. We are...

Has anyone placed an order with Cackle Hatchery? I am going to be placing a small order with them, of the Town/City specials. They will allow you to order 3, 5, or 10 pullets at a time and they pack them with heat pads or whatever is needed for that time of year so that they will stay warm...

Okay, so I am thinking about doing a solar light for our coop when I build it next month. I am wondering if anyone uses solar power for this purpose. I found a light here...

My family has decided to take the plunge and get some chickens. We live in the middle of town (like behind the grocery...literally the middle of town). We have a large yard, but we can not free range due to being where we are. However, I have an area that is fenced in with privacy fence. The...