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I set 11 eggs under my Buff Orpington on Tuesday. Does anyone else have the same hatch date or close to it that would like to go on this journey with me?

We have chicken wire for the roof right now with a couple tarps to keep one side dry.... Our problem is the tarps keep filling up and stretching the wire. The run is 12 x 15, I want it to be secure but I'm fresh out of ideas on how to get it covered!! HELP!!!

Our neighbors have decided to let their ferret out of their house daily, and last night we were woken up by one of our ladies screeching. Run out there and find this ferret tearing her up. I tried throwing a rocks at it but it kept going at her. So I ran and grabbed our sons BBgun and shot the...

I bought a Marans chick but the lady working at the shop couldn't tell me what coloring she is. The Marans is the one on the left with the black and silver colors. On the right is a Wellsummer I've also heard that the Marans are sopose to have feathers on their feet, but this one...

When I bought my chicks I checked with my landlord and neighbors. Everyone said "Great idea! I better get some eggs" Our neighbor has always come over to visit the chicks and play with them. Never once has she had a problem with them being out and about sometimes in her yard, but now she has...

Hey everyone! I just wanted to show off my coop/run to everyone! I got so much help from you guys, Thanks so very much! This is my Coop and Run combination :) the chainlink is 19ft x 12ft the wood coop is 5ft x 3ft where they lay and have an indoor roost and the playhouse is their "kitchen" and...

I have a large dog run at 19ft x 12ft for my 6 ladies, 228 sqft My new found chicken math tells me that means lots more birds can be housed here (If my husband caves . . . ) BUT my little coop is only 5ft x 3ft. I started off with only 4 birds so it would have been ok. Then I caught the chiken...

So I bought six hens early this spring. My white crested polish turned out to be a rooster so now I have this urge to allow some of our eggs to hatch. But I can't decide on which hen would cross best with him I have a white leghorn, black laced wyndotte, red orange and black EE, Golden sexlink...

I just bought my 4 chicks today and had planned on them living in their coop 24/7. We were planning on building a medium sized coop for them. After finding this site though and doing more research I'm thinking that I might have been wrong. Is it important for them to have access to a run. I live...