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Not sure what the temp is inside the coop. I need to get a thermometer in there to tell you for certain but I can tell you this, we have a temp regulator on the heat lamp inside the coop that kicks the lamp on as soon as temps drop below 30*. It has not turned off in weeks because the temps have...

Hi all. So, this is our first winter with chickens and we are so lost as to what to do. ALL of our hens (all 7 of them) have frostbite on their combs. Some are worse than others and some are even losing the tips of their combs now. They look awful and we feel terrible! The upper portion of our...

Ohhhh no! We're not very prepared to have a cockerel... I really love these little birdies. I'm going to have to do some studying now... Thank you. Any idea what breed of bantam "he" is?

Ours has always been much smaller than the other birds we have as well. She has always been so very sweet too and a little timid even but lately, not so much. Not sure what is going on with her if she's actually a she. I wonder what would cause her to become so aggressive all of a sudden? Like I...

Ok, we have one Bantam chick that is now acting very rooster-like! We are so new to this though that we have no idea if she is just more aggressive than the others, or if SHE truly is a HE. We had two bantams but unfortunately one did not make it so we have nothing to compare "her" to. She is...

Thanks for your help everyone! Sounds like we'll be making some modifications this wknd! Have a great day :)

Sorry about the confusion. They will be free ranging in the yard for the most part but we have built a run as well that is 9x4 for the occasional times when they won't be out and about. Thank you for answering!

We are very new to the whole chicken raising thing and though we are very excited and enthusiastic about the whole process, we have no idea what we're doing! So, here is what we have so far... Our coop (which does not have nesting boxes yet as we are still building it!) is 4'x4'. Our run is...