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Nice! I'm hoping they hatch a few of there own to replenish themselves. I'm assuming the RIR rooster will have breeding rights as he has put the barred rock rooster in his place. I'm very curious what the chicks will look like.

Ha, yeah actually I have one barred rock rooster and one RIR rooster and two of each hens. And one silver Wyandotte. I was going to get rid of one of the roosters, but they seem to be getting along for now. Keeping my eyes out. Maybe when my flock grows they will each have their own hens.

Nice papas, yeah the loft is a little small (3 sq ft a bird) but the run is actually 12 a bird if I did the math right (it's 8.5 ft x 10 ft , that's 12 something right?). The plan is to free range them using electric netting during the day and eventually have a paddock system that I can rotate...

Ha, I knew I would get some great advice posting here! Will def do the lip on the nest boxes, I remember seeing some like that, didn't think that was important, but I get it now. As for the hardware cloth, yes I'm in Louisiana so opossums and coons are an issue, but I have a coon dog that roams...

I just finished building my hen house to house my 5 hens. I wanted to build to something that would be movable and yet also substantial enough to give them shelter in the winter. I guess the whole bottom is really a "run" and the loft would be considered the "coop". I used a lot of re-purposed...

so far here is my coop. There is a roost on the back wall that you cant really see in the picture. first off keep in mind that I have been raising meat bird for the past couple of years and this is my first attempt at starting my laying flock. My original idea was to enclose the back top portion...

Here is a YouTube video of my chicks playing with a piece of grass.

I have a somewhat random question. I am in the research phase of starting a flock. Looking forward to raising open range natural birds. I was curious how far chickens roam from thier house. My neighbors are about a football field away and I'm just curious if they will wander that far or not? Any...