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I am building a covered 12x12 enclosed area with a roof on top of the whole thing, three sides have 4 ft of galvanized tin on the bottom half and hardware cloth 2 1/2 ft to the roof. 4th side will be hardware cloth only. I live in sunny FL. Inside this are I will attach a roost bar and...

I want to build a run for my chickens but have no carpentry skills. Anyone have a how to frame a run for dummies video or step by step pics? I have quickcrete, 4x4 posts, 10 foot 2x4s and 2x6s, nails and hammer, hardware cloth and smaller chicken wire (for the top of the run), and a willing...

I'm in the panhandle of FL and want to find out what others do with hatching by incubator in humid FL. I hatch in a LG still air bator with temp btw 100-102. I try to keep humidity around 35% until day 19 when I up to around 65%. I use shipped eggs. My issue is that out of 24 eggs I might get...

Sorry, that build and sell coops and that lists by state or area? Thanks! I'm in NW FL.

I have a very weak newborn chick that I've given electrolytes to but I don't have grogel to give it. It seems to weak to eat and isn't walking around or moving much. Anything homemade I can do?

I would also consider a pullet or chick from each in stead also. I can travel to pick up in the surrounding states as I'm having terrible luck with shipped eggs. Thanks!

I received some shipped eggs and one was broken with yolk on half the other eggs. It's dried one and a little smelly. I know you aren't supposed to wash eggs but what do I do in this instance? Thanks!

I'm a single mom with very basic building skills and I need to build a coop. I live in a part of FL that I don't have to worry about cold but need to protect from heat, rain and wind. My backyard has an 8 ft privacy fence so predators aren't an issue. I was thinking about doing a loose brick...

I'm 5 1/2 weeks old! Thanks!!!

I candled tonight at day 3 (I know it's early but . . . ) I see the air sac area and then I see dark blobs with no veining at the top end in the air sac area. Are my eggs developing or is that the yolk sac I am seeing? These eggs came from MT and I am in FL and they were not cracked in...

I'm confused because I have read two differing opinions on when to put eggs in incubator after having arrived by mail. One said wait a few days and the other said let come to room temperature and put in. Anyone have some tried and true directions for hatching by incubator mail order eggs...

I know blueberry bushes like nitrogen but would the soil be too hot if I planted bushes around the coop and part of the run? Has anyone had experience good or bad they'd be willing to share? I want to share the berries with the chickens but I'm concerned with burnt roots or so much foliage...