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I turned an old children's play house into a coop this spring. Now that its getting colder I'm thinking its will need some work. It's got 3 empty " windows" that I put chain screen over on 3 sides to stop any animals from getting in, the walls are made from boards and you can see through the...

This spring we got a barred rock rooster (adult, age unknown) as a "rescue" from a bad situation, a week later we got a what I believe to be, a gold sex link hen from a suburban "pet" home. The two bonded quickly. A few weeks later someone asked me to take "4" chickens they didn't want anymore...

Within a week of each other I adopted a barred rock Roo that had been kept in unsatisfactory conditions and a RR hen that had been kept as a solo pet for some children. They took to each other instantly and for the 2 months we've had them, learned to free roam and follow me around the yard as...

Came out of a brown egg. Only one that hatched so the neighbors gave it away. No idea on parents. About 2- 2 1/2 weeks I believe. Any idea what color it might end up? Wings and tail look white but looks like some body feathers starting have white and brown/ tan...

We recently got a Roo and hen from different sources (about 2-3 weeks ago) full grown, rooster is missing his tail feathers (people we got him from said he plucked from being confined), they look like there growing back though. Hen looked in perfect condition, I just notice today that she is...

So a few weeks ago we adopted an abused Barred Rock Roo. A few days later an out of town friend dropped off her RIR hen that has been a solo city pet. Then about a week after that our neighbors gave us a few day old chick that was their single success at trying to incubate a couple dozen chicken...

I'm trying to become as self sufficient as possible. That includes growing feed for chickens, rabbits and a pair of geese. I was thinking of growing sunflowers for seeds, a small plot of oats, barley, alfalfa, and Timothy hay. I also have a garden of many veggies and there will be scraps. I plan...

Here is the coop design i made last year. I dont have chickens but just moved to an acre lot and can have some. This idea was thought up when i lived in the city with a large back yard, while i admit that when i first moved i had bigger and better ideas, ive since then decided to start small and...