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Composting? How long does your bedding have to sit before it is suitable for placing on my garden. I am a newbie to chickens and I keep hearing how wonderful chicken manure is for my garden. Any information is appreciated.

How far below the roost bar do you typicall place the poop board. My birds have been in their coop for about 5 weeks, and man do they poop a lot inside. I want to make a pan out of light guage aluminum and hang it from the roost bar. Just didnt know how low to mount it. Any information is...

Coop and Run I am going to say close to $800. Looked at a lot of pre-built coops. Copied a lot of their ideas. Smaller coops pre-built in our area were running around $850 - $900. I used rough sawed lumber to keep some cost down. Sheet products like plywood and T-111 are expensive. Good Luck!

This is my first year raising chickens. Just finished my coop and run. It was a lot of work but a ton of fun. I live in upstate NY and have decided to not heat my coop. Finished coop and run. 6'x6' coop with run area of 6'x14'. We are painting in the Spring.

When would I expect to hear crowing if it is a Rooster?

Same Bird I posted 3 weeks Ago. way bigger comb than the other birds. Rooster or a hen? Still wondering...

I am looking for a feeder to transition from the brooder to my new coop. My coop is 6ft. x 6ft. I have (6) barred rock hens. Looking for a hanging feeder with a 5 - 8 pound capacity, the smallest I have seen so far is 14 pounds. I don't want to take up a ton of space in the coop for the feeder...

Way more comb and a lot more aggressive than the rest of the girls. Rooster or hen. Any guesses.

Zip tie and Gorilla Tape, that stuff is amazing.

Been following BYC forum since picking up my (6) Barred Rock hens May 1. The girls are out of the basement and into a larger brooder made from a very sturdy shipping crate, I picked up from a job site. Installed some casters so it can be moved around to allow access to stuff in the garage. So...

Thank you all for the feed back, I will be sure to ventilate my new coop.

How much ventilation is there in your sisters coop?

Its that time to start to build my coop. I have (6) Barred Rocks that will need their permanent home fairly soon at the rate they are growing. The plan is for a 6'x8' coop with 8'x10' outside run. Based on our weather in Upstate NY(north of Albany) do I need to insulate the coop? Seen most of...

My Chicks are 2 weeks old should I introduce some type of roosing bar for them, or is that somthing that should only be in thier final coop. Any information is appreciated.

Thank you all for the advice. I will be sure to use this forum often as i get further into my chicken raising.

It is my first time raising chickens. Whats the deal with my chicks filling the water tray with bedding material. Should I raise the water bottle off the bottom of container I am raising them in. Any help is appreciated.