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What are some MUST have's or some DO NOT's for a coop that you have learned through trial & error?? I bought a childs playhouse & plan to turn it in to my first coop. It looks like a miniature house with a peaked, shingled roof (my pic won't load!! GRR) It is a 6foot square & 6foot floor to...

I helped a neighbor with her broody hen tonight. She was sitting on 17 eggs!! The eggs are absolutely not fertilized but she wants to know if she can still eat them?? Going over to check on the hen tomorrow. We got her out of her "nest" and up in to the hen house (it's only 1 chicken, she has...

Chicken math has bit me & decided today we'd get another chick or two. We brought home 4. One of them had pasty butt, we soaked it off & it seems as though her vent is protruding some. Shes been eating, drinking & pooping (plenty of poop in the few hours we've had her) I'm not real sure what...

I've been reading & reading trying to figure out what to do with Tumbles flock. We have 8 1 week old chicks (1 buff orpington, an Australope (sp), a Bluff Rock, an Americana and 3 easter eggers. A) build a coop. It wont be very large, but could possibly add on next year. I have some material...

Does anyone use regular poultry fence for their coops ? I didn't realize how expensive the galvanised stuff was but want to keep my chickens safe. What do you guys use?

I keep reading about how people put vinyl flooring for the floor of their coops, I have a question; Would it be possible to use the vinyl sheets like people use for walls in wet area? I believe they are sold in 4ish X 8ish sections (like plywood size) and are not very expensive. Could this...

Its getting nicer here in Indiana, can I let Tumbles & the flock play out side? I have something I can put them in with an open bottom & top to corral them.

Top to Bottom we have; Bemo, Fiona, Fudge, Lemondrop (who FLIES) Liberty Matilda ( who FLIES) Peepers, and TUMBLES ( shes asleep here. Tumbles likes to snuggle...alot) Its weird, but I love these chicks like they were my BABIES. Coming up with a coop we hope will be predator proof, I cannot...

Hi, I found this site because "google" kept suggesting it for chicken information. I love how much information there is all in one place. We are very excited about our chicks. We live in Indiana, we have 4 kids, 6 cats, 1 bunny and now a flock of chickens :) My BF brought home 1 baby chick the...

My boyfriend brought home a Rhode Island Red chick today. I have been talking about having chickens someday, but we're not quite ready for her. I am hoping some of you can help us figure out how to care for her (and others when we expand our flock). I love "tried & true" methods & am hoping to...