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I have 2 young cockerels that are about 4 1/2 mos old. They are both English Orps and are getting to be pretty good sized. About 6 weeks ago, the biggest (Tom), started harassing his pullet hatch mates. I put him and the other cockerel in with my older hens, who knocked some since into them...

About a 1 1/2 yrs ago DH & I started reworking our barn into an open air coop. It took a while to complete it, but I loved it once it was finished. I had saved some stalls for future horses, but I've since come to the conclusion that due to my RA, it is very doubtful that I will be able to have...

I'm in the beginning stages of redoing my coop. I have a 30 x 30 barn that I am redoing into 6 10 x 10 coops with a 10 x 30 aisle down the center. I have taken down the North wall and had planned on replacing it with new siding. I was going to enclose the entire end, with a door in the middle...

I picked these up today at Atwoods. I need to see if ya'll can help me id them. I got 6 chicks, three of each type. They are supposed to be pullets, so hopefully no roos. First set: They are fat little puff balls. The tip of their wings are a beige color. Their over all color is more...

I'm wanting a variety of chickens and the ones that I want will not all come in at the same time. I thought I read somewhere on BYC that you can mix different aged chicks together as long as they were 4 weeks or less. Is this true? Also, would it be ok to mix chicks from different...

DH and I have been working on our chicken coop/run the last few weeks. Progress is slow since we only have occasional weekends to work on it. We live in East Texas where the summers are hot, 100+ and the winters usually get into the 20's a few times. We're converting two stalls in our barn...

I'm in the process of building my coop. I plan on putting my nests on the wall with outside access for egg gathering. I picked up some plastic dish tubs at Walmart to line them with. They measure 11 1/4" wide and 13 3/4" long and 5 1/2" deep, inside the tub. Outside measurements are 12 1/2 wide...