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What kind of wheat are you using? Winter wheat? Plain old wheat? The guy at the feed store suggested a Jerry Oat?? (sp).

So, apparently everyone in Western NY is out of Barley until August. What other seed are you folks using for fodder???

I want to start growing some fodder, but I can't find Barley! My local feed store & TSC don't carry it. Where does everyone get their seeds?

How high off the floor should I hang my watering nipples?

The rod across the middle of the coop is an old shower curtain rod, it's about 1 foot up, they roost on it. Not sure if they are sleeping up there, but all of them get up there at one time or another. Fatmore, my Leghorn, and Cheeseball, my sons Red are the main ones to hang out on it.

My Red Stars, Leghorns and one Araucana (sp?) are happy in their bigger abode! The garage is finally warm enough for them, I think the heat lamp is done except at night, they aren't huddling at all, except to sleep.

At what age can we start giving our chicks unused greens?

I'm planning to have chicken wire on top to keep the birds out. This should be interesting, considering I have foxes, Hawks, and coyotes in the yard on any given day...

We have Nugget, Cheeseball, Fluffette, Fatmore, Cupcake, Starlee, Kung Pow, and some interesting others that I can't remember yet. My 5 & 7 year olds and the neighbor kids named them, LOL.

Thanks! I was concerned. We have plenty of breeze! It's always breezy up here! The run will be a triangle, with a shade on top, so if the hens want some sun, they can get it, but if not, they can be shaded.

I'm debating putting my chicken coop alongside some pine trees. Any disadvantages? On the plus side, there's 2 apple trees there, but will the pine needles make the soil too acidy for the birds?

Got our chicks! 6 Leghorns, 5 Red Stars, and an Ameraucana!

I am in the process of building my coop, and I went to Home Depot for supplies and found this... http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?CatName=Outdoor&SubcatId=BigMaxFamily&Prod_ID=RP091372 On clearance for $325!!!! So I'm trying to figure out if I should just buy it and...

I am in the process of building my coop, and I went to Home Depot for supplies and found this... http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?CatName=Outdoor&SubcatId=BigMaxFamily&Prod_ID=RP091372 On clearance for $325!!!! So I'm trying to figure out if I should just buy it and...

Thanks everyone!

Hello all! This is going to be my first time owning chickens. Work relocated my family this past August from the suburbs of Detroit, to the country south of Buffalo, NY. My wife and I immediately started talking about getting chickens. So within the next couple of weeks, I'll be building a...