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Hi! Maybe this isn't too big a deal, but my husband just built a new coop, and we decided on a litter tray with roost space above that, three feet off the ground with a ladder going up to it. We first put 2 roost bars about six or seven feet long each level with each other just on top of the...

A while back I had posted not knowing the breeds of my chicken and roosters a friend had given me. It seems that the rooster is a Rhode Island White or White Plymouth Rock since he has red earlobes. But I am positive I don't see any red on the pullet's ear lobes and thought she was a White...

Hello! I have five two and a half week-old chicks that I am not absolutely sure what they are. The batch I got was mixed brown-egg layers, and I am pretty sure I had six barred rocks, five RIR's, and then these 5 guys. Two were very, very pale yellow when I first got them, two were slightly...

Hi!! I am still learning the ropes of this chicken-raising business! So I have a question: What do you think this pretty chicken is? Male or female? She/he is six weeks and a day today. I purchased them, as so many have, as all pullets at a day old. I am pretty sure the other five are female...

What got me...finally...started on chickens was my friend's friend needed to rehome her adolescent chickens due to her father's health issues. She gave my friend six, who gave us four. She claimed they are "Long Island Reds" and are all female. I know little about breeds, granted, but they...

Hello! I am a stay-at-home mother of seven children ranging in age from 11 to 28. I have wanted chickens for a long, long time, but knew unless we had a coop ready it wouldn't be wise. The kids have begged for years, and I really want fresh eggs. However, my husband has virtually no time to...