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It will be flush to the wall.

It is not a sharp angle I do not know off the top of my head. But I would say 20 degree. Also, If I am expecting them to lay in about 1 month, when should I place the box in their coop?

Thanks guys. Hopefully they will use it

Hi everyone, I put together this nesting box out of scraps I had around. In hindsight it looks kind of small. Measurments are 12"x12" 10" in the front 12" in the back. my girls will be laying in about a month so they've no experience with nesting boxes. What do yoy guys think? Is it big enough...

Thank you everybody! I am going to go with Leghorns because they do seem rather flighty by nature, which is as described for the breed.

Yes I will take one later.. when yoh say earlobe shot do yoy mean a close up of their ear region?

Born 9/10/14

Hi can you please help with my the id of these chickens?

So, when they are similar age and size is it easier to add new birds to an already very small flock of 2? I will section off their very large coop when the 5 new birds are...

They were in the barn in one of the extra stalls for our horses. We renovated a shed outdoors into a coop and were planning on (well we did move the 2 survivors) on moving the flock last Saturday. We ordered a few more chicks that are due in 2 weeks. The 2 gals that are left seem to be pretty...

Hi everybody. Some tragic news. The flock we had (about 3 weeks old) started exploring like Ferdinan Magellan. VERY inquisitive, hyper, and persistent on being let out. We had them in our barn with the horses in one of the larger vacant stall. Last thursday a mean storm passed through, and a...

UPDATE*** Hi everybody. Some tragic news. The flock started exploring like Ferdinan Magellan. VERY inquisitive, hyper, and persistent on being let out. We had them in our barn with the horses in one of the larger vacant stall. Last thursday a mean storm passed through, and a window blew open...

So does having a rooster actively mating with the hens does that affect in any way the eggs the hens will lay? Taste? Anything like that?

Yes guys jusy clarifying. . 13 hens 1 rooster.

Thanks. Fed them meal worms today and they certainly enjoyed the treat. Will continue to be vocal when feeding and hand feed regularly.

Hi, So we just got 14 chicks delivered 1 week ago. They grow bigger by the day and at first were very tolerable of human contact and did not mind when we would come into their stall. Now they are very tentative and will run away when we go in to feed the etc. Hate when we try to pick them up...

) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? yes- 10 days ago (2) How many chickens do you have right now?- 14 (3) What breeds do you have?- I believe light brown leghorn and 1 black sex link rooster (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?- friend (5) What...