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Thanks guys! Should I shovel it all out and start over since there's flies? Or just fluff and add more carbon?

Hey! So I have been doing the DLM (I think) I may have too much nitrogen (grass clippings). It's typically very dry in Colorado but we've had an unusually wet spring and now I'm dealing with flies and all the deep litter is wet. I turned it the other day because the chickens haven't done much of...

Good morning everyone... so I had chosen to do the deep litter method in the run. I toss grass clippings, dead leaves,pine needles, weeds and the chickens dried poo from their coop. I'm finding it to be a very messy mistake. The chickens aren't turning it and mulching it like I expected so I did...

Thank you! It's been my project and it's finally gone from dream to reality. .. never thought we'd be relocating! We're going to California, I'd live to take it if I can but we're looking at town home living :/ I know when I was trying to find a pre made coop I would've loved the whole...

coop and chickens $900 – Colorado Springs Waiting for rain to end to finish painting!  JUST completed our chicken coop... we have four 8 week old chicks.  Just got news we are relocating for my job and can't find a place that we can bring our chickens with. No fresh eggs for us  Coop is...

Thank you so much. I recognized I needed to ask a little more for it. I've been getting some good interest on it. It's just tough being in limbo waiting to hear when we're moving.

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I need to sell. We just put an excess of $1000 into this (crazy!!) I've almost got a craigslist add that I can't attach. (Not sure why I can't get pictures to post on here.)

I'm having trouble attaching photos... I'll get on top of that right away. I'm in Colorado Springs.

Wondering if anyone can direct me to the proper thread: We JUST finished our coop and moved the babes out there two nights ago. However we just got news that my husband's job is relocating us and we have had hard luck finding a place that we can have chickens at. My first thought was to reach...

Chicks are 8 weeks old and as far as I can tell, fully feathered. They spent they're first might in the coop Lastnight. Temps were low 40s and i couldn't put a heat lamp out for them. (Not that I even thought they needed it) Sand floor in the coop. This morning they looked completely...

Good morning Colorado chicken friends! If I may, I'm wondering what you all would suggest for an organic food. We get our chicks this Friday! I found one nearby that sounded and looked great bit it's $15 for 5 lbs. .. I don't mind the price but if you all know of something better please share :)...

Well thank you, our plan is to get day Olds end of March. So those chick's are too old. We're going to start with 4. (Black australorp, orpington, EE and a silkie) That's good to hear about the laying hens... I was hoping they'd be fine... even though we've had some cold days it really hasn't...

Hey! Awesome! What breed are the chick's? We are getting close to finishing the build of our coop and run... However this snow has stalled it quite a bit. Looking forward to some nice days. How'd your chickens do with the cold and winter this year? I'm hoping to not have to heat their coop at all.

Great find! And good to know about composting. I always remember my dad having one when I was little but I made no effort of learning from him. I think I'll include him on this venture. Also have a friend who loves to garden but just moved and can't maybe she'll help me get things figured out...

Hey everyone thank you for all the great responses! We will build our own coop... and have dwindled down on breeds between orpington and austrolorp... my husband thinks we should stick to one breed as opposed to mixing two breeds up. Would sticking to one breed be easier and safer? (Chickens not...

Greetings! Looking forward to starting a small flock this year and my first garden. Young family here and we decided to stop waiting for buying land to gain skills in self reliance where we're at... at least I can grow some food and have a few chickens. I have two young boys who will be highly a...

Thank you. Planning on not having them constantly free ranging. But out in the yard when we're out. .. which is quite regularly. Can I feed them the grass clippings? Would that be a good alternative to not giving them free access to the grass?

I'm planning on beginning a small flock this spring. The grass in our backyard is mostly brand new sod from last summer... and has been fertilized a good 3 times. My concern is I don't want to allow my chickens to graze on it if there chemicals from the fertilizer. How long should I wait (and I...