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Make sure the shed is big enough because you WILL get more! The best advice I can give is to build a LARGE chicken "run" around that shed so your chickens will be safe from all predators. Good luck.

The type of sand to use is called "washed construction-grade" and found at quarries. Check to see if you have one of these in your area. It a place where they pull sand and gravel from the gound and sell by the truck load!

I use the construction-grade sand that you can get from a place where they pull it out of the ground and sell it by the truckload. Check to see if you have a place like this in your area. Contractors get their supplies of soil and gravel from places like this.

I use sand in my coop so that it is easy to scoop with a kitty litter scooper. I have straw everywhere else as the chickens like it. When I cut the straps on a bale of straw, they spend the next week spreading it all around the run. I pull out any straw that is soiled from the nest boxes and add...

If you have too many roos, it's time to cull.

Another year older and deeper in debt! LOL

These all look like hens to me. A rooster's comb would be bigger and turning red by now.

My guess would be from the Sussex. I know that Easter Eggers can give all colors but I have not had one give the dark egg.

My understanding is that there are two types of calcium for the chicks. You want them to have both so you control their access by separating them. It is also advisable not to add the calcium to their feed because they can get too much and get sick.

The start looks great. My only comment would be to use hardware cloth around the bottom to keep out predators. Chicken wire is meant to keep chickens IN not predators OUT!

If that comb turns red before everyone else, you have a cockerel. Still a beautiful bird.

Just make sure they have lots of plain water in addition to the ACV water.

The Purina chicken feed named Oyster Strong has the shells included in the pellets. This helps to make strong shells.

The thin-shelled eggs breaking in the nestbox can cause egg eaters. I have that problem but don't know a way to stop them.

I would feed egg shells and oyster shells separately. These are two types of calcium.

Feed a well-balanced layer feed and reduce the amount of "treats" as they throw off the balance of the feed.

I feed a layer feed pellets with the oyster shells in the feed. Made by Purina.

Much cheaper to build your own!

When you clip their wings, are you clipping both or just one side?

This is what I do. I have a very large "run" built around my coop and it is very secure.