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I recently built my coop/run attached to our barn and inside our horse pasture. They have a 165 sq ft of run for 22 chickens (will be culling a few roosters in the fall though) but when I am home, I want to allow them to free range in the pasture to benefit from the manure piles harboring a...

Wondering if I can put my chicks out in the coop yet? They are 30 days old and have been on my porch for the last month during our cold snaps with only the mama heating pad set up for heat. They spent most of their time out running around during the day in the 30 degree temps on our porch...

I am currently building a coop and run inside my horse pasture. The coop will be attached to the side of the barn. I was wondering if anyone ever rotates their flock between different housing based on the seasons? I am also building a 24'x14' greenhouse and thought it would be good for them...

I just got 25 chicks from a hatchery 3 days ago. As some of you read in another post, I lost two chicks the first night. I found them outside the mama heating pad and figured they died from exposure to the cold. Then when I got up this morning, I went out to check on them and I only counted...

I am in the process of designing and building my new coop. My coop will be attached to the side of the horse barn in a lean to fashion. It will be approx. 9'x10' with a 10' x 10' caged run. They will be left out to free range in the horse pasture in the afternoons when I am home. Soooooo...

Hello to all! I am very new to owning chickens, so new that I don't even have them yet! They arrive in early April. I thought I had the coop design decided but now I am rethinking it AGAIN!. After reading many different chicken books, I thought the best option for me was to have the coop...