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I have finally moved my chickens into their coop, they've been there for 4 days now. It is a two-level coop, the upstairs is enclosed with a pitched roof and has a 14" by 14" hatch cutout in the floor. From there I have a "chicken ladder" - a 14" length of plywood with "rungs" attached every...

My lil' chickies are almost 8 weeks old now and look like mini-chickens.... I need their coop DONE!!!!!! My darling DH has helped me every step of the way in building the coop, and keeps promising to finish it... but WHEN???? I feel so bad since he has done a terrific job and I *suck* at...

Hi all, I was wondering if it would be possible to create a Red Barred Rock, or conversely a Barred Buff Orpington? Since a White Rock is actually a Barred Rock with the Black Barring suppressed by two doses of recessive white ( I think), then White Rocks actually carry non-sex-linked Barring...

Hi I posted a couple days ago about my 5-week old chick having a swollen crop. It's like a bubble, soft and mushy but will not go away... I had separated the chick at first but it was chirping for it's buddies and seemed fine, pooping and drinking and drank the saucer of olive oil I gave it. So...

Okay okay, I have posted about coops before but as a newbie, keep having questions! Here's the scoop: my 5-week-old chickies definitely need to be moved ASAP into their coop. As a matter of fact, I probably need to build a bigger coop as well, but the point is to move them from their brooder...

I am freaking out just a little!!!! Newbie chicken-owner here with 15 5-week-old chicks. I just came back frim a weeklong trip, and went to check on my chickies. One of them has a SIGNIFICANT bulge on his/her chest!!!! It's not under the neck so I'm not sure if that could be an impacted crop...

I have my first-ever chickies who are a month old. DH and I build a cute little A-frame coop with a "lower level" that is all wired in, including the bottom, and an "upper-story" that is enclosed on a 4' x 8' base. We have yet to move the chicks in there, as we just finished building it and need...

I am a total newbie at chicken-keeping, but am getting kind of interested in all the discussions about breeding for particular colors and patterns. But so much of it is very technical - all about alleles and genes and so on - it sounds familiar from biology class but it's so hard to really...

I can't believe my very first chicks are causing such obsessive tendencies, but there you are! DH started it all by saying that he didn't want a "redneck tarp coop" (no offense meant as we ARE southern rednecks LOL), but that our coop should look nice. So I obliged by having him help me build a...

I have my very first chicks who are 3 weeks old now and have just about finished their coop. Please help me make sure it will work well, and if you could all suggest ways (EASY ways lo) to improve it, I would appreciate it. Thanks so much! By the way, the bottom wired-in portion has a door for...

I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the Coop/Run forum but since we're dealing with babies I thought I'd stick it here... My 15 chicks are currently split up into a group of 5 meaties in a 25" x 42" brooder (18" high), and the other 10 (boys=meat, hens=layers) are in a 2ft high x 2ft x 4ft...

Hi, Raising my first batch of chicks here, and they're all 2 weeks old and doing great. But I am starting to wonder about the feeding... what can I feed for treats? Most especailly, can I mix my own chick feed... I would love to do that, it seems a little easier to make interesting and tasty...

Hi I am new here, my name is Natalie and I have 15 chicks for the first time ever: 5 White Plymouth Rock cockerels (meat), and 5 SR of each Speckled Sussex and Buff Orpingtons (roos to be meat and hens to be pet layers). I got them as day-olds last week so they are exactly one week old today...

My name is Natalie and I've been bitten by the chicken bug! My very first chickens arrived on Friday from Ideal Poultry: 5 sr Speckled Sussex, 5 sr Buff Orpingtons, and 5 male White Plymouth Rocks. They are all healthy and happy so far and I am loving this adventure, although there is so much to...