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Looking for some advice on winter weather prep in IL. We have a 4x8 coop that is 9ft tall and angles to 6ft in back. Plenty of ventilation and space for 8-10 chickens. Unfortunately, we are down to 4 chickens. Last winter was brutal and our rooster didn’t make it through last cold snap...

I am in need of some ideas of things to add to our chicken run. We have a 10x10 fenced-in area for our 4 girls. It has a cover and an old tree stump but that's it. Usually they are free-range during the day, but I am preparing for the winter months where we won't be letting them out as much...

We have started building our coop and have decided to use the plans from Ana White's website. We already had a 4x8 base, several 2x4's to get us started, a door and shingles for the roof. Her design calls for the door on the shorter side, but since we are using a regular size door we will be...

The saga continues with the chick I thought for sure would die last night. Picked this chick up Wednesday, and had a couple bouts of pasty butt that were taken care of quickly. Yesterday morning, the chick was on death's door laying down, shaking, chirping constantly. We spent the day...

We have been talking about chickens for a couple years, and finally brought a couple home this week. Our 2 girls (barred rock) join our family of 3 boys (6,4,15mo) and the boys are excited about the new babies. We have plans to add a few more (and then probably more...cough Chicken Math cough)...

Help! My 2 baby chicks were fine last night. The smaller one has had to be cleaned due to pasty butt a few times, but was running around with the other last night. Came out this morning to find her laying on her side, and lifeless. She is still breathing (although heavily) and chirping some...