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  1. BertieBott

    Help with Rural King “Colorful Egg Layers”

    sadly, I don’t think any are Marans either. I wish I’d googled photos of maran chicks before picking. I do have a Welsummer so, I’ll have chocolate eggs, just not BCM dark. :)
  2. BertieBott

    Help with Rural King “Colorful Egg Layers”

    Thanks! My current and former EE both have beards and cheek poufs and green legs. I had always read EEs have green legs, so the yellow legs had me confused. I do think Connie is a starlight though, she is getting redder by the day and looks very similarly shaded for the adult photos I’ve seen...
  3. BertieBott

    Help with Rural King “Colorful Egg Layers”

    Ah... see, I thought all EE had green legs and cheek poufs.
  4. BertieBott

    Help with Rural King “Colorful Egg Layers”

    Hi there! I got these chicks at RK a few weeks ago. I feel reasonably confident that Connie is a Starlight Green Egger and Violet an Americana. I’m interested in what you all think. I have no idea what Caro is. She has yellow legs. The breed options were: Americana, Olive Egger, Prairie...
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    Help with identifying eggs

    Thanks for the reply, aart! We have actually set up a time lapse camera in the coop today! We know it's not really important who is laying what, but it sure is fun. Your pointers are very helpful :)
  6. BertieBott

    Help with identifying eggs

    We have a mystery on our hands as to who is laying here! Our girls are just 20 weeks old, but our Speckled Sussex started laying at 18 weeks. Our Sexlink at 19 weeks. We know which are the SS eggs (the small ones in this photo) and the SL (the one at 11 o clock in the photo). However, we don't...
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    ****** DIY chicken feeder pipe! ******

    Thanks, Terry!
  8. BertieBott

    Hi everyone!

    Thank you for the welcomes :)
  9. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Hubs and I have been discussing more venting. I do like the idea of the house floor vents since they look nice. We will see what happens :)
  10. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Thanks :D I am trying, but like I've said, it's so much more complicated than the way I raised them growing up. LOL.
  11. BertieBott

    ****** DIY chicken feeder pipe! ******

    Hi everyone! I've just been reading up on this thread and from what I've gleaned it is that 4" pipe is ideal? How many pipes would I need for my 6 girls? 2? Thanks for any info :)
  12. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Thank you, this is some of the more helpful advice I've gotten thus far. I went back pages and pages and none of the coops have gotten the reaction that mine has, so you can imagine my distress. When finished, the ladies will have the PVC pipe feeders and a hanging waterer, so basically...
  13. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    The soffit is attached to the roof overhang. The venting is where the walls don't quite meet the roof which is a good foot (at least) back from the soffits. I know the coop is large. It needed to be about 1/4 of the size it actually is. I've seen tons of coops the size of rabbit hutches so I'm...
  14. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Thank you, I had the paint color matched to our house :)
  15. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    This building is quite big. Perhaps the photos aren't showing it? It is 8' x 10' with a roof that slopes from 8' down to 7'. 30 sq feet of it is used for the coop with the rest being storage. However, it is all open. There is a fenced off section for the birds, but it is not walled off to 30 sq...
  16. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Growing up we had 100+ chickens at a time and they lived in a metal building with a dirt (straw covered) floor, so this is all very foreign to me as our chickens were fine. I'm a little disheartened hearing that this coop we put a lot of time, thought, and money into is less than adequate for...
  17. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Please forgive my ignorance on this subject, but is there any reason why I can't just open a window? They are covered with hardware cloth, so they are predator proof. One in particular would be protected from winds, and would just vent.
  18. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Excellent, thank you so much for all your help!
  19. BertieBott

    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    There is about a 2" gap all the way around the house where the soffit meets the roof. The roof overhang should prevent the drafts & it is up quite high since the coop is 8' in the front and 7' in the back. Is this really not enough venting?
  20. BertieBott

    Deep litter method

    Thank you! So, basically, I'm just looking at different materials, rake moisture to bottom every couple days, add more on top every couple days?
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