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    Ventilation & weather protection

    Ok experts, I come to y'all with another question. We've started construction and the plans have already changed at least ten times. We're in lower Alabama, so heat and rain are our primary concerns. Originally, this plan had a foot of hardware cloth from 5-6' along the top of all of the walls...
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    To elevate or not?

    So we are finally planning our permanent coop and run in southern Alabama, and after looking at so many examples, I'm still not sure what the pros and cons are of elevating the coop or not. The site we'll most likely use is mostly shaded most of the year (NW of the house under live oaks...
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    Weird behavior today-- illness?

    I'm new to this and could use insights from folks more experienced: we have one hen (best guess 3-4 years old) who has separated herself from the rest of the chickens and is standing very still (for hours now) and breathing kind of heavily at times just today. I haven't seen her eat or drink...
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    New chickens

    Hi all! I've been consuming as much info as possible from all corners of this site in every spare moment for weeks now; thanks so much for sharing all your wisdom! We adopted 5 chickens with almost no warning a couple weeks ago. I'd always wanted to have laying hens someday...surprise- it's...
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