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We presently have about 30 hens in a coop that could hold almost 100 with a large run with 2”x4” wire fence 6’0” high which is surrounded by woods on a hill. I have 50 chicks mostly Marans and Whitings which are now 3 weeks old brooding with heating pads in a fenced off area in the coop. At...

I live in the Charlotte, NC area and the summer sun can be pretty hot here. I’m building my first two cattle panel coops and was planning on covering them with the 6 mil UV resistant greenhouse plastic sheeting. For those of you that have these type of coops, how do you keep them cool in the...

I was laid up from surgery complications for a few months and used my time to research and build an incubator. While I've been around farming all of my life this is our first flock and first time to incubate eggs. We incubated 4 dozen eggs of mixed breeds (cheap eggs) they started hatching a...

We have 4 acres, but the only area that is not wooded is our yard. We have plenty of hawks, owls, raccoons, opussums, black snakes, dogs, coyotes, and on occasions bobcats. My coop is in an area where I cleared out the understory at the edge of the woods with large oaks and poplar trees...

Hey everyone, I've been looking on here for awhile and just joined. Wanting a good mix of chickens that are docile for small children. I have a coop that is partially done - framed up with roof on. I had planned to have it finished sometime ago, but had hip replacement surgery a couple of...