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coffeegirl: How old are your chicks when you release them into the flock? I am happy to hear that this is possible. We're looking to get a flock started this year. By next year our pullets will be hens and I'd like to be able to add a batch of chicks to raise for meat every spring. Figured...

They will have a run. I have two working dogs that are rather prey driven and I'd rather not have to be on top of them everytime we go out to the yard :-) A good question though is what sort of rule of thumb should one use for the size of a run? I am using a 4 sq foot rule of thumb for adult...

Hmm.. I just had another idea that I thought I'd run by you experts here. We are planning for a 8x6 coop. Figure we will want about 8 hens to lay eventually. So we were thinking of getting about a dozen pullets. If we have extras we can give them away quite easily. At the same time as we...

Hello all. We are just planning our coop. We have the basics of the building and run planned out. Wondering whether to start with ready to lay pullets or chicks or both. Our feed store gets chicks from Frey's Hatchery www.freyshatchery.com. They have one breed (Shaver Red Sex-Link)...

Hello all: We are planning to start a chicken coop this spring on our hobby farm and hope to get some advice from you on the subject. We are going to section off a 15 x 12 foot section of an enclosed shed for the purpose. The ventilation is good. I'll be addressing any drafts etc. to make...