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Let me set the scene first: We live on a hill in Carroll County Maryland. We have a coop w/ a premier poultry netting run for our laying hens. I want to get broilers, probably a Cornish cross, this year. I do not want them with my laying hens. I was looking at a fairly open system- one more...

Someone near me is selling a pair of bourbon red turkeys. We have our chickens and we want to add turkeys to the mix; however, the care! I don’t even know where to start. We live in Maryland and have plenty of wild turkeys in the state that do well all year round. Structure for security...

We finally have gotten our first egg from our small flock which is GREAT! It is a bit oblongs; but, what bothers me is the fact that it wasn’t in the nest box which is open and has been open for them for 2-3 weeks now. I have golf balls in them- should I switch them out for actual faux eggs? I...

our coop is almost done and the girls (and we) are anxious to get in there! I’m in Maryland so the seasons vary significantly. Inside of the coop I was thinking about using sand as the bedding for easier clean up- I would just rig hardware cloth to a rake. What are opinions of using sand vs...

While our coop is in the works of being built I am thinking about the run. I was looking at the electric netting from Premier (open to other suggestions) or just having a fence that we put up ourselves, digging a trench about 8-12” to ward off would be predators who want to dig to get to them...

I have been the official owner of chickens for a month now! My English Lavender Orpingtons are a week older than the rest (6 weeks old) and one of them in particular may be a male. I’m not upset if it is a roo by any means, in fact I’ll be happy if it is; however, I would like to see what those...

Hey everyone! We are looking at having a coop built- a couple options I have posted below. The red one is 5’ x 6’ The grey one is 5’ x 8’ We are looking to have about 15 chickens (I’ve told hubby 10 ;) ) Does anyone see any issues with either of these two coops? We are going to construct...

Hey everyone! My name is Lauren, I’m 28 years old full time vet tech. Between myself and my husband we have 2 dogs, 4 cats, 11 snakes, 1 lizard, and bins with worms for composting, super worms and dubias. I primarily take care of the reptiles while the cute and cuddly critters are my husbands...