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I’ve never done anything like this. I guess that makes me a novice! Here is Pearl, my 6 month old Black Laced Wyandotte hen. ”Strutting her stuff!”

I don’t use shavings at all with the young chicks. I use bedding pellets. They stay clean and are very absorbent. I also use an old horse sized water trough which allows lots of room to escape from the heat lamp if they get too hot. My guess is that your chicks got too hot and couldn’t get...

I really like the large snap lock coop, purchased from Tractor Supply, but can be found other places too. It houses my five hens well and was very easy to assemble. Also easy to clean and secure against predators.

I purchased the large snap lock coop from Tractor Supply about a year ago and love it! Easy to put together with nothing more than a rubber mallet. We also built a stand using plans from snap lock that raised it about 18 inches off the ground. The coop is super easy to clean through a door and...

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Hi, I actually just have chicken wire around the base of the 8X8 ft covered chicken pen, which I purchased from Tractor Supply, to cover the 1.5 inch spaces between the sections. The coop, which locks at night, is located inside that pen so that we have double security. The 8x8 pen is inside a...

I found lots of good info in this article. Thank you! I put some of it to work and with success! I had a hen that had been bullied by three others. I pulled her from the pen and let her heal. To reintroduce her I put her in a dog crate next to the pen, not in it. A gave a couple play dates...

In May I started a new backyard flock with six chicks, three buff orpington and three Ameracaunas. My small dog thought that was one too many and pulled one of the buffs from the pen! We fixed that with chicken wire. So we now have five. We love finding little oval presents left in the...