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This is our first year with chickens. We have four hens of 4 different breeds. They're all doing great, our Salmon Faverolle and Easter Egger are laying. They have a comfy, protected but ventilated coop and a safe run (hardware cloth buried around 3.5' x 10' perimeter) on the ground that has a...

This is our first year with chickens here in the Pacific Northwest. We have four hens (I think they're all hens) that are about 5 months old--no eggs yet. We built a coop and run based on lots of information about ventilation for the summer and protection in the winter. Winters are pretty mild...

I am raising chicks for the first time. My four chicks are 11 days old--a Salmon Faverolle, a Wyandotte, a Wellsummer, and an Easter Egger. They're in a cardboard brooder in the house with a heating pad warmer, a well-stocked chick feeder with chick feed from the nearby friendly feed store, a...

I am brand new at this and have four ~3-day-old chicks. I brought them home from the local feed store two days ago after they were mailed to them that morning. I'm guessing they were born on Thursday. They're a mixed bunch: one Easter Egger, one Wellsummer, one Wyandotte, and one Salmon...

Hello! I'm new to this forum. I've kept ducks in the past, have never kept chickens before, but would like to try keeping both together (ducks are incredibly fun, but I prefer chicken eggs!). What I've read has convinced me to make the coop (for night-time safe-keeping only) of plywood, but also...