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Hi everyone! I had to start all over with a new flock. My last flock was a mix, but for this flock I went with all Cochins (10 hens, 1 rooster, 1 free unknown sex), half white, half blue/black. Since I don’t raise chicks often, I made my own brooder (temporary/recyclable) out of two...

I started with a premade coop that had a 10 x 10 welded wire run all around. I lost one chicken (strangled) and put garden cloth around the base of the coop (no more deaths). This year, I renovated a room in my barn and put my flock in a much larger, 40 x 50 run with a 14 x 20 coop. One night...

I’m getting a room in my barn ready for a new coop for my chickens. It used to be an old cow milking area, and what I think will be their roost is about 6’ off the floor. I have the following questions/concerns: 1. It should be less windy/drafty than their current coop, but I’m still concerned...

Question about flock management: I have a flock of 2 black sex links, 1 buff orpington, 2 easter eggers, 4 rhode island reds, and 1 rhode island red rooster. The hens will all be three years old in the spring, the rooster will be one year old. I'm thinking of moving to a flock of cochins or...

Got a question for the group. I have a flock of nine hens and a rooster. They are currently in a smaller coop with a 10 x 10 run. I have just installed a new run that is closer to 25 x 30 (and is all grass), and this run butts up against my barn. I have a small (12 x 15 ish) room on the...

I hope you all can help. I bought 10 hens to start my flock. Two buff orpingtons, two black sex links, two americauna, and four rhode island reds. We lost one buff orpington this spring to what we think was a raccoon. I have a completely enclosed run, but one of the buffs was dead with her neck...

Hello Everyone, I just got into raising chickens in 2019. My current flock consists of (hens) four rhode island reds, two black sex links, one buff orpington, and two "Americauna", and one (rooster) rhode island red. I am fairly new to chicken farming, but I've read a bit about it and...