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Where can I buy sexed silkie chicks? The only place I'm seeing is meyer and they're sold out till late summer/early fall. Are they just too hard to sex?

this is the yard, i can make it smaller, but i don't want it to be too small

any ideas how to do the netting around large trees? i don't want them to have no shade in the summer.

i've got 6 ft t posts and deer netting fencing, i'm located in ohio.

i just lost one of my ladies to a red tailed hawk. shiny objects and string/twine hung up did nothing. it happened right next to the coop under a tree. i'm kind of surprised all the chickens couldn't just run into the coop. what's the best netting for a large area (~1 acre) that can withstand snow?

A hawk just attacked one of my hens. I'm only seeing a small cut on her comb. She's acting ok. I'm worried she may have internal injuries, the hawk had her pinned to the ground and there are quite a few feathers on the ground. It's supposed to be cold (~40F) tonight. Should i take her inside for...

A hawk just attacked one of my hens. I'm only seeing a small cut on her comb. She's acting ok. I'm worried she may have internal injuries, the hawk had her pinned to the ground and there are quite a few feathers on the ground. It's supposed to be cold (~40F) tonight. Should i take her inside for...

well i think my problem solved itself today. i caught a hawk swoop down and try to get one. fortunately it didn't get anyone but i will be putting up bird netting in the area near the gate. most of the yard has tree cover but they couldn't get to it from the gate area (they were huddled up next...

how would i get in the fenced area without a gate?

My 4 of my 9 chickens are flying over the gate and I can't figure out how to stop them. They have access to 1+ acre of free range land. The only breed to do it are the easter egger (i believe they're actually cream legbars). I thought putting the mesh fence above the gate making it uneven to...

I've had my chicks outside full time for 10 days but the temps have been 55+ for that time. tonight it's supposed to 45 at night. do i need to take them inside? there's 9 of them and they were hatched on 4/7. thanks!

i have a coop with this attached run. i want my ladies to free range during the day when i'm home/weather is nice/etc and i want to fence in a large portion (around an acre) of my yard to keep them from crossing a busy road or going to neighbors. what kind of fencing do i want? how high? do i...

the only zoning law is that it has to 10 ft+ from the house. drainage is probably better in the treed location along with electricity/water/etc and it can get quite warm in the summer so i'll stick with my original choice. Thanks!!

my coop is being delivered in a few days. my plan was to put it near my office window but there are some mature trees and i'm reading hawks may hang out in those. behind those tall pine trees are some woods and a creek. should i put it somewhere else? the other side of my house has no trees but...

another chick (same breed) has the exact problem. i treated the water with corid starting friday. she was doing ok thurs, started going downhill friday. i started giving her yolk thursday and making sure she was eating every few hours. yesterday she could stand and move and today she's laying on...

the chicks were vaccinated before shipping, do i still need to worry about Coccidiosis? if so, i'm only seeing this version of corid at tsc (~45 mins drive to get one in stock): https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/corid-20-amprolium-soluble-powder-10-oz?cm_vc=-10011 rural king appears to...

unfortunately she died. i got her to eat a bit of feed with a teeny bit if vitamin mixed in this morning but she wouldn't drink at all. couldn't get her to eat the egg either. already attached at 6 days so it's hard :(

i lifted up the heating plate this evening and one of the chicks didn't get up. i picked her up and she didn't try to jump from my hand, just laid there. she is breathing heavily (but not open mouth panting). when i picked her up and put her by the food she did eat but laying down. she will take...

i will have a run and also do supervised free range

I'm buying an 8 x 8 amish built coop. It comes standard with 1 human door, 1 chicken door, 1 window, 1 roosting bar and 4 nesting boxes. i figured i should add an extra window for ventilation and an extra roosting bar? I intend to have 10 or less chickens and I live in ohio. should I add...