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I kept mine. When I carefully introduced my new dozen, one of my three older hens took them "under her wing" and acted as a grandmother/teacher/protector of all the little ones. The other two older ones eventually did the same. I have quite the bonded family now.

I top off the floor wood chips and replace the chips in the nesting boxes every few weeks (have only six chickens). Once or twice a year I power wash with just water, the whole inside of the coop, but only on hot days here in the northeast.

Just another thought: I hang my feeder by a chain from the rafters above and keep water both inside (on bricks off the floor) and outside of the coop in the run on an old computer stand. My daughter lost chickens due to them being locked outside of the coop accidentally when water was inside. We...