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Thanks a lots for all your help :) you made me consider things i hadnt even looked at before! I think i will get an upgrade one that says it is for at least ten chickens! I think they have a good life though and although there coop is what I consider small they happily go in there each night and...

Hi everybody I currently have a chicken coop which is said to house four chickens but I personally think it could be to small for them! I found this chicken coop which i thought would be better but I was wondering if the perches were alright, they have a covered run but I think they would...

Thanks I have some chick grit so I'll give it ago when they are a week old

I have some chick friendly shaving but was told to put paper towel down to stop them eating the shavings when they first arrive in the brooder. How long should I keep the paper towel on? I also was wondering when I could start giving my little girls some treats and grit, they are only 3 days...

Pictures would be great thanks I would love to see what the chickens think of the sand and gravel. I have never seen anyone use it in my area so would be great ti know!

Thanks for all the info , I will keep this in mind since I am in quite a similar situation to you. My chickens are going in a shady area on a silt/clay ground, might consider laying paving slabs?

I am going to keep my chickens in a walk in run and let them out when I was at home. But whilst i'm not at home I am building them a large run for them to stay in. Where I am putting them there isn't much grass and would be gone in days. I heard some people put wood chips down, which is fair...

They are about 30 cm each but I can stack about 2 on top of each other and then put netting over the top so that should hopefully keep them in

I have a couple ideas about what I am going to make my brooder from and I finally settled on using a cavvy cages idea http://www.guineapigcages.com/images/kitchen_cage.jpg have a look at the picture and see what you think. It's relatively cheap and uses square metal panels so that I can make...

Next year early spring I am hoping to get some little chicks of my own, only a day old and about four of them. I hear lots of different methods of raising them and what sort of bedding to use in brooder etc etc but I was wondering what your opinions were and what had worked best for you with a...

I was just looking aroung forum when I read a thread that says chickens and quails can't be near each other. I was going to put my quails in this house...

Thanks for the comment I have heard that a male can make the group more docile and less likely to fight Is this true? Also heard that males are nicer then females? Your opinions? I have also realised that the top bit does not close of completely from the run underneath. The stairs will...

Hey everybody, I'm a newbie to this so please be nice I am getting both chickens and quails march next year and have a couple of questions on the quail front. 1. The chickens are going to be on wood chips is this appropriate for quails 2. I am thinking of getting 5 females and 1 male is this...