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Sending this from the woods outside my house. I have 13 x 6 week olds just adjusting to their coop. We let them out to sun in the run after their third day locked in. One jumped out the run door when my son was coming in. Took off like a bullet. I have 12 accounted for, and one in the wind...

Good day! I made a lot of chicken coop progress in the nice weather this weekend! I have the walls of the run hardware clothed, and will build a shingled roof on top, but what about these gaps below the walls? Clearly I need to run hardware cloth, but not sure how best to go around the...

Good day! Question for the brain trust. I’ve framed out my coop and run, got the hardware cloth sandwiched, etc. I had originally planned to use plywood for sheathing, then Tyvek, then some sort of siding pending my wife’s approval for aesthetic reasons. I’m in Eastern Canada, and in the...

Hello Again, I searched but couldn't find an answer to this, but apologies if it has been covered. We are planning to get day-old chicks and raise them in a brooder. These are our first chicks, so we don't have any adult hens around. Will we need to teach them chicken skills? Like how to...

Hello all, I have a couple of questions I couldn't find answers to, and I was hoping you could help! Q1) We are getting our first chicks soon and are planning for a starting flock of 6 ladies (up to 12 and some ducks once we know what we are doing), no roosters. In my area I can only get...

Hello everyone! I am in Nova Scotia and looking to get into backyard chickens! I live in the suburbs on a couple of acres, so there is plenty of space for them. I broke ground on an 8x4 coop with an attached 16x8 run with the intent to let them free range when we are home to deter predators...