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We live in a city and cannot have a rooster. Unfortunately, one of the chicks we raised this year ended up being a cockerel. Our local feed store will take unwanted roosters for free and they typically sell them for $10-15 each. At this price I don't think they are being sold for meat since I...

These chicks are now 13 weeks old. They were purchased as one day old pullet chicks through our local feed store. I am fairly certain the Americauna (Easter Egger) is a cockerel and the Black Australorp is a pullet. The Speckled Sussex is keeping me guessing. Its comb is lighter than the others...

I really liked the idea of sand in the run for ease of cleaning. Initially it worked great, but now after a few months I am having problems. The area that is now our run floor was initially gravel. We cleared most, but not all, of it out and poured about 6 inches of sand on top. At first all I...

We have a few blueberry bushes in the yard. Whenever I let the pullets out of their run they make a beeline straight to the blueberries. They are gobbling up all the green berries they can reach. Thankfully the bushes are tall enough, we may still have some to harvest ourselves once they are...

We have four 10 week old pullets. I am currently locking them up in the coop at night, but would like to leave the door open at some point so they can have free access to the run. We live in a city, so the main pests we have are raccoons, opossum, rats and dogs. The run is secure against...

I am new to chickens, but have owned and handled many different pet birds before. We live in a city and our yard has a 6 foot privacy fence around it. We have four pullets (BO, BA, SLW, EE) that are now about 9 weeks old. They are really starting to test out their wings. I'm worried it is only a...

I am considering ordering this feeder from Coopsnmore.com. http://www.coopsnmore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=143 Does anyone have experience with it? I know I could build one cheaper, but right now I just don't have the time.

We are new to chickens and recently acquired four chicks. They are now about a week and a half old. They have been eating chick crumbles very well, but we recently started giving them live mealworms as a treat. Three of them love the worms, the fourth is still getting used to the idea. Now that...

We will be getting new chicks in a couple weeks. I want them to grow up to be pet birds that our children can handle. I know that frequent handling at a young age will be important, but I also don't want to run the risk of stressing them. How long on average, can a newly hatched chick be kept...

Our local feed store will be getting their first shipment of chicks on March 9th. We are limited to 4 hens due to local ordinances and unfortunately a very nosey and persnickety neighbor . Our children are 4 years old and 19 months old. We are looking for hens that will be good layers...

We are planning on getting 3 to 4 large breed chicks this spring. I am building the coop now so it will be ready by then. With two kids under four, I only have a couple hours a week to work on it. I am building it by myself, don't have a lot of construction experience (translation = none) and...

We live in northern CA and are planning on getting 3 to 4 backyard hens (limited by city zoning). Our winters are typically cool and wet, summers are warm and dry. Average winter temps are 50's with lows in the 30's. We do occasionally get a cold snap with temps into the mid 20's. Summer temps...

We have a old chain link dog run that I would like to covert into a chicken coop/run. It is from a fencing company, so very heavy gauge wire. The local police dept. uses the same runs for their dogs. It measures 10ft x 6ft and is 6ft tall. It is built onto the side of our garage, and is bolted...

I don't have any chickens yet, but I am thinking about getting 3 to 5 hens. We have two young children (age 9mos and 3yrs) and love the idea of teaching them about raising their own food. Besides, I think having a few hens would be fun! We live in town, so no roosters allowed and we can only...