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Sounds like your doing great. I got my chicks when they were ten days and did they grew fast. Getting your birds in the spring will be good as it will be easer to keep them warm. Get a brooder set up with a heat lamp. I used a plastic bin with towels and paper and as they got older I found a dog...

Yes the mesh is worth investing in, unless you can find someone who needs to get rid of their wire mesh. When I started the idea of wanting chickens to people I came across some one who had some chicken wire to get rid of. Every day was a treasure hunt for scrap wood, concrete blocks, anything...

This is a great idea to take advantage of what you already have. Ventilation is critical and shade either man made or with planting a tree near by. Cheep N Peep suggestions are good and there are breeds of chickens that are more adapted to heat, but you still need to be careful. Chickens usually...

I understand and I hope this works out for you. Best of luck and have fun.

Remember that as your cute chick get bigger they make bigger a bigger mess and you should ask your self how are you going to clean it. That is why I made my run so that it is covered and I can still walk in and clean it quickly every day. Put the crap in a composting area and keep the birds...

Honestly the money you spend on one of those prefab coop, you can start collecting materials to build your own coop, which will be larger and more secure than the prefab. Backyard coop help me to utilize what stuff I already had and then I went hunting for cheep and free stuff. I used an old...