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The racoons will eat your chickens.
 
Glad to meet you, and welcome to BYC. Congratulations on your new farm home, and best wishes keeping both raccoons and chickens! It is a tricky combination, but with care, I hope you can do both.

Here are my favorite beginning articles that helped me as a newbie. I hope you will find them helpful as well. All articles are short, have illustrations, and reviews, which are often worth looking at for the comments.

1. Intro to chicken keeping and Pickin' the Right Frickin' Chicken

2. Common mistakes & how to fix them

3. Ventilation (important to chicken health), with helpful links to coop designs organized by climate (because what is just right for my New England hens won't work for my brother's Arizona chickens)

3(a). Farmers Almanac on Building Coops (Includes size requirements!) Allowing plenty of space for chickens is really important because, even as chicks, they will start pecking each other or plucking their own feathers, or become unhealthy if they are overcrowded. Here is a link to Colorado State Extension's publication on space and temperature requirements for chicks as they age.

4. Predator protection for new & existing coops

5. Dealing with a muddy coop and run

6. Gardening for chickens

7. BYC Lists of Chicken Ailments and Cures

To look for articles on your own:

A. Use the SEARCH button, but use the Advanced Search choice, and select ARTICLES at the top of the box. Just enter your keyword(s) and scroll through your results!

B. I find it helpful to notice the rating and reviews. All articles are by BYC members, and all the reviews/ratings are as well. The ratings help a newbie like me sort the most useful and reliable articles.

C. You can bookmark the articles or posts you think you want to refer to again using that bookmark icon at the top of articles or posts. You can find them again by clicking on your own avatar and looking at the list of bookmarks you have built up!
 
Debbie292d said:
Hiya, and welcome to BYC!! :frow I love raccoons and my aunt had a pet one too, but on the farm I grew up on, and this one now, they became an enemy as they love to eat eggs and chickens. Hopefully, you can figure out a way to keep them away from each other. 🦝🐥

If you hadn't seen it, we have a great Learning Center which has tons of info. There are sections on coops, runs, and you name it!
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My thoughts exactly.
 
Stravager said:
Biggest advice I can give you is handle your flock every day, check them over for mites or signs of sickness such as cloudy eyes, change in color of their earlobes/combs, injuries to the feet; keep your coop clean and well ventilated, and then just watch them to establish their normal behavior patterns - including their poop!
Some very helpful articles are listed below:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...essential-supplies-and-how-to-use-them.64830/
https://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0 (pictures of poop!)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ntion-and-treatments-of-crop-disorders.67194/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
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See above for some more helpful articles. :) Welcome to BYC! You sure look like you have your hands full.
 

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