PICS of my 8 week old chicks.

[DavesWorld]

More like chickens, they're growing so fast, my only regret is that I wish I made the coop 5 times bigger but that's another project.

Sorry about the waterer.

Andre', my black giant rooster is getting quite big.

Black giant hen and new hampshire red hen.

A light color new hampshire red.

Their new coop soon to be moved out back.

My barred rock hen " Kelly "

Black Giant hen loving her roost.

 

[4H kids and mom]

They look snug as bugs in a rug! What a cute little coop!

Dont worry about the poop on the waterer...trust me, its nothing we havent all seen!

Only thing I would say is you might wanna find a way to raise the nestboxes off the floor, unless you cant, because they will use them for sleep and poopin and not just laying.

 

[SkeeredChicken]

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It's the stark reality of having a waterer like that one. They can sit on top of it. For mine, they always throw their pine shaving in the water as well. I had to get a cage for my button quails so I can get them outta the chic brooder. Now I can work out how to get that thing up so they can't mess it up. I'm gonna hang a waterer from the rafters when I get my coop built. Then they can try dirtying it all they want, lol.

 

[mudhen]

DavesWorld, they have really grown!
And the coop is terrific, I'm impressed by the roosts. I just found out today I have been using roosts that are on the small side in diameter (only about 2" round)
BTW, Andre is huge! appropriately named too!!

I found hanging the waterer (not the kind you have) and the feeder each with a squirrel baffle over the top (like the ones for bird feeders) has gone a long way to keeping the water and the food clean!