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I think I may have to just build a roof over their run. It just intimidates me.

We had our food hanging inside our coop for years, but it seemed to be in the way and was a pain to work around. We switched to having it in our run when we put up a tent in the run (one of those tents you'd take to watch your kid play baseball, but now the kid is 23 and doesn't play and even...

I have 3 - 3 week old chicks (cream legbar, blue copper marans and a splash australorp), along with 1- 4 week chick (white leghorn) in a brooder. The feed store has a 3 day (maybe 1 week old) olive egger I wanted, along with ONE other friend - (americauna or chocolate laced orp, or another...

I planted a bunch of seeds - sunflower, aster, bee balm, cabbage, bok choy, spinach, lettuce, oregano, basil, green onion, rosemary and put them outside as it was a nice and sunny day. Now I'm trying to decide if I need to go bring them in as night time temp will be 50 degrees.

Thanks.

I’m thinking of adding more roost space as I will be adding 4 chicks to my flock of 5. I’ve got a 4’x8’ coop that has one roost along the whole back wall. I cannot add a parallel one along the front as it would be too close to the windows, nor to the middle as the people door is there and it...

Hi, I'm considering retiring near Lake Murray, South Carolina, either in Newberry or Lexington Counties. Is anyone familiar with what the laws are in those areas with regard to backyard chickens?

Thanks. Now this I thought was funny. Standing in a group with heads bowed “praying”.

I just bought a couple chicken toy sets from Amazon for when I move mine into a bigger brooder. Before, I had a mirror - they loved that. Also branches for them to roost on.

I've done this before and each time I swear I'm not going to fret. I got chicks yesterday and the day before. One was a week old the others were day old chicks. At what point will they be up and wandering around all day. They seem to be sleeping most of the day - will get up to eat and drink...

What are you using to hold the 2x4 roost boards? I need to add some more roost room to my coop, also thinking of changing out the 2x1 roosts it came with.

My thoughts are the closer to water and electric the better. Closer to the house the better as it is easier to walk out 20 feet in the winter than 100. I'd also want to be able to look out my window and see the chickens. I've really not noticed much smell, though mine are 100 feet away, but...

The dog is a medium sized/knee height 40 pound mix. Part of my other thought is it would keep the chickens on the side of the yard away from the devil's yard. My chickens are really stupid and go right up to the chain link fence dividing our property. I did notice that they did all run into...

I was thinking some sort of 4-6 foot chain link fence that's attached to both fences (the back and the side). I just don't want them cemented into the ground. The reason for it not to be permanent is it will be cutting across the back corner of a yard and would only be valuable to someone who...

I am thinking I need to make a larger run for my chickens. I have 5 chickens. Currently, my run is about 10'x17' with a 4'x8' cook in it and chickens have access to underneath and have actually dug out a large crater underneath. I had been letting them out into the yard every day. However...