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Thank you, everyone, for responding with your positive comments. We always handle our baby chicks, constantly(how can you help it!). ;) I wanted to be sure I clarified that the Back & Red Stars are Murry McMurry's hybrid chickens. That was the name they chose for their hybrids. Their website...

Hi, All. I've decided to try Red & Black star chickens for laying. I've ordered 3 of each to decide if we like one over another. Does anyone on here have experience with their temperaments? We've always gotten birds that are sweet tempered and they needed to be easy to handle because our...

Our 3 daughters are in a 4-H poultry club. Last year, a neighbor forced us to get rid of our 3 hens before they ever laid a single egg. The following week, they were taken by a fox, from the farm they were sent to. This year, after learning of a petition sent to our town council, our...

Tomorrow eve, @ 7:30pm, in the township of Roxbury, NJ, our town council is having a meeting to decide if they should change our zoning laws to allow backyard chickens. I need to know the minimum coop size to keep 6 chickens, including a small run. I need to present facts to our town...

Loved this whole page. We just got our first pair of Buff peeps. Can't wait till they get plump. Thanks for sharing!

What a great idea! Love it. Wish we had a garage so we could do this.

Beautiful coop! Do you know if one this size would hold 6 or 7 chickens?

We just got 7 new peeps. 2 Delaware, 2 Buffs & 3 Rhode Islands. Both Delawares seem to have a back up of poop stuck in huge clumps to their rear ends. I was so concerned they would have problems, I had to snip away at the clumps to break them up. This is our first experience with Delawares...

Hi, All. Just finishing our coop for our 3 Black Australorp chicks. We live in NW NJ, at a higher elevation. We pretty much get hammered in the winter. We also live a block from a lake with wicked winds coming off in the winter. If there's anyone on this site from my area, can you let me...