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My dominique chicks are 7 weeks old, getting to be pretty good size, and have been in the coop and run since 4 days old. No adult chickens. I have a treadle feeder in the run but I’m still feeding them from a mason jar chick feeder, which at this age they empty completely every day. I’d like to...

I have a question about chick roosting behaviors at night. My chicks are 5 weeks old and have been in the coop since they were 5 days old. I just recently removed the brooder from the coop and have noticed that even though they might be sitting on the roost in the morning before I open their pop...

In all my reading while designing and building my coop, I came across mentions of using shredded hemp for deep litter in the coop. I think the first time I saw it was a video from Carolina Coops. They raved about hemp’s high absorbency, low dust, good compostability, and how long it lasts in a...

Hello chicken people! I have been reading BYC articles and forums and studying coops for about 3 years now. I feel like I know everybody already. Almost 3 years ago I bought about 6 acres with woods and a creek, and almost 2 years ago I started building a chicken coop and run under an existing...

I've been reading this Predators forum for hours tonight and wanted to pass on something my grandfather told my dad after we moved to the country and had a problem with a pack of stray dogs causing trouble. My grandfather said that he used to load his shotgun with rock salt instead of shot and...

I was attempting to reply to an existing thread about Japaneses beetles, but I had to register onto the site first and couldn't find my way back. So here's a new thread. I'm new to chickens - actually just now building my first coop - and will get my birds when all is finished. I've learned SO...