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Hi! I’m new to chickens and I’m so excited about our coop! I designed it and helped build in 😁 I took to this website constantly for coop advise. I’m working on a few more vents and insulation tomorrow inside of it. I might even wrap some of the run in clear tarp to protect the 5 girls from...

Hi! I'm really frustrated at the moment trying to figure out what to do. I switched my run flooring to river sand this spring after reading a number of posts and articles touting it, but two of my hens got sick with coccidiosis since and after reading some critiques of sand I'm thinking I should...

I have heard some pretty bad things about cedar shavings / mulch, concerning chickens. We let our flock free range, and they tend to cross the road (we haven't found out why) to our neighbors across the street, and they hang out in the shade and dig around their existing mulch. Just the other...

Hi yall! In Independence, KY & planning for a flock sometime later this year or next. Trying to get infrastructure in place first -- greenhouse, garden with raised beds, temporary or permanent netting to protect garden (probably poultry netting so it can be dual purpose later on when we do have...

I am new to this Forum thing so please bare with me. Hello, My name is Catherine. Thanks for allowing me to join. I was raised on a farm around chickens & horses. Ever since I can remember we always had chickens and race horses. As a small farm land owner, we have 4 goats, 18 Rhode Island...