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Based on his personality, we were concerned. Thank you all for your help. Fortunately, we already have a good place to rehome him.

He/she is 5-6 weeks old. Is this image enough to go on?

(Dad on Ro's account) Update for anyone watching: We've been busy. Spent the last 3 weeks building a coop/run combo (~360 sq ft.). I met a local chicken owner at TSC who helped me better understand our climate for chickens (tl;dr is they don't need much shelter out here). Here's what we've...

So funny :lol: that's exactly what my Mom did a few minutes later

Tractor Supply didn't have chicks yet, but a local feed store did. We rounded up these 8 chicks. Went for a mix of RI red, dominique, barred rock, buff orp, lavender wyandotte, and easter egger. :wee We've already named the RI red "Karen" because she won't stop asking to see my manager...

Great idea! 10-4 on the wall. We included 4 boxes so he could grow his flock up to 10. We based the design on Chicken City: Isn't allowing them to establish the "pecking order" a good thing? In the second design, we ditched the doors for an open wall for the roost. Was planning to use...

Dad again... One more thing to add -- The winters here can get as low as -6 for a couple of days, but usually swing from the low 20s at night to low 50s during the day. Summers will range from 45 to 95 in a 24 hour period. Also, we're fans of Chicken City Live...

This is Dad on Ronon's account... Thank you, @rosemarythyme. We looked through that thread and found all of the coops to be a bit large. Keeping with the idea of an open coop, I modified Ronon's plan a bit. What are your thoughts with opening up that wall like this? Also, I added the rough...

Hey everyone! My name is Ronon. I'm a teenager. I'm excited to start raising chickens. My yard is full of grass, but my parents let me give half of the yard to my chickens...about 500 sqft. My Dad is going to help my fence it in and cover it with hardware cloth. We live in Albuquerque, NM...