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We had a broody hen that we couldn't break, so we finally gave in and let her have her clutch. The eggs she hatched were Barred Rock over Sapphire Gem. I understand a barred roo will pass on one set of barring, and I seem to have concluded that Sapphire Gems are Blue Rocks over Barred Rocks...

My gals are 18 weeks old. I went out to check on them this morning (hoping for an egg). When I got to the coop I found every single one of them wandering around the coop. The have free access to their run, and are always outside when I go out to check on them. Is there any particular reason they...

After looking around and researching, I decided to build a PVC feeder. Home Depot sells 4" pipe in 2' sections and in 10' sections, so I got 10'. I had them cut it in half at the store to make my life easier transporting it. Part of my goal was to be able to fill the feed from outside the run...

We ordered an all female run of chicks 15 weeks ago. Best we can tell, we got 5 gals and 1 guy. We are hoping we're off base and they are all female... What do ya think? F - Laverne (Light Brown Leghorn F - Thelma (Blue Andalusian) F - Shirley (Gold-Laced Wyandotte) F - Lucy (RIR) F -...

Best I can tell MyPetChicken.com pulled a fast one on us. We ordered 6 chicks, all of them different breeds. We ordered a Light Brown Leghorn, Blue Andalusian, Red Star, Rhode Island Red, Easter Egger, and a Gold Wyandotte. The Leghorn, Andalusian, Wyandotte, and RIR are all accounted for. That...

Yay! We got 6 different breeds: Red Star, Rhode Island Red, Light Brown Leghorn, Blue Andalusian, Golden Wyandotte, and an Easter Egger. I have an album on Facebook that ya'll should be able to see here...

I just started building my coop, and I'm already changing design specs. =] The interior of the coop is 33" from stud to stud on the interior (front to back). I was going to build two nesting boxes at 12" wide (on the left) and just fill the rest of the space with wall, but could I get away...