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  1. C

    The Battle of the Flies

    Hey Friends, Less than 1 year into chickens, the first full southern-summer with my gals, and the battle of the flies is on. I have 4 gals, a relatively large coop filled with wood chips, and a 10' x 8' run with sand within the city limits (#urbanfarming). The flies are a little intense in the...
  2. B

    Everything Chickens....

    Hi Everyone, Just joined this forum and after reviewing some of the different coop designs decided on building my own also. Have always wanted to have my own chickens. I helped with relatives over the years but never had my own until recently. Started with pullets consisting of 3 Barred Rock...
  3. PeckersGalore

    Hello from Queensland Australia!

    Hello there everyone! My name is Jack, and I am from Queensland in Australia. I have 5 chickens (1 Barred Rock, 3 Australorps, and 1 Barnevelder). In Queensland were are less concerned about foxes and more concerned about pythons, so I’m right now in the process of designing a new coop that is...
  4. steph1200

    Anyone know of a good website that sells chicken coops?

    Hello all you chicken lovers. I was wondering if anyone of you would know a really good and reliable website that sells chicken coops. i have 8 chickens for the time being that will need to be moved to a bigger coop soon. i will end up getting more about 12 in total, so i wanted to see if you...
  5. B

    Coop configuration help

    We are making our coop out of a 16 x 10 metal storage building. We are adding two windows to catch cross breeze. It has double doors and we're fencing a pretty large area for their run. There is nothing but floor space in there now. I need some ideas on what I should build for the inside. I...
  6. J&Kfeatheredfowl

    Space requirement for different birds?

    hey all! What would you recommend for space requirement for... Dutch bantams Call ducks Standard ducks Smallish chickens (e.g silkie) standard chickens (e.g RIR) I know this may be a basic question, but there are soooo many different answers out there it’s ridiculous. Please give inside...
  7. J

    New member from Maryland

    Hello, I am originally from Southern Illinois and we have finally been able to purchase a home with some land. We are researching everything we need to know about raising chickens. My first question is about a coop. We have a very large older shed. Our thoughts are to make the back end of it...
  8. Potato Chip's coops

    Potato Chip's coops

    UPDATED on 24 Aug 2017 with more photos and dimensions This is my little girl (bantams) coop, the run part. It's when it was first put up, it's got some shadecloth over it now and some logs and "stuff" inside now (including the little girls who hadn't moved in at the time), it's not so sparse...
  9. A

    If at First You Don't Succeed, Try Try Again!!

    I know this is a long story, but I have been following this website for 2 years and kept hens for 18 months, and only now, after my utter initial failures and more recent successes, do I feel I have a story to tell. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for reading! In Feb 2016, I thought it would be cool...
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  10. Window is fixed!!!

    Window is fixed!!!

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