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Great to know, thanks! I've seen the pre-sexed chicks at the local farm store but wondered if there's still the chance of ending up with a rooster?

Thanks, that's awesome! I was thinking about putting in a large hoop house next year, but I bet a greenhouse would be better/sturdier as a multipurpose building.

Thanks, what a great idea to have different breeds to remember their ages! I also LOVE the variety of egg colors available out there, but I know some of the breeds are harder to start with than others...

:eek:...I'll start mentally preparing for that one!

Yikes!! We have a couple of ravens in my neighborhood... I'll be sure to keep an eye out.

Great! Buff Orpington is one of the breeds of pullets I can get from a family member who owns a farm. :)

Thanks! Re: sturdiness, what building materials/methods have you tried or would recommend? Oh geez, that's really good to know because there are a LOT of crows that hang around nearby. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the link! I'm still browsing layouts/features and open to ideas, so this is great. :)

Oh, good point! I have hardware cloth under my raised beds to prevent diggers, but I hadn't been thinking about that as a feature for the chicken coop.

Great ideas, thanks for sharing! I love the idea of the greenhouse being a winter home! What kind of greenhouse do you have?

Seems like the consensus is that raccoons are the worst!

Yes, 100% planning to enclose the top. My brother lives down the street from me and has had hawks try to get in from the top. I hear the owls at night, so I know they're around, too... Re: Rhode Island reds, WOW! That's the kind of anecdote I came here for, haha. What other breeds have...

I have a long list of predators in my area for sure! I've read some pretty brutal stories about raccoons that get at the flock while doing my research! :eek: They're so rude.

Neat! I'd never heard of that before. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, those sound like good rules of thumb for spacing. Definitely going to go with the hardware cloth!

Our local animal inspector pretty much said the same thing re: predators. Will need to protect against raccoons, hawks, owls, mink, weasels, and fishers. I'm thinking hardware cloth enclosure and a run with a roof... Great points! I'll dig a little deeper through the other threads as well...

Our local animal inspector pretty much said the same thing re: predators. Will need to protect against raccoons, hawks, owls, mink, weasels, and fishers. I'm thinking a run with a roof and hardware cloth...

Chicken owners! I'm planning to build a chicken coop this summer/fall and starting a small flock with pullets and/or chicks from a family member's farm, sometime within the next year or so. I've been doing my research on the basics but just curious to hear from your experience: What would be...

That's still cool! Despite gardening for years, I feel like every season still a new learning experience! What are you growing this year?

Thank you! Looking forward to learning as much as I can from you all.