The Ever-Evolving Colorado BurbCoop
Chicken Coop Specifications Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Dimensions: Footprint: 4' Deep x 5' Wide x 5' Tall Total Height: Over 6' tall with raised foundation Interior Space: 20 sq ft of floor...
View ArticleOpal Legbar Pullet from Chick to Adult
I’m going to post pics of my Opal Legbar here as she grows up. I hope this helps anyone who is looking for info on this pretty new color form of the Legbar. Opal Legbar were created by @cjwaldon by...
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A Chicken Named Moony
The story of Moony, the little black chick named after a well-known Leghorn enthusiast here on Backyard Chickens. Moony hatched on May 4, 2025, the baby of a favorite olive egger named Sidney. This is...
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My duck coop!
I currently have 2 coops (1 for ducks and 1 for chickens), however I don't really have any pictures of the process of making my chicken coop, so here's a really poor explanation of how I made my duck...
View ArticleEasy Brace For Splay Leg Chicks
This is my absolute favorite method for fixing splay legs. I wanted to share, in case it may help someone else. It works well for both feather leg and clean leg chicks! When you have a chick that is...
View ArticleMy coop!
Disclaimer This article’s sole purpose is to show off my coop and hens, and give a few details. It is not a guide or a plan to build the coop. Coop After years of begging my dad to build my chickens a...
View ArticleThree Reasons to Rehome
Introduction Well, it happened again. You got a rooster from your straight run batch of chicks. Maybe you have an aggressive rooster*. Possibly you have too many birds from a breeding project or taking...
View ArticleThe Baker's Dozen: Lacy Duckwing's 2025 Chick Growth Tracker
Chicks change a lot as they grow, so it often makes it hard to remember who was who once they are older and I'm often looking for new ways to keep track. In this article, I'll have in Spoilers pictures...
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"Just" a Chicken Coop
I named this article after the motto that emerged for this coop, the thing we said to each other every time we worked on it: "It's just a chicken coop!". Both hubby and I can be a little...
View ArticleQuarantine: how I kept the hens safe from Marek's
This article relates the story of our encounter with Marek's disease and it shares an apparently successful approach to quarantine. The flock and I live in South Australia, so our seasons are the...
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