Articles by marlo1968

I am new to keeping chickens and have already fallen victim to "chicken math". I started with the plan of buying 10 Pearl White Leghorns and 5 Red Stars from a woman in a nearby town. Got those girls, and they laid 6 eggs on the way home!!! Then got 7 more before the day was out....I was told...

Ugly but functional. My coop is 8' x 4' x 5' high with 8 1'cube nesting boxes. The nesting boxes are on the back of the hen house with a hinged lid for easy access. Almost all the materials used are repurposed materials we had on hand. The only thing I bought was a 50' roll of 4' high...