Posts by Andora

We're moving out the country and I am so overwhelmed by the fencing and predator proofing options.  I don't know what to do!   My neighbor, whose field backs up to mine, lets her dogs roam and she warned us they love to...

Whenever we move the hoop coops to new grass.  I have no idea how often they'll need to be moved.  

We're moving to 4 acres in the country over the next couple of weeks!  I have about 30 backyard chickens--mostly full sized birds with a few bantams and Silkies mixed in.  I have to build new coops because our old ones can't...

Or maybe several of these!   http://henhousepoultry.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=133636483

If I decide to go with the non-moveable option, how much do you think it would cost to have someone build a run similar to this?  Lowes is like the most expensive place ever to buy wood, but I don't know where else to get it....

I have tried sand. It was great for a small amount of birds in a small run.  I raked it about once a week.  Once we moved them to bigger space (one is 7x12 and the other is 10x10) I started using deep straw, and I sprinkle DE...

I have had the same problem with my birds.  We have four ducks and a bunch of chickens.  They poop on the back porch and the four ducks alone have somehow killed all the grass in our yard! I would hesitate to pen up the...

I need some ideas!     Our current backyard chicken set up includes about 20 full sized birds. (Give or take some random silkies and bantams, and four ducks, that don't go in the main pen...)  I have two separate...

All of my crates have holes big enough for crickets to squeeze through. They are HUGE crickets though. Like the size of a man's thumb. Freak monster crickets. I might be able to put them in a big tote box and put the lid on. I have...

Completely grossed out at the thought of giant crickets eating my chicks. AAAH! What can I do?