Posts by gale65

We keep feed inside, to keep it from getting wet or damp. Water is inside in the winter so we can plug the bowl in but outside in the summer (because I had a leaking mishap last summer and don't want to worry about that again).

I bet they loved it! Our chooks were so happy (or seemed like it) when we finally let them out of the coop for the first time. At first they were terrified but it wasn't long before they were running around in the grass.

Our run is framed with 4 x 4 posts with 2 x 4 across the top part. So 4 x 4 vertical posts and 2 x 4 horizontal braces.

We used 6' high 2 x 4 welded wire fencing all around (sunk into the ground about a foot). Then we added chicken wire on the bottom half of the run. This summer we're going on vacation and there's no one that can come out twice a day to...

We are planning to cover the top half of our run in chicken wire this summer for when we go on vacation (the bottom half will be covered with 1/2" hardware cloth). I'm trying to figure out easier alternatives. is there any kind of...

I think with that many, the method that Kassaundra had of putting them in a container they can get out of is the best (put the container in a container they can't get out of too though... ) as long as the worms can't get out of it. But...

I've found that picking them out is the only easy way. I use a plastic spoon because when I try to pick them up by hand, I feel like I'm going to squish them. I pick out the beetles, btw. They are easier to spot.

Sounds like it gets way below zero. I don't know how people live like that. lol. I don't know anything about keeping chickens in temps that cold so I'll let someone else answer.

Shouldn't this have been moved to the coop and run section rather than the managing your flock section?

The compost wouldn't stay under the shavings. The chickens would stir it all up and it would mix together.