Posts by libertychicken

Melissa, I'm curious why you don't like your EEs?  Mine (I have 3) are not very friendly, but since I lost both my super-friendly Buff Orps to hawks last fall the EE girls have become more social.  I wonder if they are just...

Cutest coop ever!  I'm an architect and yet I adore this coop more than any straight one I've ever seen - great work!

Quote:Originally Posted by darkmatter See my BYC page for Pics of my Coop rainwater collection that I've been using for many years. I put goldfish in the stock tank to prevent mosquitoes.darkmatter I love your setup!  Wish I...

Back when summer had just ended I rinsed out my son's little plastic wading pool - it looks a lot like your bed liner, but round - and propped it against the wall of the house, in the yard where the chickens range, to dry.  The...

I have three EEs and every day I get one blue egg, one olive egg, and one light brown egg.  One of the girls has a tiny pea comb, one has a single serrated comb, and one has a big weird flat unserrated com that flops into her eyes...

Quote:Originally Posted by Buck Creek Chickens get some wire on that window, one solid piece,  I have a big owl problem, had one pull 'J' clips out and go through hardware cloth.Seriously, an owl (or hawk, or raccoon?) can pull...

It BROKE THROUGH the plexi?!  Good heavens, I would never have considered that to be possible.  I'm with you on raptors having lost ALL aesthetic appeal for me any more - they just look like bloodthirsty lunatics to me after...

I used The Garden Coop (google it) and was very pleased both with how it looks and how it functions.  It's pretty simple to build, though my husband does have a lot of carpentry experience.  If you run into troubles, though,...

I am exactly the same way, especially in this cold cold weather - I feel like if I'm going out there I OWE them a little snack to warm them up.  But it's all healthy: lots of kale and apple.  And their eggs are regular - pretty...

I'd had them for 3 days when I had to get rid of one of my "hens" when HE started practicing crowing - the farmer I bought him from was embarrassed and happily traded him, just a mistake.  But the adorable sound of that...