Recent content by Appalachickens

I am wildly sensitive to the urushiol in poison ivy. And it seems to circumvent any method I have of protecting myself. It just finds a way to jump on me. We have a similar situation with acres of heavily wooded land and loads of poison ivy (and Virginia Creeper and so on). I have already gotten...

Hard to imagine the chickens actually like this activity!

I don't know if links will post, but I saw this and thought it was funny: Chicken strollers

I agree. We put in a mini orchard already on a bit of the land that won't be affected by building- fruit trees (apples, plums, apricots, figs, pawpaws and persimmons), berry bushes (blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and boysenberries), and vines (grape and maypops). I wanted to given...

That’s great. We bought some rural land last year and plan to build in a year and put chickens in then. In the meantime I am doing what you seem to be doing - thinking through various coop/run options.

I take it you have plans to move to a more rural area?

I did a pescatarian diet for about 20 years while I was practicing Buddhism. But my son is a hunter and it forced me to think a lot about my reasons for that. Growing up on a small farm, I had to help butcher cows and I always felt like they at least got a good life before they became meat. Same...

Looks great, though.

It happens to me (a psychologist) all the time. I try to stay gracious about it. The world is a tough enough place without me getting ugly with people who are just looking for help.

Wow. Well, I am grateful for the information, typos and all!

I’m enjoying this thread and how it’s merged into folks’ daily lives. I got my second COVID vaccine a couple of weeks ago and am eagerly looking forward to getting to visit my older son who I’ve not seen in a year because of this bloody pandemic. Saw my oncologist today and don’t have to go back...

Makes sense. We’re surrounded by a ridge so,it doesn’t get very windy where the chickens will be.

That;s a good idea.

Where do you find ceramic eggs with flat sides? I want to do rollaway boxes and have wondered about that.