Recent content by aweaver

At the time I posted I was letting my hens out to free range in our fenced back yard most of the day - My office overlooks the back yard so I could keep an eye out. Unfortunately, three days ago I heard the hens making noise, looked out, and saw a Cooper hawk dragging my easter egger, Pickles...

Good eye, redsix! This photo is about a month old. One of the barreds has a full red comb and wattle; the others are not as far along.

Thanks, daxigait! They love perching on the gate to their run. Funny girls!

Thanks, WVduckchick; I have started waiting until about 10 a.m. to let them out, in hopes that out of sheer boredom they'll check out the nest boxes! :) So far, they're not too curious, but I guess it's because they're not looking for a spot to lay eggs yet!

My two barred rocks, one buff orpington, one EE, and one gold sexlink are 20 weeks old as of yesterday. I am on pins and needles! Can anyone tell me if it's normal that none of them have apparently even gone into the nest boxes to check them out yet? They freerange in our back yard all day...

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Awesome! That's just what I was looking for. You're a better searcher than I am. Thanks!

I've been a member of BYH for a while, but we're just now actually going to build our coop and get our first chicks. I've been looking at many, many plans for coops, and love the design of the popular Purina hen house & hutch, but all links to it lead to Purina's website, which contains no...