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wet, wet out here in Denver.... It's much needed and I'm hoping to stay out of the major drought we had a few years back. I remind myself of that each time I complain about the (darn) precipitation! The chicks are 4 weeks old now. We are brooding indoors and I am ready for them to be...

We went to the feed store and talked with them. We were very blunt about our price range ($300) and none of the coops they were selling were less than 350 and they only housed half of the chickens we wanted. Once we got all that out of the way (and they knew we weren't budging on the price) they...

@kingkoopa - I am so excited to be working on the coop tomorrow and this weekend. It is a ton of fun to have a finished product that you can be proud of. Good luck with it all!

@Rock Home Isle - That was hilarious that they decided to put themselves to bed. You were worried for no reason! You've taught them well!!!

Thanks! - I am commenting on threads to keep them in my feed. Now, I have to go back and see how it did!

This is very interesting. I can imagine that the chickens would enjoy greens in the winter this way.

This is a great thread. I love the idea of the addition of the bird bath heater. I'm looking to use my waterer over our Denver winter and don't want to deal with frozen water!

Thanks for the info!

Some great thoughts here. Eventually, I'm looking into making my own. I am curious how to find out the protien content of a feed. Is there a website? I use myfitnesspal for human recipes, is that adequate?

Definitely looking into building this.

This is so cool! I might see if i can do something like this come July when I have a bit of time. Thanks for the tutorial.

That's annoying. We lost a watermelon last year (we had 2) and it's really discouraging. I guess it is just a part of the urban part of urban homesteading. We deal with people who "need" it more than we do. It's upsetting to me, but honestly i don't know what we can actually do. If you can catch...

I've been "urban homesteading" for the past 7 years or so with varying levels of commitment. I've just finished my masters program and am looking forward to recommitting myself to this. For me it means: doing something about food (even if it's just herbs on a windowsill, though we grow...

I bought a lovely, large chicken coop for my baby chicks second hand from the feed store. I KNOW that I need more ventilation and plan to do it. I thought I would have you AMAZING people help me to identify what to do and where to do it. I’ve attached the pictures of my coop. Everything we do...