We have been working on this forever...still not done but getting close. Needs the hwc on bottom and the roof with ventilation and a large door to access for cleaning. The nesting box was probably the hardest part. We have a floor that can be placed in but its not in yet. We used this super...
We are almost finished with an A-frame chicken coop with a hole in the floor for the ramp to get to the grass. My question is how big does the hole need to be if the slope of the ramp is 45 degrees? It is thirteen by ten right now and it still seems like the chickens would hit their heads. Thank...
Thank you all. I'll be reading up on other threads. He attacked on of the bigger girls today after I "fixed" the fence. Looks like I'm going to need to surround the run with cinder blocks.
So, I've had my dog for over a year and my pullets since April and my dog has basically only barked at them. The way the chicken run is set up my dog could dig under and get in if he wanted to but only tried once. He went in and picked up a chicken with it's mouth and when I said "no let's go...
Thank you! I'll keep an eye on it, Im seeing red waddles and crests similar to mine on hens' pix so I think I'm going to wait it out until around 4 months.
from what I've read the lack of white (very dominantly black chick you got there) would make me say pullet. Mine's got a little pink giong on in the comb area too. Maybe RED RED is what to look out for but I'm no expert. All my chicks are getting a little pink in the comb area, I think that's...