Recent content by ColleenH

Thanks for all the ideas here. I had moved the feeder, and finally also the water into the coop hoping the new pullets would go there at night. Easter morning it was 28°and 2" of snow and they still stayed outside overnight. I finally tried the light idea. A low-watt cfl on all afternoon and lit...

You have lots of great advice here already, and I will second this : Latches. On a wndy day, my people door must not have been adequately latched and blew open (that's how I found it just a couple hours after closing it in the morning.) My beloved, totally mellow, adorable Australian Shepherd...

Just got home this afternoon and when walking up to my totally caged in chicken coop and run, the one door that shouldn't be open, was. And silence. For about 3 optomistic seconds I thought "maybe they're all up in the trees, safe." My gentle adorable Aussie that had never been in with the...