Recent content by FinnIslander

Update: I've been using sand in my coop and run and I LOVE how easy it is to clean up! That, and the sand and poop together are a great addition to my compost pile of kelp and kitchen grounds.

Thanks!

Items I had laying about. Cost: $0.00 The watering station (like the feeding station and nesting boxes) is accessed through my workshop. The white plastic sheet is in the tray because my girls were used to drinking out of a white container and didn't seem to notice the water in just the...

My homemade automatic watering station for inside the coop from stuff I had laying about. Total cost: $0.00 I figure next winter (if need be) I'll put one on my seed warming mats underneath to keep it from freezing! The bay that the waterer is in is accessed from inside my workshop... just...

Thanks! I'll be sure to use the finest sand I can as I don't think I'm ready to deal with bumble foot.

Ah yes! Cold is indeed a subjective term when it comes to how it feels to an individual.... but not for painting which is what I need to do on the hen house! ;-)

It was too cold today to work on the henhouse/coop so I decided to build a tractor coop. Will add some partial covering so the girls can get out of the sun/rain if they want to.

I just built this 6'x10' chicken tractor today.

I just built this 6'x10' tractor coop today. Total cost was $27 for the chicken wire as I had everything else laying about.

Where I live, under the kelp that washes up on the beach are all sorts of pill bugs and amphipods. My girls love them!

My girls have arrived! (2) Black Stars and (2) Pearl White leghorn juvies from Murray-McMurrays!

Wow! Thanks ever so much. I'm getting the juvies in 2 weeks but want to pick up the feed ahead of time os that REALLY helps.

Question: Please excuse my ignorance but I'm receiving several 6-9 week old juvenile birds (from Murray-McMurrays) and am not sure what to feed them and when to switch feeds. I've tried searching all the forums but couldn't find an answer. Should I (pardon the pun) start them on "starter...

On another thread it was suggested I use 4-6" of sand. Right now I have a base layer of rocks topped with several inches of cobble stones. Next I'll place a layer of pebbles on the cobble and wash them into the interstices. Eventually I'll top it all off with the suggested 4-6" of sand.

I've got rocks then cobble as a base and was wondering how deep the sand should be... the 4-6" helps. Good thing the doors I've built are all set higher than that! Thanks! ~ Keith