Recent content by greengardenvienna

I thought I'd post this for others who have had trouble with egg eaters and all the usual advice hasn't worked. This design is tried and true-- it works. I retrofitted my existing laying boxes but the dimensions would be better if you build your box to accommodate the insert. This design...

They're just the garden variety red sex link. We got them from a farmer when they were about 7 months old, and their living conditions weren't good. There's a heater in the coop-- I made it out of a 50 watt light bulb and a clay pot. The pot gets warm and the birds could cuddle up to it if...

I have two hens and the smaller one, Crown Royal, is suffering in the winter cold. She is still eating but she's somewhat listless. She's a lot skinnier than in the summer time, though. I have them in a coop two feet off the ground with about three inches of wood shavings. The structure...

Hi all, We bought three hens, ~ 7 months old, from a farmer who had been raising them in less-than-ideal conditions. They adjusted to their new, happier home, but Fluffy has always laid really really large eggs, sometimes with the shell rippled and deformed. She was otherwise healthy-- no...

Hi all, We are about to face a backyard chicken ban in our tiny village of Vienna Ontario (Canada). Right now, the law is murky, banning "livestock" not banning chickens as pets or hobbies. Council is considering an outright ban. I wrote an open letter in response to a decision at the last...