Recent content by jjpigg06

I have been eying up buying the Pullet-Shut door with the solar panel. However, I have the Formex Snap Lock Large Coop which is made of a hard plastic instead of wood. Do you think it could still be easily installed? I'm not so handy, and I don't want to spend this kind of money if it...

Welcome! I'm just downstate in Southern Illinois. I love the Carolina Coop Penthouse! It's beautiful and seems like it would be very practical as well!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/90880523/003-easter-egg-hunt-basket-crochet? My coworker graciously made it in exchange for a couple dozen eggs. She said it wasn't too hard with the pattern!

Total bragging post! I have a 2 year old who loves to help gather eggs from our girls, however most of the time half of our eggs end up cracked before she's able to carry them into the house. I didn't want to discourage her, so my awesome coworker was able to craft this up for me! Now each...

Thanks for the info! I found their website. For anyone else interested, it looks like they meet the last Sunday of the month, March through October. I'm going to try to make it up there soon!

That's a good point I hadn't thought of. I'm not even sure what kind of animal it is. It took the entire body, but there was plenty of feathers and blood. Looks like I need to solve the bigger problem before I start complaining about carrying my girls across the yard to tuck them in. Thanks!

About 2 weeks ago, a predator got into my coop and got one of my girls. At the time I had 5. I've since reinforced the coop and made sure it was safer, but my 4 remaining girls no longer like to go into their coop at night to roost. They've been roosting in our garage, and have to be carried...

Love your set up! That's exactly what I'm hoping to accomplish by next spring. Was it hard to build the legs to raise the coop off the ground? I'm not too handy. (Okay, I'm not at all handy.) Also, are you still keeping the food and water in one side of the nesting boxes?

I own this coop now for 4 hens. Has anyone had any luck modifying it to raise it off the ground? Maybe adding legs and adding more chicken wire to the bottom? Just not too pleased with it the way it currently is. Also, I've noticed that the bottom of my nesting boxes are looking warped...

I'm located down in Southern Illinois. Does anyone know of a good place down here to get more chickens? I chicken swap or hatchery? I bought my original 6 at Rural King. I do keep an eye out on Craigslist. I'm hoping to add a maran to my flock to add a different color egg to the mix!

I had a similar problem where 2 of the 6 chickens I bought from Rural King were roosters. I made the mistake though of getting rid of both of them, and then a predator got one of my girls. I'm now on the search for a rooster, although hopefully a well tempered one since I have a two year old...

I've owned chickens now for about 6 months. My husband and 2 year old went to Rural King one day for some dog food, and came back with a variety pack of baby chicks. We ended up with 1 Americauna, 1 Red Sex Link, and 2 ISA Browns. As aggravated as I was at first, I quickly have become a crazy...

Are these boys till available? I recently lost one of my girls to a predator and was thinking a roo might add some protection. We had a RIR rooster that got too agressive with my 2 year old daughter, but it sounds like these boys have a sweeter temperment. Let me know. Thanks!