Recent content by Malfean

I know I can get 2-3 of my neighbors to possibly argue a point or two, yes. The neighbor across the street with 4-chickens of his own has told me that I may speak for him on this. Not sure if any of them would be willing to go to the council meeting, but I am pretty sure I could get them to...

An added absurdity that my neighbor across the street (who owns 4 chickens too), told me that they also put a 25' distance from all property lines. In my instance, that would be almost impossible. My coop would end up on my porch in the middle of my yard, up against the back wall!

Ok, so here's the story. About 2 months ago, someone in my town (about 1 mile away) had bought some chickens and a coop and put them in the yard. Because they're on a corner, everyone could see the coop. Local kids loved it, etc... However, they had a rooster. So they attracted obvious...

Smoking perfection......

You bring the tea, and I'll haul my grill and smoker and make a competition-quality brisket for people. We can sip that tea, and admire that castle-coop all day.

That's not a Coop, or a Run... that is a Castle & Chicken Mansion complete with grounds. WOW...

Ha! With my three kids constantly around them, watching them and caring for them... not to mention walking around the yard when we let them out of the run? I’d be shocked.

About 6 of them are doing the whole squat with the hand on the back gently.

This morning, I noticed that my chickens were behaving a little strange. I recently put a chicken door in the coop and they like to come out around 6.30am. However this morning, I saw that about half of them were out, but they were all looking into the coop through the door. Like they were...

This is the roost. It is 5 feet in length. and 4.5 feet of height. There are 20 chickens. the majority of them like to sleep on the top tier, and some on the second. I rarely see any on the 3rd and none on the lowest. Obviously, they all want to roost on that top rung. There is plenty of...

90% of them use the roost reliably. Some of them, however, I have noticed will go and wedge themselves between the milk crates. I've noticed that when I open the coop in the morning. The 'aspiring chicken wrangler' in me things the solution is to put something between the nesting boxes so...

I will take this advice... but how do I keep them from sleeping in the nests?

A nice springtime shot

In my coop, the roost sits opposite of where the nests will be. Currently, I have 6 milk crates and have placed them on a nice shelving unit that the girls can access. To make sure they don't roost in the nesting boxes, I currently have them turned over so they're just sitting there like a...

chickens hangin' in the Coop!