Recent content by shsuozzo

Hi Bobbi-j, Yes to all of the above. We close the door and the coop is surrounded by an attached run that we dug around, surrounded with hardware cloth and placed patio pricks on top of hardware cloth. No gaps, except for maybe a sliver between door to coop and frame. Each door has at least 2...

I found some raccoon prints on our coop! It was their second night outside and I am terrified now. I have several locks on the doors.... In addition have regular latches as the backup. Is this enough?!?!? HEP!!!

We put an LED small flashlight.... I'm hoping it will help!

Hi Everyone, Tonight is my chicks second night in their coop. They are 6 week old red stars and have all their feathers. They love their coop and run all day but when I closed the door for the night to their coop they all went crazy and were fighting to be closest to the exit door. I feel so...

Hi Everyone, Finishing up my first coop and hoping all of you with much more experience can help. Was thinking of burying hardware cloth around the perimeter of my coop (we have raccoons and fox in my area) and was wondering if digging out a little and putting pavers or bricks would be just as...

Name: Henrietta Age: 5 Days? Breed: Red Star Category: Cutest!

Name: Henrietta Breed: Red Star Age: 5 days?

Wanda Shirley Henrietta

Absolutely under a heat lamp!!!!! Thank you so much for the reply...... That makes me so happy, I have been worried all day. Their crops are nice and soft and keeping a close eye on them : ) "Shirley", "Wanda" anad "Henrietta" thank you too!

Hi Everyone, This is my first venture into pet chickens and I have 1 1/2 week old red stars. They have been doing very well and last night I noticed their crop area were all enlarged particularly my big girl Wanda. I read and found info and was hopeful that this morning they would be down but...