Recent content by surfchicken72

outside. You will like it more, and you're chickens will appreciate the extra room. depending on breed, 4X4 gets crowded quick once feeders and waterers and roosts go in

depending on breed.... I went with 16" high X 12" wide... However, If I were to do it again, I would double the width to avoid traffic jams at the door. Just my personal opinion. so couple inches taller than your breed's final height and twice the width plus a couple inches.. but the single...

OK so got mine to the VET. (she is a barred-rock) She has an Egg lodged inside her, the vet said. We tried to "induce" her. it didn't work. so she's isolated in my garage with a nice set up , on antibiotics since she was so run down, and just hoping that egg pops out. 7 days, no egg. NOTE: all...

HELP! I have one with the same issue! was just about to post this. her comb is also droopy and looks bloody at the tips. she seems very lethargic. and the other hens seem to pecking at her butt.... Not sure if its runny poo or some kind of mucus on her...

Coopers HAwk killed one of my girls on Sunday..... RIR. 2 years old. I heard them all squawking frantically outside... and ran out. To my dismay there was a Coopers Hawk sitting on top of my girl. She was dead. feathers everywhere. He didn't get a taste as I missed the kill by seconds I'm...

with the bulb.. I only have it come on in the AM and turns off a few hours later... just to get the needed light for eggs, no need for it to be on all day and into the night. I believe they prefer the dark to come gradually also, rather that at 7PM it all goes to from lit to black night in an...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/59508_47865_1490217028784_1634746.jpg hardware "cloth" on My coop. course you've gone 2 years without, BUT it only takes one smart raccoon at the right time to ruin it for ya.

that $4000 coop is a joke. I couldn't imagine keeping 5 hens in there.

mine could care less about the rain it seems as well.....

Hi.. we have 5 girls... and I recently rebuilt the roost "ladder" to make it removable for cleaning. However, the new roost is just a hair shorter (width wise), and now my "portly" girl Gladys doesn't seem to fit anymore, and roosts alone on the second level roost. With winter coming should I...

Bunny Nose Pink, with white Trim....... it's IS a girl's house afterall...... (See my BYC page for pics)

yeah they're on that roost, now. runs the length of the coop. They're just looking upward.... "yo, where's the roost?"

he'll be your favorite, too. My rooster had SO much personality..... but he had to go......... miss him dearly. Although I don't miss the "attacks" when I first let him out of the coop in the AM... would "size-me-up" daily... making sure I wasn't making a move on his ladies... :0

they definitely appear "puzzled".... they're looking for it, right now..... Kinda comical as long as they're OK.