I have 5 of these girls who are coming on to a year old. They started laying at 4 months old and have continued laying strong throughout the winter with no additional heat or light. They are curious and friendly. Although I don't pick them up and carry them around, they are always come running...
I think you just need to come right out and say look I know I've been giving away eggs but I can no longer afford to do that. I'm going to have to start charging for the eggs in order to afford to feed my chickens. I think people will understand and if they don't I guess they can buy eggs at...
Here's a pic of the inside of the coop I took yesterday. The shavings have been down since the first of June.I just open the door at the back and scoop the shavings out.. I don't do the deep litter method because I don't want anything decomposing on top of my wooden floor.
I have a 8x8 coop with a wooden floor. I use pine shavings that come compressed in a plastic bag intended for horse bedding. I spread it out and stir it around with a pitch fork every other day or so. I sprinkle with diatomaceous earth every so often. Everything stays dry and smell and fly...
Looks great to me. I'm hoping the hubby and I can do something similar with scraps we have around the place. He's promised to start a chicken quarantine tractor for me this weekend. I'm going to make him look at this. :-)
Are you going to paint the outside or the inside? I suspect you're probably not supposed to but I painted the outside of the coop with my chickens in it. There is great ventilation in the coop and it was a hot sunny day so the paint dried in minutes. No ill effects so far and that was a...
I've been reading a bunch of posts here on the forum and now I've scared myself. I'm a new chicken owner with four 2 month old Rhode Island Reds. We built a lovely chicken house that should hold up to 20 chickens and my boys would each like to get their own chicken of a different breed. One...
Hello Everyone,
I am a new chicken owner from near Kansas City. I've been wanting chickens for a few years now and on my birthday in April my 10 year old son gave me a card promising that he was going to build me a chicken house with Daddy's help. Once I checked that the husband was actually...