Ok so my wife and i have had chickens for a couple of months now and after seeing how much feed was lost with the store bought feeders we knew something had to be done.
I have researched online and read dozens of articles on byc about making pvc feeders. I thought many of them were ingenious...
I plan on purchasing a 10x10 dog run to use as a chicken run, but I have a few concerns. I do plan on purchasing the sun shade to use as a top (only 29.99) so I don't have to go through putting chicken wire over the top, supporting it etc..
A few of my concerns are, the holes in the fencing...
Hello everyone, I'm in the process of building a coop and setting up a run to house 6 chickens. Until recently my idea was to just get 6 Rhode island reds. But the Mrs. wants 3 white egg layers instead of just 6 brown.
I've been doing my research and browsing through the facts. But I would like...
I'm looking for a breed that requires a small amount of space (about 3 sqft per bird) as I'm going to have a 4x8 coop with 10x10 attached run for 12 birds.
I would also like a breed with excellent egg production 4-5+ per week.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide me :-)
Hi everyone I'm new to the suite. My wife and I have been talking about raising chickens for eggs and I've put together a coop design that I need opinions on.
Ok first we want to house 12 chickens, we figure that would be sufficient for us. My plans are for a 4x8 coop, I have read that the...