Search results for query: *

21 week old BA (Jade) she's the sweetest girl of my 8. Not positive but believed she had started laying recently. Today she is not with it at all. When I let the flock out of the run to do yard work with me; I noticed she was squatting down all the time. I checked her vent and it's super clean...

Haven't posted any construction photos for a few weeks. For the most part it's done. Still need to rework the roost/poop board and put in the external nest boxes. Warmer weather is here so I can lock the girls out of the coop and get these things done. got my first egg Friday..Sat two and today...

Just got my pullets home friday. Every evening I sit in front of the screened coop door and view them in great detail as they come up to chat with me.Only issue noticed is my 17 week old Barred Rock pullet's upper beak is split right down the middle. From the tip the split goes up a tad less...

I just picked up my 17 week old pullets yesterday and noticed that one of the BSL's has black legs and the other has brownish ones. Is this common? In picture the one on right facing camera has the brown legs, she also has alot of red running throughout her chest (as pix shows) her back and...

After too long of dealing with a coop build through a nasty NC winter I brought my 17 week old pullets home today and happily put them in the their new home. The coop isn't done by any means but is very cozy and homey for my girls. Without being to descriptive in comparison to where they were...

I know most of you have started your flocks from chicks and i hope to to so within the next year or so. My situation has me getting back into the hobby with 8 mixed pullets. I will be picking them up Friday and bringing them home to the recently finished coop. I've read Storey's on this subject...

Finally finished coop, picking up birds on friday and moving them in (rah!) Went to TSC today to get various supplies to set up coop. Looked for Stall-Dry, Stall-boy and couldn't find it. When I asked they replied it's no longer carried and the new product is PDZ. I went ahead and bought it, I...

I have a startup flock of 8 laying hens (had a few hens a couple years ago but other than that) and I'm new to the hobby. does anyone keep any type of journal on thier backyard flock; and if so what type of data do you capture? (weight, molts, laying, health issues, brooding, treats, etc..?) I...

So, I'm working on the new coop today, faithful Lab Emily with me. I've been storing usable scraps of wood and half a bale of straw under the coop to keep it out of the weather as I build (coop is raised 2' from ground to provide shady area, etc.; underneath coop will be part of run. Emily...

Can anyone direct me to some pop door designs . I have a 11 X16" opening thanks in advance

Snow mud cold, nice NC winter... I'm making some great progress and am really motivated. All exterior siding is up, interior sheathing is up, window, vent and pop door cutouts made, half of floor is tiled with peel and sticks.... Here are my window cutouts, this side of the coop faces south. I...

Freezing temps, Rain, sleet, snow, ice. All of these little gems (and work) have created havoc to my new coop build schedule. Finally got siding on today and will cut out ventillation and window penetrations tomorrow as well as running interior wiring, insulation and hopefully some interior...

Had to post this story. This morning a gal at work that knows I have chickens came up to me and explained the following... My niece was out side playing with my banty's...a hawk flew down and grabbed a bird (right at the girls feet), the girl (9 yrs old) began beating the hawk, the hawk...

Did a search for info on this and didn't find anything. Hope I didn't miss it...don't want to post dumb questions. Can I change my user-name (screen-name) without rejoining?

Ok so I got shut down tooo many times by the winter mess (freezing rain tmmrw, oh joy). So into the shop I went to work on my nest boxes. It may be out of the sequence I'd like but I'm being productive and it's all gotta get done....and my feet were warm and dry. Anyway I've been doodling a...

Wrapped the walls with tarps to keep the snow out. Looks like I'm at a stand still again

13"H X 14W x 14Deep Those are the dimensions I've planned to build to. Any comments would be appreciated.

Another great day of progress (used a vacation day). Normally I would have sheathed the outer walls before roofing but there is a storm inbound that will be either snow or ice. I'll take a foot of snow over an inch of ice...anyway. The roof overhangs the front and back wall 2 feet and 1 foot on...

Finally making decent progress, all walls framed and raised! Roof will be up and shingled tomorrow before inbound snow. After I laid the plywood on the floor structure I used it as a flat, level work table to frame up all 4 walls, worked great, ultra easy work table and everything was...

I'm new here and building a new coop for 8 pullets...... I have no plans at present to get into breeding my girls, hence no plan for a Roo. I've read many great posts about how great Roo's are and a few about how much of a pain they are. Can a rooster be brought into a flock of hens (after...