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I am hell on wildlife that gets near my coop. I just started up chicken keeping again after a several years break. New house, new state, new coop, new varmints to get rid of. I already had one duel with a opossum that was in the tack room of the barn. Now that I have chickens I will be...

I had a roo that the hens about scalped and he made it. I used neosporin on the wound and my daughter hand fed him. It did not take him very long to rebound. Chickens are really tough in my experience.

Find someone else that wants some and then you can buy what you need, like 8 chicks so you each have 4.

What about something like this. It's a base/foundation for 4x4 posts:

My run use to be where my kids swingset was and has a foot of sand. It does get caked up from time to time, but I just rototill it a couple of times a year and all is good. I would not do metal in my coop either, I think there would be issues as some have already stated. The walls of my coop...

I have vinyl sheet flooring and painted walls. I just used the glue you are suppose to use for sheet vinyl and glued it to the plywood floor. Walls were painted with regular latex indoor paint to protest the 1/4" plywood I used for the walls inside. The paint was some pink left over from my...

Are you sure you don't have weasels or something like them in your area?

Sure, but I would cover it with some type of flooring. I just used cheap 7/16" OSB and covered with sheet vinyl. My coop is 8 years old and it's still solid.

I highly doubt they are cold. Remember they are always wearing their down coat 24/7. You're in Texas, 20 degrees is nothing up here in Michigan and our chickens do just fine. I have never supplemented heat in my coop. The only thing that seems to bother my chickens is the snow, but I think...

Protien!

I keep bottle rockets by the back door and shoot a couple off in their direction when I see them. No way could I hit them, but the noise is enough to get them to move on. Do this often enough and they will seek other place to hunt. It has worked pretty good for me so far. Illegal to shoot a...

I put my liter on top of the garden and till it in real good a couple of weeks before planting. My tomatoes love it. Last year they went crazy and grew to over 4 feet tall! I used vinyl on my wood floor for my DLM. Seems to work just fine and I've been doing this for over 5 years now.

I can only wish you luck, that describes a lot of coop here.

My run is on the spot where our kids playstructure was years ago. I dug it out with a tractor and put in 1 foot of sand. Chickens love it and it stays dry in all but the wetttest weather. It tends to smell a bit in the spring and I usually rototill it and that takes care of the problem. I...

I caught six one summer before I was done. No doubt there are more, but they may be harder to catch. If that happens start changing your bait. Sweets and fishy things worked best for me. That and chinese egg rolls, don't know why, but I always seem to catch something with an egg roll. Also...

Where are you at? If you were close I would give you a couple. I have a beagle and he does just fine with our chickens. He does like to mess with the rooster from time to time, but my guess is he is going to get his butt spurred soon and then that fun will be over. I think for my hound the...

Sadly this one I just can't give away. It's mostly done, someone just needs to spend the time to dial in the distance of the heat lamps to the thermostat so it regulates accurately. If I can't get rid of it soon it's going to the dumpster. Someone take it and I'll give you a dozen hatching...

I am surprised nobody has taken this yet. Everything is there for an incubator, it just has to be setup properly and there is lots of info here on BYC about that. Please someone take this, I really hate to just throw it away.

Please, please, please, make sure it is food grade DE. That is the only kind you should be using around chickens. I don't feed DE to mine, I use it for insect control in the bedding.

I shoot bottle rockets at the hawks that get too close. It's not a 100 percent solution, but just like flying the predator kite, if you do it often enough they may just move on somewhere less intimidating. for the record there is no way I could ever hit one. Also I use the whistling bottle...