Thank you so much for letting me know! I guess I never thought anyone would actually LEAVE this forum rofl. I built water buckets and used pvc pipe and nipples but I can’t keep my girls from roosting on them! It breaks the seal and then they leak lol so I was looking at different ideas and came...
This was such a great article. Thank you for writing it. I think I am going to give it a try! I currently feed pellets but am trying to get away from it. Is there any way you can link to the feed you are using?
Thank you. I will end up doing that I’m sure. I can’t thank all of you enough for sharing your ideas, your time and encouragement. I’ll keep everyone posted!
I appreciate the input on the deer netting. Saves me money and heart ache learning from others. I’m going to research some prices. I also really like the craigslist idea and going to start looking there.
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i thought about that but wasn’t sure if they would use them. Now that someone has suggested it, I can definitely put out some cover for them. Thank you!
I love your thoughts. Has anyone ever accused you of being a genius! Lol. That’s a fantastic idea. I was actually considering doing something somewhat similar. I was thinking of using wood posts and then deer netting to make the sides taller and then using the netting to make a “ceiling” if that...
Right now we have 10 larger ones that are about to start laying and 6 smaller ones that are probably a few months from laying. I would probably like to have around 25 total. The run is 80 feet by about 30. It has a short field fence on three sides and then the shop wall on the fourth. There is...
We recently bought a house and a 6 bay shop. Attached to the end of the shop is four “stalls”. Along the backside of the shop is a fenced in area (fenced is a strong word lol). The stall closest to the run was converted into a chicken coop with a raisable door. We have our chickens in there now...
I don’t think you will regret it. We love her. The pics just don’t capture how beautiful she really is. You will have to send me a pic if you get one!!
Thank you so much. I am so enamored with her. She has such a great disposition. Sweet and so easy to be around. I think we are going to try and replenish some of our kids with a few more like her!
So we got 18 chicks in the spring from a chain store. We lost three right away. We recently lost 5 to some sort of predation. Up until two nights ago, we left to door to the coop open so that they could let themselves out in the morning. That worked for several months. We have since put in a...
I am looking for a breeder that has either Svart Honas or Ayam Cemani chicks for sale. I am near Idaho Falls, ID but could travel a bit. For instance if the breeder was in Salt Lake City, Utah I could drive there. Thank you to any and all that read the post and to those that reply as well.