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Hi, I know that many folks recommend not putting any heat in coop. Would a 100 watt ceramic infrared bulb (gives off no light) be ok just to maybe take the edge off when it gets close to freezing. I'm just having a hard time dealing with my chickens being out in the coop all winter in freezing...

Hi, I have 6 buff orpington hens. I know they are cold weather hardy, and they love to be outside of their coop in their run, only stay in coop to lay and roost. This is my first winter with them. I keep a deep layer of pine shavings in their coop now verses summer. They have sand in the...

If one or several of your chickens had cocci and I've read it can kill a chicken, how long of a time span would it take for a chicken to die from it.

Also please I caught my dog eating some chicken poo can a dog get coccidious

Thank you for the advise, I would like to know what do I do about the soil in the outside pen area and in the coop run. How do I treat the contaminated soil?

Ok, 2nd morning that i have now found blood shavings and poop in the coop after the second night of roosting. I think from what I've read it could be coccidisos. I'm in a panic. I have six hens that are six months old. I think I may see a bit of blooding looking streak on one of the hens. I...

Thank you for the replys. I bought a medicine that would cover cocci, called sulmet. just read on bottle not to give to chickens that are providing eggs for human consumption. We do eat the eggs. I'm going to wait just a bit and see if there are any more blood tinged stools. Then if there...

Hi, I noticed this morning when cleaning poo out of coop which I do on a daily basis, that there was a stool that looked like it was a bit red and the pine shaving that were attached to it were a rusty red color. Could this be something to be concerned about. I have 6 hens and they all seem...

Thanks again everyone for easing my mind and for all the great advise. I had someone say to me yesterday, Kim just have fun with it. That's the attitude I'm going to try to take just have fun and enjoy them. Will be happy though to get through a winter season with them. Then next year I...

Hello Blueberry chickens, how nice to meet a neighbor on BYC. I love your coop. I looked at your BYC page and your coop progress. It is so nice. You asked where my vents are. Along both sides of the coop at the top of the walls is a 3" wide opening that has hardwire cloth protecting the...

My roosting board is a 2x4 turned so they are sitting on the 4 inch side and the walls of my coop are think peices of wood, not plywood here is a picture

really cool looking coop.

Thank you, My birds are beautiful, there so fluffy and their feathers are so smooth. They do all seem to be healthy. Hopefully they stay that way.

How would you recommend insulating my coop, it does have a steel ceiling/roof. Do I need to put insulation against that also. My coop when I bought it was to be the size that could handle 12 chickens. Both my husband and i thought that six could fit comfortably so we settled for six chickens...

Thank you everyone who replied. I want both I guess the truth and reassurence. Thank you also for the nice comments about my chickens. I guess I'm just extremely nervous being my first year with the chickens, besides being a worry wart, which Judy I am going to repeat your signature" Worry is...

Hello, I need to vent a bit. You may think I'm weird and I don't have a back bone. I think getting my chickens may have been the wrong thing to do. The reason being I love them and worry about them to much and I realize that. I have this tendency to treat my animals as if they were my kids...

My chickens playing around

Thank you for the reply, having hard time loading picture of my coop. I would say it is 24 sq feet the housing part of coop with roof/ceiling being 5-6 ft high from coop floor. I will block off ridge vent near birds roosting. Hope all goes well being this is my first winter with the chickens...

Hello I have a peak steel roof on my chicken coop. Under the roof edge that meets the coop sides is a ridge vent on each side of coop measuring about 2-3 inches in width and about 3' long. Do you think that is enough ventilation for them to have during the winter months. Also the roosting...

Hi, The question I have is: I have sand in the run that is attached to the chicken coop. There is a metal roof covering the run and the coop. The sides of the run are hardwire cloth. It is raining like crazy. The sand in the run is quite damp just from the air being so wet. Chickens are...