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This might be obvious, but is there any way to secure a chicken tractor from predators digging under it? I see lots of stationary coops have hardware cloth down into the ground, but that's not an option here. The only thing I can think of is it completely wrap the entire run in hardware cloth...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't need to provide a separate area for dust bathing, right? They can/will dust bathe in the coop pine shavings and DE mix (if I use it)?

For chickens, must it be in pellet form or in the straw-like-hay-like form I saw at TSC?? What if I bought a bale of it (which was $11) and just chopped it up with a knife or food processor or something? Then I could mix it in their feed? I know that might be a lot of work...

I asked this in another thread, but no one replied. I think I must've killed it. Can you choose to have no pop door, OR - Can you use a doggie door, with a flap? Would the chickens push through something like that?

I've read a bunch of BYC'ers cool and original coop names, and have been trying to come up with one of my own for the future coop. I'm going nowhere fast. lol Where I live, there is a train yard directly behind us. I also just finally learned the definition of "chook". So the only thing I can...

Okay okay. Give me what works for you, what preference you have, and why. I just can't seem to decide on all Brahma's or one each of a Brahma, a Barred Rock, a Rhode Island Red, a Buff Orpington, and a Sliver Laced Wyandotte? And also I was wondering when selling chicks, are people looking for...

Do you have in-coop feeders and waterers or outside or both? Do you ever have issues of waterers inside spilling and causing mold or wood rot? I live where its cold the majority of the year with a few hot summery months. I was going to build outdoor feeders but then if I have wussy birds who...

Okay so I just learned here how exactly fertilization of eggs works and that its not as straight forward as I thought. I never knew you could set aside fertile eggs for awhile without them dying, and that they only started developing once incubated (by us or by mama hen). Keep this in the back...

These two home made music video montages pretty much sum them up nicely. I hope you enjoy them! (I had a lot of fun putting them together.) About my daughter About my son:

I emailed the clerk of courts before I started a coop or bought some chickens... to be sure that I would be following any laws or regulations in case the neighbors were to complain (though I highly doubt that), I want to be prepared and make sure I know my facts. I had trouble finding it on...

http://toledo.craigslist.org/grd/2340497201.html Hmmm... I've searched high and low around me for the closest hatchery and there are NONE, not even farms I can locate. I thought I read that sexing was super expensive to do and thats why its rarely done. Do you get the feeling someone is trying...

I feel kinda silly asking this... But how do you all know when your hens being broody vs just laying an egg??

Okay. If I wanted to get some layers and a rooster for eggs and possibly (hopefully) chicks, and also got some broilers, (say a total of 12, 5 hens, 1 rooster, and 6 meat birds) would I need to separate them? They can't both eat the same things, right? And if I got Meatie Roosters, I wouldn't...

When I get some birds, they will be kept in a chicken tractor something like the one posted on My BYC Page. I read the FAQ thread regarding grit and saw the photo that was posted (the one balancing an egg) and I was surprised how large grit was compared to what I thought. So here's my...

Found this on Craigslist http://toledo.craigslist.org/for/2338461086.html With a few modifications, that would be perfect as a spare coop for a brooder (maybe?) or a sick/brooding/whatever chicken! Doncha think??

LOL Okay well I can't sleep so I'm not really dreaming. To pass the time I've been brainstorming up a chicken tractor that can house maybe 6-12 chickens and be moved by the riding lawn mower. I told hubs to build me something like this, and he said we'd have our chickens come next month. I'm...

After some google searching landed me here on more than a handful of occasions, I decided I might as well just go on and register here. My names Mallory. Married to Ben. Have two young kids (Delta-5 and Elliott-2) and a German Shepherd Dog. (Dakota-7) Within the next month or so Ben and I...