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Oops, I forgot to tell you that I try to keep something like 8"+ of wood shavings. As it breaks down I add more plus the chickens like to dust themselves when I add Cal-Dolomita which of course is right in front of the door where the sun shines in, a lot of the shavings end up out the door. No...

This man has written for BYC and Mother Earth News, here is some of what he has to say. The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers by Harvey Ussery If you plan to build a new structure in which to house your birds, I...

All of our chickens scramble for a spot on the roosts, egg hens, silkies, bantams and the guinea hens. A couple manage to get into the nest boxes with their chicks. Some of the chickens stay on the deep litter as they can scratch out a nest in seconds. No one gets preference where, it is...

Quote: Because to some minor (I hope) nerve damage in my arm I am unable to swing a hammer much or with a lot of accuracy. Got out the old drill with the driver bits and screwed my coop. Ah! put it together with screws, right. Just remember to measure twice and cut once. You can do it...

Today was a good day for a little cleaning the nest boxes, no idea what is wrong but I am getting very fragile egg shells which break easily so the boxes got hosed out and new shavings put in. Notice the bottom which slopes to the middle front and rear, the center 4" is flat. The water bottle...