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After years of ‘do I put the covers on the run’ and with our tropical climate, weighing up whether trying to keep them dry during a tropical storm is going to make it too hot in the run etc, today was the first real test for the new coop and covered run. Yeah, I know, ho hum for all of you who...

... which I believe is because here in Australia we do not have the same strains of Salmonella bacteria than in those countries mentioned and yep, our eggs are purchased off the shelf, not from the fridge. Do not quote me, but I believe it is because the strains we have are not able to...

Lol .. those pictures gave me such a chuckle .. TINY little chickens! "Honey, I shrunk the chickens!"

This has been playing on my mind since we built the new coop so I am going to share. For the three years I have had chickens and they have had a kit coop onto which another kit coop was added, multiple renovations and extensions etc over time, providing enough room for nesting and roosting...

Who knew when I put the sign over the viewing door on the new coop that it would make for such a photo opportunity .. OK, she is not currently broody but I just had to share

Draught = not a Lager Sorry, couldn't help myself ... I will slap myself on the way out lol

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Wow That looks awesome!

Thank you bruceha2000 yep, it is well ventilated. The floor is slatted timber, the decorative large door you can see in the first image is slatted also but able to be closed up if windy, ventilation at the top and the chicken door is always open with the small door opposite being wire and lined...

I have been lurking and we have been hard at work. It is still not finished and I wonder if it ever will be as there will always be something that they or we need We are sub tropical with high temps, high humidity and torrential rain and tropical storms but low predator risk and we wanted...

I love all the Christmas decorated coops I am seeing … sadly, if I put any decorations on my coop my spoiled little bantams would freak out and not want to go near it!

Hey there sarah noor welcome to BYC and congratulations on becoming a new chicken parent .. your little ones look adorable. If I can please, just a couple of things that come to mind: 1. I have one of those little coops as a hospital pen and/or broody pen when I have run out of room in the...

Hey Cluckies I hear ya! Before chickens my house was spotless and the garden could probably have done with some TLC. Now I have chickens, while the garden is beautiful, the house could probably do with more than a quick whip around before I race out to spend time in the garden with the girls

Aaaw, I am so very sorry to read of your loss Maybe supervised free range is an option? My gals free range is supervised; a couple of hours every afternoon and most of the day on the weekends when we are not working and can be outside with them.

Gorgeous! I want it!! [You can keep the snow though ]

Crows! Arrrrgh Crows are my nemesis to the point that I have a thread about them: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/906780/my-home-has-become-crow-central-why The Crows here are the same size, if not bigger than some of my bantams and yes, they steal eggs and I have seen them pin down...

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Hey junebuggena Yep, I totally agree and that is why I have kept until now. It may be worth finding out what and where the chickens are before saying that they cannot grip/perch and recommending 2 x 4 for everyone. Not that I am saying anyone in particular has done this, just that I have...

Thank you for posting this! I have read over and over again that chickens do not/cannot perch and have kept While my 6 bantams did have 2 x 4 roosts on which they could roost flat footed, they chose to balance on a divider in the coop or on anything higher. My coop is such that I cannot...