My EEs are from Meyer and they're very friendly and not at all flighty. They come to me when I call, they're easy to pick up and I never have to chase them. I've trained my favorite to fly onto my arm and she loves to be held. I'll give her a head or neck rub and she'll purr and fall asleep in...
I built a raised deep litter coop based on the Wichita design that sits over part of a deep litter run. I didn't want a walk in coop because of space limitations and my back pain. This way everything in the coop is easily reachable while standing.
The footprint of the entire coop and run is...
Chickens are definitely therapeutic for me. I am autistic, have Grave's disease and Lyme disease.
Autistic people often get along with and understand animals much better than people and for me they are the social part of my day and also part of my backyard ecosystem which I enjoy studying...