Car door was frozen shut with just a slight coating of frost; no hammer necessary, just good tugging! One of the BYP magazines had a feeder made of PVC pipes; is yours like that? I was at Home Depot today and saw some sheds. I looked at them and thought with some modifications, i.e., door to collect eggs, vents, I thought it was a great idea for a coop. But I wouldn't buy one. I took some pictures of the interior and exterior to see if I could hire someone to build one. My son is a firefighter and many of his crew are carpenters or at least know how to build one of these. Most of the coops online look small in comparison to the size of a good-size hen; this was PERFECT! At least I'm developing some ideas.
I have such a good-sized yard that I would hate to restrict them to just a small run. But I wouldn't feel safe going to work and leaving them alone. I'll plan that out, too. We have a lot of red-tailed hawks, eagles, kestrels, etc. Then there are the "night stalkers" - 'coons, possum, skunks.
I have such a good-sized yard that I would hate to restrict them to just a small run. But I wouldn't feel safe going to work and leaving them alone. I'll plan that out, too. We have a lot of red-tailed hawks, eagles, kestrels, etc. Then there are the "night stalkers" - 'coons, possum, skunks.