Articles by Bdutch
Introduction
This summer I have another hatch and because the hens in the main coop have been harassing chicks in the past, I want an extra coop when the chicks are getting old enough to roost. So this new group has their own coop to roost without the fuss and stress like I had previously.
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History
From the bantam chickens that were often kept in the Franco-Belgian border region, where the Schelde enters Belgium, a regional breed emerged at the end of the 19th century that was named "Mille fleurs du Tournaisis". The center of the region where these small chickens were found was...
Red mites are small parasites of about one millimeter.
They cause a lot of nuisance in the hen house, and can also transmit diseases and weaken a chicken severely. Sometimes if the owner doesn’t see the red mites before the infestation gets bad, chicks and chickens can get killed by herds of red...
How to make a chicken run without real tools.
Last year I decided to make our old pop up gazebo / party tent of 3x3 meters into a extra run for my chickens.
This is how I started:
+ hardware cloth (hwc), recommended 1 meter high, 1,25 cm ( ½”) maze.
+ a large mash panel a door (80cm x 1 meter...