Reviews by Dmontgomery

It makes perfect sense. I’ve observed the exact same behavior and inadvertently put myself in place of the rooster at times. We have a couple nesting boxes on our back porch, in addition to several in the coop. Frequently I will reward a hen singing the egg song with a treat of mealworms and she immediately stops singing. I thought she was just wanting the treat but now I see what was going on. My real roosters rush to the coop whenever one of the girls sing and immediately mate with her. In both situations it has only been when they were laying away from the rest of the flock. Great article!

The coop looks great. Good job of attaching the hardware cloth and skirting all around. As long as you don’t have any large predators it should be nice and secure. Piano hinges on the upper ventilation are well done. I wish you had more pictures during the construction so people with less building experience could see the process. This is a design lots of chicken owners would want to copy.