Awesome and simple article on explaining this wonderful site! I know for me, just hanging out on BYC has given me more experience in chicken keeping from listening to other people try things and state the results. I may have never tried or even had thought of some of the things I've learned on here but I've stumbled across threads that educated me. Also, because of hanging around on BYC alone, I've been able to name my chickens' health issues faster and get help for them, just by learning what it was months before the issue occurred on BYC. This is really a great site to hangout on and learn. Thanks for posting this article.
A well written article on feeding treats to your chickens. The article did really well covering how treats should be fed in moderation and why. Towards the end of the article, it included a small list of healthy treats that you can feed your chickens (feeding chickens chicken kinda creeped me out, though I've heard of it before) and a list of things that should not be fed to your chickens.
(I enjoyed seeing other member's pictures in this article and them credited.)
Very nice walk through of the coop and how everything works in the first half of this article. On the section half, excellent details on how to cut out this coop from plywood sheets and the measurements on doing so. I would have marked this article a five star as it is a very well-written article, but it appears like it was never finished? I would have loved to see how to do the rest of the coop because this article was very informative.
Most of the pictures appear to be missing and a lot of this article appears like it was a copy and paste from another website. The write-up seems like it was good, but I can't see what it's trying to show.
Well written article on training your flock to roost at night and from my own chicken experience, I can see the 'cooping for a few days' method is very effective.
Awesome coop article! It was very entertaining, including the pictures to go along with the writing. There was lots of great pictures of the building process and even a blueprint of the coop at the end of the article.
Awesome imput on this information! I am one of those chicken keepers who often look to stop the bully hen and overlook boosting the victim hen's confidence. This article was very eye-opening and I would like to try this myself.
Very detailed coop article. Well written and great pictures. The article did well going over the building process and included a list of materials used for the foundation.
A+ article! It was very well written, had excellent details, and great pictures showing how to build these cones. It even included a list of materials needed and a video on how to do it as well.
Very interesting and entertaining read. No details on what was used for seasonings or amounts used. Pictures may have been helpful on that part as well. Other than that, this was a very enjoyable and somewhat humorous read. Thanks for sharing.
What an awesome job you did of turning this shipping crate into a coop! I love the inside as well as the outside. Very lovely read on your flock as well.
Article did well covering the basics of roosters and their behavior. This article even had a section on if you need a rooster or not in order for your hens to lay eggs (which is a very common question amongst newbies to the chicken world).
On the hen to rooster ratio, I would like to add that the ratio varies between rooster size and breed. Here's a list of rooster to hen ratios:
A small, lightweight, light-build rooster needs 18 hens.
The average-size rooster needs 12 hens.
A large, heavy breed rooster needs 8 hens.
Very helpful article! I've always wondered if it was alright to feed chicks treats and was nervous about ever giving them any. The part about meanworms was very helpful. I've often been asked if mealworms are safe to feed to chicks and my answer was always "I don't know." Now I have an answer to that question!
