Reviews by LaFemmeKatia

This is a great article!
My first chicks were in their indoor brooder (a cardboard box) for four weeks). They graduated to a crate for a few more weeks until the coop was done.
My second chicks spent two weeks in the box, and were in a cage until four weeks. Then I put them in their own run inside the big run for three weeks.
I let them out a few days ago and all is well. No more squabbles than normal among chickens.
For my next chicks, I think I will be using this new method. It’s really more “natural”.

Good to know.

This brings back those old feelings I always had in math class as a kid. I was bad at it then, and I am bad at it now.
The good news is I need more chickens!

Good information for a new chicken keeper like myself.

I am following this advice!

Loosely following this “recipe”, I made a nice dust bathing area in my run using sand, a little diatomaceous earth, some ash from my wood burning fireplace, some pine mulch, and potting soil. I was quite proud of it.
My chickens turned their beaks up at my bath and made their own in another spot in the run. They prefer theirs which they created by scratching up a bunch of dirt. Lol.

Amazing! I had no idea.

Glad to have this information. I want to be able to do this.

Very helpful article to me. I am using this method to give antibiotics to one of my chickens now! I don’t have a helper to hold the bird during the day, so I wrap her up in a towel like a mummy, with just her head sticking out. Then I set her in my lap and hold her head and neck straight with one hand and give the med with the other. It works like a charm!
The pictures of the bird’s throat structures were very helpful.
I never would have had the nerve to try this before I studied this article.

I am trying this this morning!

I like this idea. The store-ones are flimsy (the legs) and expensive.

This is an eye-opening article, to say the least.
sometimes I just hate humans!

I plan to try these techniques! I am always frustrated trying to get good chicken pictures!

This is the hard part for me. I am overprotective, especially since I lost four to a predator. I want to keep them safely locked up but I know that really isn’t right for them.

This is a heartwarming story, although a little sad at the end. I am at the beginning of my chicken journey, and I am learning the ropes through experience also. I don’t know how many years I will have, as I have come late to the table, but I am glad I have started.

I love Buff Orpingtons, and My first chicks were BOs but I ended up with only one. She is 21 weeks old now, and I am waiting for that first egg!
I have a mixed flock now, of nine pullets, but she is my favorite. She is very friendly and sweet.

I love your chicken coop! It’s prettier than my house! Lol
I like all the detail you included, Such as floor plans, how you proceeded.
It looks predator-proof, and I think it would hold up easily in a hurricane!