A couple of pics of our new coop. As you can see we have reised it off the ground quite a bit. This is for safety as well as ease of cleaning. There are windows on three sides, and access doors on two... one that we use to clean out the old bedding amd the other actually has the small chicken...
We use shavings inside the house for comfort, warmth, and moisture absorption. It works great. We use sand in the run and the girls just love it. The sun heats it up and they all just lay down and roll all around. It's the
perfect dust bath! You do have to dig out the old sand and replace with...
Hey Lance,
I'm sorry to hear about what happened to your first flock. These girls really do become family. After having them around for a while it becomes difficult to remember life without them. I'm glad you kept with it and started a new chicken family.
I've had a backyard flock for the past...
Hello all! I am happy to be a new member here with all of you! I live in Mableton GA with my husband and we currently have six pet chickens in our backyard flock. We started out about 12 years ago with eleven baby chicks that we ordered from Ideal Poultry. Over the years most of our girls...