Recent content by benwantegg

What worked for me is that every night (for a week or so) i went into the coop and i put them physically on their roosting bar. After a couple of night they were doing it on their own...Mine were about 15-16 weeks old when i did that so i dont know yours are big/physically develop enough to...

Here is what i did! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/718960/lets-share-our-water-heaters-show-us-your-water-heaters-design-setup Cheap and simple.

Nice!!! Love the idea of the pop door that open sideway!!!

Anybody else who got some ideas? Put some pictures, it always easier to figure out something when you can see it!!!

Thanks a lot!!!! I got to find a supplier that doesnt charge a fortune for the shipping since i live in Canada. Any fellow Canadians who bought the thermo club?

What happen if it goes under 35 degrees? Is it shutting down? It will be easily 15-20 degrees over here this winter...

Mine is 1 gallon and its working. For a 5 gallons, i couldnt tell you, maybe with a 100W it would work? My flower pot gets really hot when its on. When i first built my heater, i used a 100W bulb and it was really really hot and i dont want to set my coop on fire so i went with a 60W bulb. Maybe...

Here is what i did! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/718960/lets-share-our-water-heaters-show-us-your-water-heaters-design-setup#

I dont know if you already did it, put a roosting bar higher than the nestboxes. This is the reason why they go sleep in the nests. Put some golf balls in your nests to make them believe that its real eggs, they will understand that it the place to lay eggs. Try those 2 things and remove the...

My roof (8x10) is shingled. It took me 3 panel of 8x4 OSB sheets at 12$ and 3 pack of roof shingle that can cover 32sq/ft at 25$ each. Nails have been given to me so i saved a bit there... Including the taxes it costed me around 150$ to do the roof. My coop and run is dry since!!! Im from...

Like somebody said earlier in the thread, its pets that are making us breakfast!!!! When we decided that we wanted to have hens it was for having free eggs. But since we got them, the entire family got attached and we do feel worried when one of them is not feeling great. Im from the city...

You can try to use the deep litter method: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/deep-litter-method-the-easiest-way-to-deal-with-chicken-litter-dlm You can also use food grade diatomaceous earth with the deep litter method: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/food-grade-de-diatomaceous-earth...

I cleaned the entire coop and everything went back to normal after that. Today,she is slow again but she layed an egg!!! What can it be?

This is what im gonna use: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/718960/lets-share-our-water-heaters-show-us-your-water-heaters-design-setup#post_9850089 Simple and cheap!!!!

Nest box you mean? How old is your hen? For how many time you had your hen?