Recent content by candacemusarra

Northeast Ohio zone 6 :)

Composting with chickens...eventually.

Hi Everyone! Trying to place a coop for the long run. Has anyone watched Edible Acres on youtube? He has a really interesting chicken set up where they work all his composting material, in addition to the deep litter method. Anyway, I'd like to implement some permaculture practices and I...

Oh thank you for the link! That makes sense. We do have a neighbor that has a tractor with a bucket and I'm sure he could help us get the roof on. This is really helpful, thank you!

When you say cribbing, do you mean using pallets as the walls?

Hmmm, I guess I'm wondering if I'll have to take things apart in order to lift it? So overwhelming!

Hello Everyone, A few years ago, my husband built the A-frame coop designed by Harvey Ussery. We were so excited because it was supposedly mobile and designed for the long term. Well, as with many mobile coop designs, they aren't built for a property on a slope. It was next to impossible to...

So we built Harvey Usserys Coop and use it with Premier 1 Electric Net fencing. The fencing thus far has been amazing, but we have been struggling with the coop. A. Harvey made it seem like it was possible to move this with people and not a tractor. We are finding this to not be the case...