Recent content by efgal

Hello! For various reasons, I went from 5 hens to 2 over a few months. I’d really like to have more than 2, so I was thinking of getting maybe 3 more. My current girls are about 10-1/2 months old. I don’t want to start with peeps, I would get pullets (or possibly ones even closer in age to my...

That’s an interesting idea, put sort of an interior little wall a bit in front of those screens closest to the roost, so there isn’t a draft but there’s still air flow.

Yes, I know I don’t want it to be super tight, just concerned if having those screened areas right by their roost is a risky thing when they’re sleeping in the winter.

Hello! I have a coop in my back yard that my hens have been in for a few months, and now that colder weather is approaching, I’m wondering if I should block any of the screened ventilation areas to make sure they don’t get too cold overnight. I’m in Central PA, so it can get pretty cold. I put...

Hi! Several years ago I had a small flock, here in my central PA suburban back yard. My then-husband had built the coop and did most of the tending We had those sweet gals for about 2-1/2 years. When he and I split, I re-homed the gals to a local breeder (we weren’t getting eggs anymore), and...