Been a while but thanks for checking in! We've lost three girls over the past year but our flock of 8 is going strong otherwise. They're all Mareks positive but I think the ones remaining are all vaccinated, so we should be ok there.
We've been experimenting with fermented feed lately in an...
I couldn't be later to this thread but we also use the Omlet door and LOVE it. Keeps us from having to worry about our girls seeing the wrong side of a predator at sundown if we're not at home. It was super easy to retrofit onto the wood coop I built a year and a half ago and creates a nice seal...
I couldn't be later to this thread but we also use the Omlet door and LOVE it. Keeps us from having to worry about our girls seeing the wrong side of a predator at sundown if we're not at home.
I love the cabbage idea, been thinking of doing that on days we keep them enclosed in the run.
For predators, we ended up building a frame under each run and filling it with soil, then building the run frame on top of it. Gives them 8-inches of soil to dig down into before they hit the hardware...
We're in the city limits, which means we're limited on the number of chickens we can have. Still, I had a heck of a fun time building Fort Bocks to keep the predators out on days we're not around to let them free-range! The run was simple enough and they love using the side with the shingles to...