Recent content by jennyinvermont

Thanks. I took her in again (she was roosting!) to look at everything and clean it. It definitely looks like something is bursting through the skin. Having read about pendulous crop, that does seem like what she's had. But does it ever get this extreme? She has always eaten normally. Here's...

I have a 9 month old barnvelder with what seems like a giant, bursting tumor on her chest. I think I likely need to cull her asap but wanted to check here first. I had noticed a protrusion from her chest but I assumed it was just her build. But today and yesterday she seemed unwell and on...

That would definitely not be easier! We've been building this damn thing since April LOL. Needs to be done!!! (lid isn't attached yet). I think the snow will be easy enough to sweep off. We should have made it that way to begin with - THAT would have been way easier! :(

Hi everyone! Anyone have some gas struts they love for a very heavy nesting box lid? I'm exhausted looking at the options and don't know anything about this stuff: Our coop is very similar to this. theres 2x4 framing under the lid so it's crazy heavy.

Thanks everyone! We gave the gorgeous rooster to a nearby farm with tons of chickens, where he seems very happy. We have 8 hens left and everyone seems to be doing fine. Our coop is 5x6 and the run is probably...16x6ish? I forget. But they are out free in the yard most days with PLENTY of...

After much drama and getting rid of 3 roosters, I'm considering adding 2-3 pullets to my flock of 8 18 week olds. Is this a bad idea, or fine? I really don't want to deal with any more chicken drama or injuries. I had 3 of my 11 turn out to be roosters. A couple weeks ago one hen got a...

We made MAJOR progress on our little coop but still lots of small things to do. A few questions: - paint color - can I see your old dirty white coops? In the plan pics I bought, the white coops all look the cutest, but I'm wondering if it will look disgusting in a year? Our house is blue so I...

Thanks so much! We're in Southern VT, near Stratton. Okay we went big on the coop which I was thinking was silly but this makes me feel better. I hope to roof the small fort knox run so they have somewhere I don't have to shovel, but there will be a ton of snowcover on their free range part...

Thank you for sharing!

Sorry everyone for some reason I didn't emails about all the new replies! I got too worried about condensation (we're in vermont and i'm not insulating it) so i'm doing plywood with the felting underneath, to be safe. It has two windows and two vents and some leaky construction so I think it...

did you put anything between the plywood and metal? felting, etc? do you have any problems with condensation?

So we have a great plan for a coop we're building. We're swapping out the shingles for a metal roof (way cheaper, and easier). We've mostly heard we DON'T need the plywood under metal roof, but that seems weird to me? Won't hte plywood kind of seal the roof? But no plywood would add...

How could you have 1 sq foot of ventilation/bird? Can you show me a picture of that? That would be like an entire wall? We will have 4-7 hens.

Hmm thanks. Now I'm thinking about building this one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/238472115/chicken-coop-plans-pdf-file-instant?ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-3 But I feel like you will say the exact same thing. Can't I just cut small ventilation windows in top corners, and make roof a...

Thank you! It actually has little holes under each of the roof bumps, so lots of ventilation! (I asked the same thing when I visited). I've looked at coop stuff but let me search for the scrap materials! Honestly I'm starting to feel so overwhelmed the more I read!