Recent content by jriekeman

Coop is an 8 by 10 modified storage building and they have access to the run at all time.

Sorry for not getting back to y'all sooner had a family emergency that took precedence. I have 4 hens in a run that is 20 feet wide and about 40 feet long. The new hens are in a temporary run that is attached to side of the main run. I've had more 4 hens in the main run before I cut back last...

Hi Everyone, I am at my wits end and about ready to make chicken noodle soup with one of my hens. I was (unfortunately) gifted 2 baby chicks back in late March and I have been trying to get them acquainted with my 4 other layers. 3 of them don't have a care in the world about the new pair of...

Normally I would build another coop but we live in NW Iowa and its way to cold for me to be outside building another coop at this time. We have been seperating them by putting her in a crate during the day. (when I say crate I mean one big enough to have a doberman in) and then him in it at...

Hello Everyone, I have two pekin ducks that I got with my 4 chickens in May of 2011. It turned out later on that my ducks are a drake and a hen. They have been with the chickens since day one when I got them but lately the drake has started to attack one of my chickens. Its getting so bad...

My neighbor had a few free range hens when we got ours and his disappeared shortly after so I am really nervous on what to do. I have one dog but he's a house pet and wouldnt be a good guard dog, and in my town it seems like everyones dogs run loose and its always my yard that they drop off...

So I am in the process of starting my chicken run and am contemplating do I bury the wire or should I just go with a wire bottomed run. I am new to chickens and am not sure which is best. I live in a rural town so the bigger predators may not be an issue but I dont want to see my girls getting...