Recent content by mtnhens4

Ladyfaeden, I love your coop and all of your cool animals and chickens, I'm a little jealous but I have ho where near the space to have as big an operation as yours, I'm glad that you're using your space for such worthwhile projects.

I am just to the north of Greenville and have had chickens for a year. Hawks are a real danger and roaming dogs too. We built our coop/covered run and have enjoyed our set-up a lot, you can be as fancy or functional as you want or need, I'm in a neighbor hood so mine had to be cute so there...

It looks great but is a COOP ever DONE? LOL Ours is 1 yr old and we are always planning some modification or addition.

Go to the coop section of BYC and look at Hoop Coops, depending on what part of the US you live in, this could be your answer. Good luck and enjoy your chickens.

I really don't have a clue what's going on with her, maybe if you post this on the emergency, illness thread you'll get some answers. I hope that she gets better soon.

Maybe you should post on the "emergencies/problems" thread. I haven't had any experiance with something like that but others who have had chickens longer might be able to help. Pictures are very helpful.

In the beginning ours all slept on the floor, so at night we started puttng them up on the roost by hand, it only took a few nights and now everyone goes up there every night. Chickens sleep where they feel most secure which is usually the highest place that they can get to but if the older hens...

Beeliz, That sounds better to me since you really need to watch them for problems for atleast a week or two and then introduce them to the flock, good luck.

Thanks Pele, I really didn't expect her to start so soon, she was 25 wks the day she layed her first egg. I had expected to wait and wait, it's nice when they surprise you with eggs. For all of you who are anxiously waiting for that first egg, it is so worth the wait!!!!

Sally gave us our first ever blue egg yesterday!!!!!! The top one on the right, it's a beautiful turquois. And the pretty Blue/Wheaton Americana that layed it.

I'm so sorrrryyyy Pele but 2 is better than 1 or even none, atleast you have more eggs coming

As long as you have enough ventilation summer shouldn't be a problem if you have shade, winter with a metal roof may be an issue but I'm not sure how cold and how much snow you usually get. Condensation in your coop means you need more ventilation and chickens create more moisture than you can...

I'd say that you have gotten a really good start, to bad it's snowing but I'm sure that you will get back at it when the weather permits. Yeah, Spring. How many chickens are you going to have?