Recent content by nconley11

Thanks for taking the time! All those suggestions are great! I’ll Look into this more! As of note the plan is to basically build a deck and put coop on that! W will have 1 access door but the chickens will have their little door with ramp to get to their area!! There will be roosting and nesting...

I’m in the same boat... I’m in the same boat! I’m building a 8x12 coop and am struggling with the floor! I’m debating btwn gravel/dirt or floor on skids! I’m in WI so we definitely have wet times! The coop will be in the high side of lower ground in a stand of maple trees. The current...

I bought a house 6 years ago... turned an existing 8x8 garden shed into a coop last minute 4 years ago. Didn’t know much at the time and made many mistakes! Currently the coop is infested with rats and about ready to fall over! Wanting to build a brand new coop in a new location and want to...

The was a year in April

Oh trust me I'm thoroughly grateful that there was no more damage and very aware that it could have been his eyes or face. He is too young to remember so he shouldn't have a fear chickens thankfully. We hatched 7 chicks out this year for the first time since we had the roosters. I'd like to have...

So i have like a 8x8x8 coop with 10 hens and a rooster, but they free range on about 6 acres. Anyway i used to have 3 roosters but 3 was too many and i had major aggression issues with the roosters as bees but kids esp. So i got rid of 2 of them and kept the dominate roo since we had little to...

Thanks everyone! The chick was looking health in the am after its night of pampering so i thought id take it out to the coop and see if mom would accept it. When i got out there another chick had hatched over the night and looked prefect. I added the first one and have checked on them about 5...

20+ days....it wasn't really moving or breathing when i took it away from her. I brought it in...all yoke was absorbed so i took it out of the shell but left it attached still and folded it into a warm wash cloth with heat lamp. It is now breathing great, moving a bit and peeping. Fingers...

How long should it take to hatch? I ended up pulling it and putting under a heat lamp cuz i found bugs in nest and hadnt made much progress and it was squished by mom and coolish.

I posted a couple weeks ago about cracking an egg open and losing the chick. Now I finally have a successful chick attempting to hatch. there is a corn kernel size hole that the chick has made. I've never hatched chicks before. I have three Broody hens sitting in the nest boxs with the rest of...

So I let the other egg go like 10 more days. Same play date and I finally cracked it open and it looked like it was fully developed like the other one was but it was dead. Do they typically not sit on them towards the end? I found it not being sat on so I moved it underneath another hen and I'm...

I candled them several days ago and could see the air pocket only so i thought the light was too poor or shell too thick to see the rest. Now i know it was likely just because the chick was taking up the whole egg. Is there a good window to candle? My chickens definitely get up a lot. I write...

It's gone already but any info for future is welcome. I definitely want expecting it to work the first time. I started a new batch of 6 on 6/6

Never hatched eggs before. Have hens that are very Broody so I left a couple in the try it out. I dated them 5/16 so they should have hatched around the 6th. Today I went in the coop to check them out and I was missing one and the other one was pushed to the side of the hen so I thought maybe...

Good point on not taking the plywood down. I've already started pulling some down. They are primarily using walls as alleyways and are dening under the coop