That's interesting. This is may second winter. Like the previous year, I started chicks in the early spring, got a few eggs starting in September or October, and they never completely stopped in the winter. I have gotten 1 or 2 most days through the winter these last two years. The occasional...
These ladies are the remnants of my first flock, and the only ones with names. The one on the right (Pebbles) knows the spot to wiggle through the gap in the wood and wire fence. She comes to the sliding door in the morning. She follows me back to the run after squatting for a attention. If I am...
Let's test out the file inserting function...
This is my new coop, nearly finished last year, beside the old coop that has since been carted off by a grateful landscaper. The new coop has since gotten asphalt shingles. And a shot of my current egg production staff...
Oh, not terribly hi-tech. I have a rollaway laying box and a pair of automated doors on the coop. Nothing crazier that that. For awhile I had a watering system running on a toilet valve. Hard water and cold temps made it unreliable. Now I'm back to a home depot bucket and horizontal nipples. My...
Hey all. I've been at this for about only 3 years, and am on my 2nd coop. My first coop was a kit with pretty standard laying boxes on each side accessed by lids on the sides of the coop. I used the shredded coconut pads and the poop seemed to fall deep into the fibers away from the eggs. No big...
I've lurked for a couple years, figured I would join... so, hi. Thanks for having me, and thanks to everyone who shares so much solid info.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm on my second set of chickens. The spring before last I started 12 chicks of 4 different...