Recent content by obdormition

We loved the design of the coop, and unfortunately hadn't found this website yet...it's honestly a miracle we thought to add the ventilation we currently have! Good point about the gaps -- they are truly built to be three inches, but the plywood strip at the top obscures part of it a bit, and...

Thank you so much! There is additional hardware cloth on the exterior side that is well secured with lathe screws and poultry staples, we just never took down the stuff on the interior. We started putting it there and then realized how difficult it was going to be to hammer in the staples to the...

Hi everyone. We are first time chicken owners and built our coop following some plans we found online from the Tangled Nest. We have three hens. We insulated our coop with foam sheets and styrofoam panels with reflective backings. The walls are layered: wood siding on exterior, then the...

Hi everyone, we posted here about a month ago asking about sexes of our chickens that were labeled as production reds from TSC. They're about 1.5-2 months old now and would like your opinions again. One is obviously a starlight green egger (below), which we believe is a pullet. Can anyone help...

Thanks! That's helpful. Ours aren't speckled like yours yet, but we'll be on the lookout for them to start developing those 🧐

Thanks! I've seen some people say that, but then came across this thread where PR are stated to not be sex-linked...the confusion continues! Either way it seems like we've missed the time period where we could sex them by looks, so we have to wait it out now?

Hi all, first time posting on this thread. We just got our first baby chicks from TSC on Saturday. They were labeled as straight run production reds. They are likely a week old plus or minus a couple days at this point. We've been researching production reds, but have run into some confusing...