Recent content by waterglider

Quote: Thank you for the good advice. I have a very large coop for the 10 chickens, so I decided to do half and half. I divided the coop with a 2X8 and made half sand, and the other half with the roost and boxes I dug out and am going to do shavings. I think that'll work out just fine...

Hi, I took the advice of several members and placed sand in our new coop. Our 10 chicks are still in our house (5 weeks old) and I think they are ready to head out to the coop. I'm going to use a heat lamp until the temps come up a bit more as it still gets down to low 40's at night (even...

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are brand new- purchased our new chicks 5 weeks ago from local agricultural store (2) How many chickens do you have right now? TEN! (3) What breeds do you have? A complete mixture, 3 bantams and 7 regular. Everything from...