Recent content by Xtradust

I just built C.Fabiens Auto Closer with the single timer, double pole/double throw relay and Harbor Freight Cordless Screwdriver. Works great on the workbench. Thanks Chris!!! Only problem is, Harbor Freight discontinued the Cordless Screwdriver in C.Fabiens tutorial. They have a replacement...

I think you should buy a separate Eglu for each chicken and keep them separated! It might be expensive, but it would cure the problem. Matt

I have two broodies that are "joined at the hip"...so to speak. They are both crammed into one nest box and if one moves to another box, the other broody follows right along. It's been going on for two weeks now. I collect the eggs everyday, so they are only sitting on pine shavings. Has...

My grandfather has Giant Cochins and one of the two is SOOO loud. Loud and talks all the time. Mine are Bantam Cochins and are much quieter, even when they do get "squawky" after they lay. I think his chicken would be a problem for me at my house. Good luck.

That is crazy. I have a Serama Roo that was hatched on New Years and it still hasn't crowed. Looks great, long sickle feathers and everything. Just no crow.

Mom's Folly has a great set of arguments. I live in an HOA and it is really not that bad. The HOA wants nothing to do with you. The board members want whatever little perk there is for sitting on the board and they want to do nothing. They will only act if someone complains. No one...

My Serama chicks would PEEP like crazy all night unless I put them in a wool hat and closed the opening. EVERY NIGHT FOR TWO MONTHS!!! I've never had chickens like that. I have five Seramas. I think a single Serama chick would freak out. I'd plan on plenty of lap time if you can't find it a...

I agree, they mostly like the young juicy plants. I just keep trying things to see what will work. If they won't stop eating a certain plant, I hang the plant (in a pot) from the patio cover. They're too lazy to fly up. But, it's kind of starting to look like the hanging gardens in my...

You know, I'm in the same boat. I live in a pretty snooty community and our CC&R's prohibit poultry. My neighbors are all very nice and respectful of each other. So, I keep hens and not roos. No one cares and no one calls the HOA on me. If they did, then I'd mess with the HOA. One thing...

Hey Canon, good to hear from you and welcome! My chickens free range most of the day and I have a piglet type feeder in the coop. I keep it filled with commercial feed. They by no means abuse it. It is their least favorite food. They would rather eat anything else and will only go to it...

That would be pretty funny. A jail themed coop. I always thought Barred Rocks in the garden looked like a "Chain Gang" pulling weeds on the side of the road...

Great idea! A good offense is the best defense. Be sure to paint it with bright colors. With all the barbed wire, concrete and fencing, it might look a little like Folsom Prison.

Mine opens to the run also. So whatever tries to get in the door has to get in the run first. My run is chicken wire and rebar and it closes up tight. But, something can always get in. I didn't need an automatic closer, I just needed an automatic opener, so I made a lock for my coop door...

From what I've seen, they are "predator resistant". Nothing is 100% predator proof. It seems that they use a door that slides down into a groove at the bottom of the sill that keeps the predators from getting their claws underneath the door. I'm sure it works pretty well. But a motion...