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I may have to rethink being a chicken mama. Trying to secure their pen from predators and then to cover it as protection from extremes of weather is one thing. Rigging up a portable pen to put them in and drag them from sunny spot to sunny spot around the yard was my choice. But trying to...

After building our 10x10x6 pen to hold the Coop and building a half metal roof half hard ware cloth roof we predator proofed the enclosure and thought that was it. But Ft Worth limits where we can put our coop and so we had to put uner a few trees on the N.E. side which limits direct sun. RAIN...

We have covered my 10x10x6 kennel completely now we it tarps to give my girls a sheltered space outside their smallish raised coop. Temp at freezing with stong winds. Hubby added a drop light with a heat lamp bulb to give them light today since the tarps are green, silver and blue and interior...

You said your coop is under Spruce trees...mine is under a large Crepe Myrtle and some tall Cherry Laurels. We have removed a lot of branches to open some sun paths buts still very shady...will our hens require extra light this winter?.

[/IMG] Managed to use two old puppy pens and make a semi permanent moveable run so Thelma and Louise can have sun and grass time. They are quite comfy in their pen and their coop but with colder weather coming we've tarped three sides of their pen from the ground to within 16 inches of the roof...

Bring a newbie I started chopping cabbage, apple, carrot, yellow squash, really a little of whatever I had and take my 2 RIR hens sooximstely 2-3 cups every morning. They have laying pellets with some scratch and grit mixed in in pvc feeder. Mid afternoon I give some scattered birdseed and dump...

Added 4 more concrete blocks and turned sideways for better stabilty. Thanks for the good advice. My husband decided the run needed a guard dog for protection...lol

moved Thelma and Louise into my portable run while our handy man roofed the dog kennel. He bolted 1x6 to the metal top poles all the way around and put 1x6 stringers. then built up the center at 6 feet in to make the roof drain rain or snow safely. We finished the 4 foot open roof in welded wire...

My neighbor directly behind feed 20 wild cats. They live in his sheds and stay in his backyard except for forays into my yard to kill songbirds and doves. I stopped putting water in my birdbaths to keep the cats from lining up for the birdie buffet daily!from talking to neighbors I'm not sure we...

we have raised the coop on concrete blocks to give our two RIR even more room. And have had a permanent roof installed on the dog run.four foot welded wire roof and six feet of twox6 raised and cover ed with metal panels. We can still tarp the bottom 4 feet sll the way around to keep the feral...

This looks very much like my backyard in Las Vegas. I couldn't imagine chickens there. Gardening was hard enough. Do you plant grass or veggies just for them ?

I am a very new chicken MaMA and learning as I go. I fill their feed bucket with pellets and scratch, which they are still spilling to the ground and twice a day I put raw spring mix salad greens, or broccoli and carrots, or cabbage and squash. Cooked Basmati rice, or oatmeal, apple peels etc in...

Do your birds ever get off the concrete onto dirt or grass? Or is thE coop enclosure where they stay?

We bought our coop, with an attachable run, almost 3 weeks ago and ended up buying Thelma and Louise, both R.I.R., at the same time. We had nothing prepared.do we brought them home and the next day used an old puppy play yard to give them a larger run area. We covered with tarps and lattice to...

Our kennel is 10x10 and 6 foot high.we are concerned about the weight of accumulated water on a flat tarp roof..we had gallons after our recent rain and bought 7 foot pvc poles to tent the tarp...but that's temporary at best. and now I worry the tarp provides too much shade is that possible?

Are they true tubes? Wire all the way round or arches with open bottoms for grazing?