I had something getting in and killing my chickens, so I added some 2X4's to the floor and hardware cloth.
I used 2 pieces of 1/4" and 1 piece of 1/2".
Fastened it to the 2X4" and covered it with Pine Shavings.
The birds wanted to roost in the nesting boxes so I added a slanted board to the top.
It didn't work. They just crawled under it to get back to the nests.
So I fixed it. I made a new Nest for them. (Good thing I bought 6 of these baskets.)
Put boards around them so the chickens...
...brought the wire up at the garden so I can have power out there as well. (The second conduit is for water controller for the garden.)
Continued from the garden to the coop.
I had enough wire to make it.
I added a 90* box at the shed.
A couple at the garden and one at the...
I have the walls covered now.
Added a center stub the back wall.
Started framing the roof in. I payed for 8' 2X4'S but was sold precut stud. Now I have to cut one rafter.
Have part of the roof framed in.
Well I live in a small town in East Central Oklahoma, and my little town has an ordnance against raising chickens in town. I talked with the Code Enforcer here in town and was told as long as no one complained he would look the other way.
So I am going to start building the coop, and I hope to...
I have 2 Turkeys that are about 9 weeks old, do I have a Tom and Hen, 2 Toms, or 2 Hens??
I think this is a Tom.
Here he is again.
I think this is a Hen.
Here she is again.
I'm in as well I have an LG with fan and turner, I set 12 RIR eggs on the evening of the 11th. I didn't candle until day 12, so far I think I have 10 that are good. Hatch day is April 1st.
I have 12 eggs in the Bator and I am on Day 12, I have 1 that is mostly clear, but I can see a dark spot toward the top, it covers about 1/4th of the top. The rest are almost completely dark. Is this a dead chick??
Sunday is Butcher day!! I have 2 RIR hens that refuse to stay in the yard. I have clipped their wings about as short as I can go, I have locked them down to retrain them, I am done trying to keep them in. I let them out on Saturday morning after spending a week in a closed fence, and Sunday...
I switched to straw sometime back, it's cheaper and you get more of it. I don't have any problems with the chickens eating it. And they don't kick it out of their nesting boxes as bad.
I would be careful using any poop tea that has not been composted and aerated. I make a few 100 gallons of compost tea every year and use a 110 LPM air pump to brew aerobic bacteria. If you don't add air you can be brewing Ecoili and other nasty stuff.
My little town has an Ordnance against chickens, but it's not enforced unless somebody complains about them. I was told this by the person that enforces the Law, So you might have a 3rd option.