I've had to run the pullets into the coop every night since they moved outside. Tonight, they were all in their house, so I thought all was good when I locked the pop door. I go around and peek in the window. Normally they are all piled on the 18-inch-high roost, right in front of the window...
I'm using a recycled dog pen for my outside run. It originally was a 10x10, but really had to be reduced to a 5x10 because of damaged parts.
Our city, Leavenworth, Kan., requires chicken coops to be at least 75 feet from neighboring homes. The only somewhat level spot I had in that range is...
Greetings from Leavenworth, Kansas.
My teen-age daughters picked up a couple chicks years ago from a feed store and I wasn't very happy. They kept them in their bedroom for about a month, then we moved them out back into an old rabbit hutch I got from a friend. One day, we heard a horrible...