It seems I tweak the run every year. This is the latest. Took off half of the roof on the side of the run that was pretty much at the property line. Used five black metal trellis panels (4 feet tall) to enclose that portion. I'll be planting hops on that side to screen and shade the girls...
Location: Waterford, CT
Ten hens and one Sulmtaler rooster to a good home only please. Fed organic, un-medicated feed ALWAYS. Five hens are really pullets who started laying in February. Four hens are one and a half years old. One Sulmatler hen is the youngest, hatched in November if I...
Wanted to share my temporary fencing solution. We have a small yard (0.4 acres) and can't let the hens out to free range or they end up scratching in other peoples yards. I didn't want electric fencing due to the cost and we don't have a dog problem in our area. I purchased a plastic fence 4...
I know, the eggs are probably doomed. I foolishly ordered the hatching eggs and the incubator at the same time. Eggs arrived yesterday, incubator stuck at a UPS location. Our power just came back on yesterday so last night I devised an incubator with an ecoglow, cooler and bowl of water. It...
I'm so tired of building! Actually, I'm so tired of trying to fit building in around all my other responsibilities. I swore I would have the coop built in time for the chickens. They are now 1 month old! I can't say how much longer it will take to finish the coop. I feel guilty every day...
Mypetchicken sent my chicks out yesterday, post office said guaranteed delivery today at 3pm. They weren't on the 3 pm delivery to my post office. Numerous phone calls later and no one knows where they are. My daughter (11) and I feel crushed. Are we doomed to open a box with dead chicks? We...