I have three mature girls who are comfortable with their small coop, roomy run, and access to my big backyard. We have 5 babies coming the first week of May -- three regular size and two bantams. I am shopping for a second coop (either assembled or mostly assembled), and was planning on...
I bought this "girl" about 6 weeks ago through craigslist. Her owner told me she was a pullet and half olive egger, half brahma (?). I bought her because I needed a companion for my lone remaining pullet, a leghorn. At first, the leghorn was clearly dominating the new girl. In the past week or...
I have two pullets and a coop and run designed for "up to four" chickens. Because it's dark so early and sooooo cold here in the northeast right now, I have been closing their coop door as early at 6 or 7pm. The problem is that their food and water is in the run and I have to open the door in...
We raised four female baby chicks and sadly lost three of them over time (dogs and a hawk) and are down to just our one leghorn. She is all alone in a small coop and run built for 4 max. I let her out at least once a day to run around the backyard and give her treats (corn and cheese are her two...