My girls coops is finally pretty much done. They love it so far. This was built entirely by myself (a lady) for about $60 (and that is Hawaii priced lumber) A couple things: it doesn't get cold here so I didn't have to worry about that, and we don't have any predators besides the occasional cat...
So in Hawaii we have quite the feral chicken problem, however we are in a neighborhood that hasn't had that issue before. I am keeping chickens on the sly, but I have a feral rooster hanging around my yard all of a sudden. I don't have any idea where he came from (I may not be the only sneaky...
These are my 6-7 week old chicks one Buff Orp and one Ameracana. I am hoping these are girls because we would have to get rid of a rooster. Those combs are starting to scare me.
I have a couple of two week old chicks and I would like to change up the feeding situation.
We are in Hawaii and we are lucky enough to have beautiful weather year round. For the past week I have been letting them out to free range in our yard for 6-8 hours a day. They ignore their feed when...
We finally got our two baby girls (hopefully!) yesterday!
So far they are doing incredible. The kids love them to death and the dog wants to eat them, just as I thought. I can't leave them alone, I love them so much!
They are in an aquarium right now and we can't wait until we can move them...
Just getting started with chickens, finally wore my husband down. (our HOA says no chickens so we will be keeping them on the down low) plan on getting two chicks (our max per city rules) in the next couple of weeks when the feed stores get some shipments in.
I am super excited and have spent...
So I have drawn up about a dozen different plans for a coop and I just can't decide what I want to do!
I am planning on getting two chickens who will be free range in my backyard (~400sq feet) during the day so I only need a coop, no run. I was thinking if I used two pallets and made them into...