Let me preface by saying we have had chickens for three years. They have 1.5 fenced acres on which to range. There's an empty grassland lot on one side and field on the other two. They are out sun up to sun down. We have never lost a bird. This week, we lost two- one on Sunday and one on Monday...
Today we finally finished the coop we started building a few months ago! What should have been a couple of days project turned into a couple of months project due to modifications and life in general. We started with these plans from Ana White...
Is there a trick to getting your chicks to eat scraps? I have three 2 week old golden buffs (or golden comets or red stars or whatever you want to call them). I have tried giving them plain cooked green bean left overs, scrambled egg left overs, banana, tomato, and plain cooked hamburger and...
We built a coop using Ana White's plans http://ana-white.com/2012/05/plans/frame-chicken-coop but changed the floor of the loft. We only covered half of it, leaving a roost space. So my question is, when you figure the necessary square footage, does it include roost space? I'm worried that if...
We are planning to get chickens for the first time next spring. I'm so excited about it and have been doing a lot of reading both on BYC and other sites as well as good old fashioned books. I have also had the chance to view a guy's set up and talk with him briefly when I noticed he had chickens...