I am still in the planning stages of my chicken moat dream and was hoping for some advice.
Our predators include hawks and raccoons. There are rumors of coyotes, but I have never seen/heard them in our area.
Deer regularly come to the back edge of our land, but have never approached the...
I have this large crate/kennel that we originally used for transporting our goats. How could it be modified into a safe coop? Is there a way of adding an external nesting box? Would some sort of platform and wheels be doable? I would need a lot of hand holding on this project, if anyone is...
Hello! We made a trip down to Meyer Hatchery yesterday and picked up six standard and two bantam chicks. We aren't expecting anything exotic, but are just trying to figure out what we brought home.
The bantams are the little brown ones.
Thank you so much for your help!
Hello. After following many links and reading various threads, I found thegardencoop.com website and The Garden Ark plans. I like that it is very step by step for people new to building projects, which is what I definitely need. I wanted something much larger, but I like how predator proof...
We are looking for plans for a raccoon-proof chicken tractor (or two, if they are a good plan, but smaller) that can be winterized. We have a barn, but that mainly houses the sheep. In a pinch, we could put them in the barn together, but that is not my preference, for safety reasons.
I have...
I am actually not a total newbie on BYC. It has been so many years since I have posted, I just can't remember my username or password any longer, so I decided to start fresh, so to speak. I hope that is not breaking any board rules.
We had pretty much given up on keeping chickens due to...