I know this is the chicken behavior thread.. but human behavior is kinda related... Am I the only one that comes home after a long stressful day and just sits in the coop watching the birds to de-stress? There is nothing better than to come home and sit with the birds and hand feed them some...
I'm looking at buying 4-6 50lb bags of organic layer feed. But of course i'm out in the boonies with no feed store near me that stocks organics.. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I've been over on the coop building thread for a few weeks, and never got around to dropping down here and saying hello to all you fine folks!
Hello!
Wife and I live in north western Missouri, and have been talking about getting chickens for about 5 years. We finally decided to take the...
Alrighty I'm just getting ready to nail my egg boxes together on the side of the coop, and am getting ready to put in my dividers. Without dividers they are 1 foot deep by 2 feet wide. If I put the dividers in they will be 1x1. I have 12 chickens and don't think I really need 8 egg boxes for...
Worked all weekend solid.. put over 24 hours in, in 2 days. Got the entire family over to help and whipped them all weekend. I'll post final construction stats and materials and cost after the last bit of trim and paint goes on. Our chicks will be big enough to move in next week! I barely...
Been working like crazy to get the coop finished before the birds are big enough to move in. Size 4x8 raised coop with external egg boxes. Run is 8x16 with 4x8 covered. Right now have 10 birds with 2 of them being tiny bantams.
Quick question for the experts in here... I am in the process of building my first coop in the country, and I have a predator problem. I was thinking about completely enclosing my coop with mesh on the floor of the run as well. 360 degrees of protection. My question is this... Is that a good...