I have a chicken that eats an average of 6-8 eggs a day if I don't get to the coop early enough. From what I've been reading, chicken s are dumb and if I isolate her from the rest for a couple weeks, she will forget how good they are and stop eating them. The only other option I have is the...
My live chicken cam is running for a little while today. The permanent cam will be here next week.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=51926
Early in the fall, egg production went from 18 eggs and started trickling down to 2 eggs a day. Two weeks ago I installed an 8' flouresent strip light in the coop and installed a timer set at 6am-9am and 4:30pm-11pm and last night they were at 7 eggs. Looks like the problem was there is not...
I was surfing around and found this cool dome design. Very strong yet uses little framing. It uses 25 2x4's. Could be a coop or a run.
http://www.strombergschickens.com/starplate_building_system/starplate_index.php
The Foundation has 5 blocks (4 corners and center)
8x8 floor 2x4 16" center to center
Each wall panel was built on the ground 24" center to center
Walls were erected and fastened
The roof is 10x10 and was built on ground, then lifted in place. 16" center to center
Windows were...
I'm building this 8x8 coop to house my 18 peeps that are now 2 weeks old. Stage one: footers and floor complete. Now working on walls. Went to building surplus store and picked up a couple windows for $20 dollars each today. The Floor is on top of 5 cinder blocks (4 corners and 1 center...