Okay, it seems like such an easy thing to figure out, but how do you clean out your smaller coops? My coop is about 4x4 and is on stilts with fencing around the bottom. Half the coop floor is chicken wire so when they roost, the poop goes through the wire. But it's not all going through, AND...
The woman who sold me these girls said her Ameraucanas already have neck fluff. I live in city limits and can't have a roo, I'm trying to figure out which way this is going. Thank you for your input!
Here are some photos of the new coop and run. I purchased the run off of craigslist, and it turns out the guy who built the coop for me also built this run. I also purchased the chicks from he and his wife. There are two doors at the bottom of the coop for them to get out in the run, or out the...
Update in last post
My partner came home yesterday to find our 6 week old buff out in the yard and not moving. It appears as though the dog layed in the grass, put her between his paws, and licked her whole left side over and over. Her head on that side has been licked raw and bloody. Her...
The girls are 5 weeks at this point, yesterday they had 4 hours of free range yard time. I know they are dying to get out (okay okay, I'm dying to let them out and take lots of pictures of them) but it rained last night and the ground is still damp. I know down can't get wet, they seem to have a...
Hello! I have wanted chickens (fantasized, read other's chicken blogs, etc) for a few years now. After watching Mad City Chickens the other day, I went ahead and picked up three chicks from a local couple who make chicken coops and put on the movie. The birds are in my signature They are...