I have just installed the automatic door with actuator and adjustable light sensor, the chicken coop door is supposed to automatically open and close by activating the controller using the amount of daylight. Well, a blue light comes on but that all that happens. It doesn't do anything; seems...
We are building a chicken tractor. It started out simple with my son and I. My husband stepped in and it looks like it's going to be 500 lbs heavier! You know every family has that one member that has to overdo everything lol.
We have 11 Golden Comets. This is almost near completion. We still...
I have been rather impressed on how gossel they are. Right now mine are approximately 6 weeks old and they are so laid back. But yet each one has their own personality beginning to show. They grow so fast! We're almost ready to put ours in their chicken tractor. Today we have been letting them...
Watching my kids take an interest in raising our chickens has been so enjoying. It's funny listening to them tell each other how to take better care of them and than the other...lol
I'm thinking about doing sand in my chicken tractor coop. Anyone near Jacksonville NC can tell me where they get their sand from since it is suggested to not use playground sand or the sand that's at Lowe's and Walmart?
It has really been exciting to watch how these Golden Comets behave. They are totally having a ball. They will be 4 weeks on Tuesday. They fight like on the football field for the worms LOL. But what's even more exciting is watching the kids and how much they are getting attached.
We are building our chicken tractor for 11 comets. I would love to see pictures of yours for inspiration. How do you protect the bottom from predators? Any special things we should know? We are wrapping it with the hardwire not chicken wire.
When our Golden Comets are ready we want to put them in the chicken tractor. We are making 3 nest boxes in it. But because its a tractor how do you protect the bottom from predators digging under since is mobile? I would love to see pictures of yours for inspiration.
Hello, I'm Sonya. We just received our babies last Tuesday and have been so excited to have them in our life. We have 11 Golden Comets (because our chicken math was way off) that are now a week old. We are first-timers so we are learning everything we can about keeping poultry for eggs. We...