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This is amazing. I love the ideas in this thread. I would love to somehow combine a coop/greenhouse. I was looking at mainly the prefab greenhouses (Sturdi Built in Oregon has some beautiful ones), and I wonder how I could modify them?

I'm in the PNW. So rain rain rain all winter. My main concern would be what is the best way to soundproof a yard (as much as you can soundproof an open air space.) Do hedges generally work the best? I'm also curious about what layouts worked best for people. I would like a large garden as well...

When I split up from my ex, I sold the house and had to give up my chickens (though they went to lovely people - a young couple that did the yard maintenance for my neighbors.) I'm in the process of buying another house now, after 18 months of apartment living, and guess who's getting new...

2down, 3 to go out of my laying age pullets. Yesterday, at 25.5 weeks, my Speckled Sussex gifted me with an egg! Now I'm waiting on 2 EEs and a Polish. I know that EEs are all over the map, but does anyone know the general range for Polish hens?

I was looking at ordering the exact same cartons. How much space do 200 of them take up?

Ok, thanks! Her second egg seems much closer to what one would expect of a Welsummer, colour-wise.

Quote: Yeah, ACV seems to be one of those things that has a lot of claims made for it, but I've never actually seen any evidence for most of them. I've never really understood why it's so popular for farm animals.

One of my hens, a Welsummer, laid her first egg this weekend. Her second one was today, and it was much darker and less noticeable speckles. I know that it takes a while for their bodies to adjust to egg-laying, but how long until they're fairly consistent?

Don't think I have enough posts to attach a photo, and imgur isn working for me right now, but we have an egg! 24.5 week Welsummer laid one around noon. She was hanging out inn the nesting box for a while, and I figured she was probably practicing. I go and check, lo and behold, a perfect little...

Ack! I have 8 pullets, 5 of which are 24 weeks today. No eggs to be seen. There's a Welsummer, 2 EEs ("Ameraucanas", but likely not), a Speckled Sussex and a Polish. My partner won't stop teasing me about it. Where are my eggs?

I would agree that it's an individual chicken thing, as well as hazard a guess that theres an environmental aspect as well (aside from hours of light, which we all know.) I still think though, that there are some breeds that tend to be earlier or later than others on average. It also seems that...

I've been trying to find somewhere a list of various chicken breeds with when one can reasonably expect the average hen to lay. I have 8 hens that are seven different breeds ("Ameraucana"/EE, Welsummer, Polish, SS, Barnevelder, BLRW and a Belgian d'Uccle.) My understanding is that they tend to...

Try separating them, if you can for a few days. Then you'll know for sure who's doing what.

I currently have an Eglu cube, and I love it. My sister has the Eglu classic, and she also likes it. It's incredibly easy to clean, predator proof when closed, and the chickens seem happy with it. Because I'm in a very rainy urban environment, the ability to clean it easily and that it's plastic...

Thanks! Will admit, I'm a little surprised that there doesn't seem to be very many Canadians on these boards. I'll find em eventually, I'm sure of it...

I think my egg countdown can begin, as I have 5 hens that are now almost 17 weeks... 1 Welsummer, 2 EE's, 1 Speckled Sussex, and 1 Polish. Any ideas on whether these are early/late layers? I think that the Welsummers are supposed to be later, but so far, she's the one who looks the closest to...

Hey, I've been lurking here for a while, and used a lot of the info on here to answer my questions about keeping BYC. Had chickens growing up as a kid, but it's a bit different than keeping them in the city!