So my rooster and his favorite hen are roosting in the nesting boxes. I want to coax them outta there. I'm wondering if my roost poles are too close to eachother and the rooster thinks it might be too tight to get up there. In one of the pictures above, you can see the two roost poles. I see...
I thought I'd share our coop design. I got a lot of ideas from BYC but maybe someone will get some ideas from ours.
Here's a rendering of the design. The main goal of the new coop was ease of cleaning and egg access. The two large doors have no lip at the bottom so the shavings and poop...
I ended up using the top half of my large dog kennel/carrier. It's one of those kennels that has two plastic halves. I took the top half, and covered the bottom with chicken wire and folded up the chicken wire for the door. I threw a small section of 2x4 in there for her to roost on. The...
Just like the subject says. I need to separate a broody hen and I'm looking to put her in something with a mesh floor to keep her cool and not let her get too comfy.
I don't want to get too elaborate or spend a lot of money so I was hoping y'all had some creative ideas for a quick, down and...