So Sorry for your loss! Take the suggestions others posted and be ready to clobber those dogs when they come back for more. Most likely they will! I too lock my chickens up with combination padlocks at night or if I'm away and only let my chickens free range when I'm home and I can watch and...
I have three 2 month old pullets that I just put out in their own small pen and hen house next to the hens. The hen that seems the most interested in my three new pullets is this particular hen. I've named her Sweet Pea. Anyway, maybe she would be the best one to be put with the pullets first...
Well, I definitely would call her one of my high strung hens. She always has a slight bald spot on her head where she has been scratching herself. I think she is the lowest on the pecking order too. She is always the one that gets up on the perch last at night. She is actually my sweetest hen...
I have a hen that is acting quite weird. All the rest of my hens are acting normal. She on the other hand is pacing back and forth along a fence line then goes into the hen house walks to the corner of it and then goes out and paces along the fence in the chicken run again. She does also however...
Great coop! My husband put a thermostate in our coop connected to the red heat light. That works great maintaining a certain temperature desired. I love your floor. We did something simular we used fiberglass sheets. The kind you see in public bathroom walls. Easily cleaned and removeable if...
I love my Trough Chicken Feeder I got at a local feed store. I wanted something that could be placed along a wall and did not use as much space as the regular big round ones. I had a lot of problems with the feed getting stuck and not coming through enough for them. I found myself always helping...
I recently got a new chicken feeder trough to replace the round one in the picture. It's a much better design for the kind of feed I use and it fits flat against the wall under the nesting boxes saving a lot of space. I never leave the food containers outside at night. That would most likely...
After purchasing some chickens along with a small coop from a moving friend I began planning a coop that was somewhat small but still I could walk in for easy cleaning and managing. Having some mobility issues, I needed a coop that I did not have to bend over or reach out over a large distance...