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*Edit - didnt read all the way through all pages of the thread before posting....what youve built looks great! Heres a couple pics of my triangle coop......if it helps for ideas on how to include food/water/ect...Its only 4x12 (total footprint), but I only have 2 hens. The top "shelf" is the...

Since it was a fresh kill, I would say it would be fine to eat as long as its thourougly cooked (160deg). Like stated before, seems like a waste not to.

any footprints in the area?

Ill be honest I've only gotten to page 43...but heres my feeder and waterer Feeder (idea inspired from youtube) - Free kitty litter bucket (friends/relatives/craigslist), have also been told you can go to any big box store/grocery store that has a bakery and they give away icing buckets for...

Months!!! Cripes!!! that sucks! Turns out the original hen (her name is "fried") is getting more confident.....but it might be to the expense of the new hen ("mable"). Now shes started to peck at her and essentially bully her. I also switched back to the 16% layer feed today so we'll see how...

As a Lesser Prairie Chicken research technician - usually when there are only feathers left (no carcass) - it was another bird that got it.

So 2.5 weeks ago a red fox chewed its way into my chicken coop and snagged one of my two hens. The surviving hen was obviously freeeeaaakked out, and in an effort to give her some company we got another hen 3 days ago. Well the new hen is obviously freaked out from being relocated as well. So...

http://kansasstatutes.lesterama.org/Chapter_2/Article_25/ Kansas' laws if anyones interested

THEY DID IT!!! I went out this morning to find them both in there (very surprised they could both fit) and two eggs laid!!! I still dont think they used the ladder, but hey whatever works

Kleetrucking - I'm sure your right, I just guess I was really surprised they picked up on everything else so quickly, but not this. Hennyville - Thanks for the help! Looks like I'll have to find out what treat they go crazy for and use that (never would have thought watermelon was the ticket!)

no ideas?

visual of the coop if it helps - sorry cant see the ladder/openings but the top green triangle is the door to the nest box, and the bottom is the roost box

So...I've done a forum search and it seems as though all of the "chickens using ladders" questions/comments are geared for young chickens that are in large coops and dont mind being held/handled. So heres the background story: I have zero experience with chickens but 2 days ago I bought 2...

Hey thanks for the warm welcomes! ........and yes......those are their permanent names . Just for the record I voted for "old lady" names like Ethyl and Gertrude but my wife wasnt nearly as excited as I was about my new "adventure" so I let her do the naming.

So I've always wanted to keep my own chickens and have finally done it! I was able to build an Aframe chicken tractor out of all recycled/scrap materials (minus the chicken wire). I also built my own feeder, and am in the process of building my own waterer. This last Sunday (2/24/13) I bought...