Hi Mister B,
It is a safety fence playpen for my young pullets who are now 3 months old. My hubby built it as a temp fix until he can build something else. We've been using it for about 3 weeks now. They are only in it while I am home and during the day. We used a roll of safety fence, 9 6ft...
Thank you Flock Master! You are awesome! We did find out they came from the Amish farms in Yoder. I have it on high authority that you are so correct about the two! Gabi is an Easter Egger and Star is a Brown Breasted Red Phoenix Hen. Thanks so much!
I got them from Atwood's a few months ago and these two totally befuddle me. I'm on a mission to find out. They are the goofiest little girls ever. They have grey feet, five toes. Goldy the Buff Orpington has her but in the picture! Can anyone give me any ideas?
Great article and so informative! Thanks so much. We have a 250w red heat lamp in the top of our coop. Not for production, but to keep our babies warm with these horrible cold temperatures we've been having. Our neighbors down the street didn't heat their coop and lost 4 of their chickens and...
On Sunday Nov 17, went out to clean the coop and what a surprise! Penny laid her first egg! The egg on the left is a ceramic egg I stuck in there so she would where to go. Hers is the pretty brown speckled egg on the right.
Our coop so far. We originally were going to build the Wichita Cabin Coop, but Chaz had different ideas and of course, I'm not allowed to help. He is a machinist & a perfectionist-I've been told to just let him alone & he will get it done. Good luck to all the other first time coop builders!