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Not wanting to threadjack my own thread, but... A quick note regarding an open air "coop". I just returned from visiting family in northwestern PA. I noticed that their chickens were roosting in a large pine tree near the house. Apparently, they also overwintered in its branches instead of in...

Though expensive, hardware cloth will be a must. We are moving the chickens from our enclosed back yard in the middle of a densely populated neighborhood, where our beagle and surprisingly our cat also, have guarded our little chickens well. Their new location will be in a distant neighbor's...

I am trying to work with the materials I currently have on hand (save for the hardware cloth). I'm on a pretty tight budget, but I definitely want to meet the needs of my chicky babes. I'd like to eventually house up to 10 hens. The tractor will be moved to fresh grass daily and the hens will...

The material list is there. Pricing it would involve matching the parts to your local hardware store--a time killer for sure. I too am curious about the estimated cost of one of these if anyone here has already built one.

Thanks to all for the warm welcome. I've never been on a forum where people went out of their way to be friendly.

Here is what Miracle looks like now, next to my beagle for reference. I had to put them in our temporary "while we're out" cage to get them to sit still together out in the sunshine on such a hot day.

No layers yet. All too young still. However, doubt has begun to creep in about Miracle's rooster status. The man who claimed he was a rooster had full confidence at the time (can't recall how many weeks it was at the moment). With my limited knowledge, I also assumed the spur buds on the...

...he's a rooster. I intentionally left that detail out of the OP. I am crossing my fingers in the hopes that he doesn't find his crow. I've heard of single rooster flocks in which the rooster never crows. For the sake of our love of this little feathered fellow, I hope he's one of those...

My wife and I have wanted chickens for years. After adopting the single survivor from an almost failed hatch in the classroom, we decided to jump right in. We've got a few each of buff orpingtons, wellsummers, and black sexlinks to get started. I hope we're not in over our head, but the more...