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Well, she's really pretty, whatever breed she is. What modifications do I need to make to be sure she's well-cared for? She seems to love the fermented chicken food I use, and I've been tossing out dried meal worms for her so she has a little more protein. She doesn't go inside the coop at...

Right now I have five adult chickens, one adult rooster, and 16 nine-week-old chicks. I usually let them free-range, but since it's been ridiculously cold, I've kept them in the coop/run for about a week. Yesterday, there was what appears to be an adult female pheasant trying to get into the...

And then in spring of 2016 one of those mama chickens went broody again and the timing was perfect. I got day old chicks about 3-1/2 weeks after she went broody, and I put them under her at night. Good thing I sneaked in at sunrise to see how it would go, because she tried to kill them. I never...

Thanks Rod, Yes I did contact you shortly after I posted this, and I have since changed both circuit boards, as you suggested. Hopefully that will fix the problem! I'll mark on the calendar next time I replace the batteries in these doors, and then I'll be able to see how long batteries last...

Thanks! Great information. I won't be able to open and close the door from the coop to the run, though, because it's never responded to the manual button. I guess I do need to contact Rod.

I have two of these doors - one from the coop into the completely enclosed run, and one from the run into the vegetable garden. The battery thing is weird for me, though. I had the coop door for a couple of years before I got the run door, and the first battery lasted over a year in it. But now...

Hi Greg, I know it's been five years since you posted this, but I'm wondering if you ever got any results from your informal study. I have quite a bit of scientific and medical training, so I really appreciated your mathematical analysis of how much fipronil might end up in the eggs. Can I...

This seems like a very good solution! I did not think of the tape idea. I've had my original Ador1 for about 2-1/2 years now, and I solved the draft problem by building a wind block between the door and the roost, directing the air coming in through the sprocket holes at a right angle away from...

I'm sure you're right that some "non-GMO" labeled food is just organic waiting for the years it takes to be certified as organic, but the vast majority is just conventional and staying away from GMO because of public perception that genetically modified foods are bad for you for some other...

Thanks! I'd never heard of Nature Smart, but I was excited to find organic chicken feed at my local store, since they've never had it before. Times they are a'changing! Good to know. I'll probably just ferment some together with my regular New Country Organics feed and see how it goes...

So along the same lines, since we're talking about feed, do crumbles ferment well? My favorite feed is Scratch and Peck, but I can't afford it with their shipping to Illinois. I've been buying New Country organic feed, which is second best but still pretty good and still not cheap (but cheaper...

Totally. I'm so overwhelmed I often don't do anything at all because I can't imagine where to begin. I tried making a "To Do" list on my phone that I could look at to decide how to manage my day (I don't work outside the home right now, although I did work for many years running my own...

Hi there! I obviously am one of those who thinks there are lots of benefits to fermented feed, but I'm also sure your chickens will be just fine without it. I just like the idea of eating the most organic and healthiest way possible while stuck in the middle of a rural area that farms using tons...

I quite agree! We've actually found that the dark brown eggs (not as dark as Welsummer or Copper Marans) have the deepest, most beautiful colors. Yellow isn't very yellow (more of a yellowish brown, as you might imagine), but the other colors are gorgeous.

Well, I'm from California, but we've lived in Charleston for 20 years now (so I do know SBLHC, but not what it was before that). Actually, four years ago, we moved out of town to the country between Charleston and Ashmore, and so I got chickens three years ago in July. Now I'm raising my third...

Ok, totally cool - I'm all for not making your life more difficult or complicated! I'm a bit more south than you here in IL, but we get pretty cold in the winter too (well below zero *F), and you're absolutely right that it is a problem that fermented feed freezes. I often add some dry feed...

I have to respectfully disagree that free range chickens don't receive much benefit from fermented feed. I'm sure your chickens do fine without it, and free range is certainly the most natural environment for chickens, so they're no doubt happier than confined birds, and a happy chicken tends to...

I've had feather-footed Brahmas for almost three years now (and a Faverolle that just got killed by neighbor dogs), and we live in a very wooded area, which they forage in. Sometimes their foot feaathers get a bit muddy, but that's not due to the woods. Otherwise, no problem with feathered feet.

I think it really helps to use fermented feed. It seems to build their immune systems, and they have firmer poops. I've raised two batches of chicks (and currently have a batch of 2 week old chicks that my broody turned up her beak at, so I guess I'm raising them in the house until it gets...