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I've tried several breeds and have settled on ISA Browns. Dependable layers, huge eggs, cold tolerant & friendly.

I'm really fond of my ISA Browns. They're outstanding layers summer or winter, very hardy and tolerate cold weather well. Very friendly, don't fly much and not broody.

My interior coop floor area is 4'x4' and I have 5 birds roosting. I set up their roost bar in the middle and then pile a minimum of 3" of pine shavings on the entire floor area. I have a double door that allows easy access to the area. To clean, I simply use a small shovel to pick up the...

I use Pine shavings in the coop and have never had a problem with the girls eating it. I put pink insulation board on the ceiling of the coop (4'x4'x6') and their perch was high enough that they could reach it...they ate that, fortunately no ill effects. In the fenced and covered pen area, I mix...

I have 5 hens and my oldest is a feather foot Barred Rock who was the sole survivor of a fox attack last winter. She started laying a year ago last July and has been laying regularly in the same nest box in the coop until about 3 weeks ago when she just quit laying abruptly. I pasture them every...

Yep, I've sold a lot of my woodworking projects and that was the plan with the coop. I may put an ad up on Craigslist in the Spring for custom coops and see what happens.

I'm retired and woodworking has been my hobby for 40 years. When I saw a pic of a coop online, it looked like something fun to build but I never dreamed of raising chickens. Well, when I finished the coop, rather than selling it, I decided to get some birds. I purchased 1 Australorp, 2 Barred...