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I'm trying to figure out what I want to do. If I'm eating the eggs, I would rather my birds be passing on superior nutrition to me and my family. But if we are not eating our eggs in winter, I'm wondering if it would be worth it to switch to a cheaper feed while we are not eating the eggs. I...

Its my first year with chickens. I buy the GMO and soy free pellets which are about ten dollars a bag more expensive than the regular feed. It would save me a little to go the regular/cheaper route during the winter. Any disadvantages to this? I would start them back up on regular feed again in...

My friend tube fed her also the first day. She is doing much better now. I'm going to put more fans out, and make a raised area where they like to sit; maybe they will sit there and let air circulate around themselves. If they don't, I'll bring in some sand, as I read that it keeps cool the best.

Hi all. I'm in Texas and I have six 3 month old pullets. One buff orpingtons seemed heat stressed a couple days ago. They are in a shaded run with water and a mister. This one seems to have less weight on her than the others. I'm on vacation now, and my friend has taken her inside, given...

Well I got it onto level ground, have put the roof on, door latch on, and the girls spent the night in it last night. I'm so happy! They have their homemade spill proof rodent proof feeder, chicken nipples, chicken swing, perches etc. Now I just have to build the run......

We are just north of Austin. Thanks for all the input. It will help a lot.

So if I put the pavers/step stones, then a perimeter of treated wood, it would not rot? What if I instead stained/sealed the bottom six to eight inches of the coop wood bottom inside and out? Would that be adequate? Does Hardware cloth eventually rot if buried? How long would it likely last...

The apron would be to deter digging predators. I will actually install below ground apron where the sliding door is. Thanks for the links!!

Scouter Joe, definitely. They are only in there while I'm home to supervise them during the day, until we get the roof on, etc. which should be any day now ;) Thanks for the ideas. Dave, on that latch for the main door (the first one you mentioned), is that lock-able for keeping racoons out...

Hi all, I am new to the community and new to chicken keeping. I had a friend of a friend build a coop out of pallets. It's 4x8x6 feet. We weren't sure where we were going to put it and she delivered it in pieces (walls) and we assembled it where we think we want it. Since we decided last minute...