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Here's a collection of feather-minded people wearing the new Flockmaster Tee from RootnRamble.com. The design is an original illustration of a happy hen running full stride toward her treats. It reads, "Go confidently in the direction of your mealworms." Oh, yes please :)

I hope your hen is healed by now. I am having the same issue with my flock! The rooster was hatched here 8 months ago and has grown to manhood with my mixed-breed flock of 9 hens. He is a black Australorp named Willy. Over the past 3 months, he "trained" the girls and all was going well until he...

HotDesertChick and ChickenObsesser9...thanks for checking it out.

I use a hand trowel to knock the dried, solid waste into a dustpan. Easy clean up once a day. These droppings don't go in the compost pile, bc the pine shavings are slow to break down. But the droppings from the run and the roosting area are collected and added to the compost.

Sure thing.

Mellow1 and featherweightmn, thanks for the stamps of approval. I learned so much from the information posted on this site, so hats off to everyone who shares info. I designed the structure with as many "smart" features as I could work in. So glad it came together. :)

Thanks for the comments, Madddawg. Let me know how the droppings tray works out if you end up building one. I had ours built into the plan at the advice of numerous chicken keepers on this site. "Make it easy to clean," they say.

The frame is 3'x8' with hardware cloth stapled across the top. Use three untreated 2x4x8s and one roll of 3' hardware cloth (metal wire). Use one board to make the two 3' short sides. Use the other two boards to make the 8' long sides. Make the two 3' cuts, then prime and paint all of the boards...