Here are the hand-drawn plans that my younger son and I came up with.
These are the original (first draft of our plans. I am hoping to be able to redo these drawings with the correct measurements we used and get them posted as soon as possible.
My husband and I followed...
WitksChicks - The Clucking Club
Well, we’ve finally decided to take the leap and jump on in the world of Chickens. The decision took 3 years to make. Every January my husband would start saying "We should get some chickens" and he would occasionally repeat this statement until late-February to...
The Clucking Club-bana
We started researching coop designs on BYC at length wanting to make the perfect (or almost perfect) home for our girls. After many hours of research a spiral notebook and two pencils, our younger son and I finally came up with a design we thought would suit our...
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Good Luck!!
I've been told that the chipmunks are there because the chickens eat all the ticks. Ticks are what kill the chipmunks, they get lyme disease and die. I've had lyme disease, so I prefer the chipmunks, so I know the tick population in my back yard is next to null. So the chipmunk we have living...
Here's the link for the directions:
http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/issues/6/6-1/turn_a_polywoven_feed_sack_into_a_reusable_shopping_bag.html
NOTE: Instead of using a 2nd bag for the handles/straps, using the scraps I cut from the bag, I made 2 16" straps instead of 1 32" and cutting it in...
I turn mine into recyclable shopping bags. I'm always asked where I got them, when I tell people I made them, they go crazy for them and want one. They are great for 101 uses.
Pinless peepers worked with my flock. They were pecking at each other, put the peepers on, and it resolved the problem. They are a necessary evil sometimes.
I've seen a bobcat less than 2 miles from my home in just west of Hartford, CT, along the Rt. 6 corridor in Farmington/Bristol area. My cousin who lives 2.5 miles away has photos of one of they three that they have seen hunting in a field behind their home. They are out there in Central CT...
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My coop is the "Clucking Clubana" (designed and built my me, with a little bit of help from DH, who didn't want me using the circular saw and lifting the real heavy stuff)
my guess is: one on left is Rhode Island Red, middle one is Black Star (Black Sex Linked), one on right is Barred Rock. However, I'm far from a chicken ID expert, but I do have some of each.
First Off:
My first flock was 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Silver Lace Wynadottes, 2 Black Stars (Black Sex Links), and 1 Leg Horn.
All week great breeds for CT weather, and produced 5 - 7 eggs per day.
Hope this helps!