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Bleach water (about 4 parts water to 1 part concentrated bleach) and a scrubby sponge works for me.

Giving this old thread a bump in order to get some updated input. Anyone have any recent contact info on where I can get some Blue Rock chicks? (I am looking for hens.)

I have always had nesting boxes inside of the coop, but I have been told that it is okay keep them outside. I have recently decided to start using 5 gallon buckets for nesting boxes (bolted together and laying on their side outside of the coop) due to the sheer number of new hens we now have...

I use aluminum pie pans to deter hawks here. My grandmother used to hang them in the fig trees to keep all manner of birds away, so I tried something similar when the hawks became interested in my chickens. I have fishing line tied around the top corners of my 50x50 pens. I cut the pie pans...

Cackle's website is not as "pretty" as some other hatcheries, but it is easy to navigate and they offer additional products and services that many others do not. I ordered 40 Barred Rocks from Cackle Hatchery a few weeks ago and they arrived this morning. All of them arrived alive, healthy and...

I ordered 40 Barred Rocks from Cackle Hatchery a few weeks ago and they arrived this morning. All of them arrived alive, healthy and active. Total shipping time was 2 days. This was my first mail order purchase and so far, I am pleased with the results. I am especially pleased with their...

I ordered 40 Barred Rocks from Cackle Hatchery a few weeks ago and they arrived today. All of them arrived alive, healthy and active. Shipping time was 2 days. Note: we were supposed to get chicks from the Oct 7th run (the date given on their website and the one we requested.) However, they...

It took me a while to get around to it, but I finally posted a picture of the big guy before he became such a big guy. My avatar is a picture of Cooper at about 7 months and he is STILL growing!

It looks like we are going with Joan J Raspberries and Navajo Blackberries. It is not quite time to plant them in my area, but we have them on order and I am looking forward to their arrival. Ivy turned out to be a no-go for us. English Ivy may look nice, but the fence gets far too much sun...

I want a vine that will trellis nicely in my newly built chicken-wire fence that is non-toxic to both chickens AND dogs. It seems that what is safe for one is often a threat to the other. English Ivy was our first thought since it is an evergreen, but it seems to be somewhat toxic to...

We live on a large farm where peaches and strawberries have been our traditional cash crop for generations, but climate change has meant several years of damaged or decreased production (or even total crop loss, like this year) and so we are looking into investing in more chickens for egg...