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I've read other threads about this subject before, but there are so many different ways that chickens can be described as "yawning" and it can mean a lot of different things. My indoor 3 month old serama chicken - who only ever eats blended, medicated, organic layer mash with oregano and...

Hi, I've got a little Serama chicken that is about 3 months old now, which I hand-reared from egg. It has always loved me and other people to a point of being attention starved. I'm sure this is because it's a lone, indoor chicken (which I realize isn't ideal, but for a lot of reasons, that's...

First, thanks for all the suggestions. We put in a mirror and a stuffed animal and she's happy as can be. Last night she cuddled up in the arms of her stuffed dog and went right to sleep, and right this minute she is having a conversation with herself in the mirror and trying to see where the...

For the sake of posterity, I thought I'd share a little update. We ended up getting a huge snow dump not long after I finished the improvements I showed in the earlier photos. I put the heat lamp in the lower level in the top right corner next to the door, and put the water dish beneath that. I...

We just got a little Serama chick that's about a week old. It has spent the last week of its life with two other chicks, and after a couple hours last night, it seemed to become incredibly attached to us. It peeps its poor little brains out if we stop LOOKING at it, and will not be satisfied...

I hear you guys, and I definitely won't be putting chickens out there until I know what to expect from the hardware I've put in. That being said, I'm not entirely convinced that 250w WILL cook them in there, especially with proper ventilation. It's -15ºF as I write this and will be colder...

My thought was more in terms of wind than precipitation. A roof will create more-still air in the run, which at like -30, -40 will make a real difference to the chooks. I see, I'll think about it. Most of the wind hits the north face of the house, and I put the coop on the southeast corner of...

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys! Lynn, that's a great article, I'll definitely borrow some ideas from you. Jafo, I had started with a 5" gap between the tin roof and the false ceiling, but when I dropped the ceiling at an angle to partition the roof and make the roost, I took off the tin...

Took some pictures: This is what it looked like this morning: I then took off the roof, front, and back walls, and opened the sides, put insulation in them, and closed them back up. Made a wall for the front w/2 inches of foam insulation (I'll put a mesh barrier up to keep them from getting...

Thanks for the link, Pat. I'll start reading it now.

Hi everybody, I've been lurking around this forum for a couple weeks reading up in preparation to receive some chickens from a friend who was giving away some of his older girls, and despite all the helpful advice I've read, I'm still having trouble deciding what I need to do. I know there are a...