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I live in Colorado but recently visited Borrego Springs, California. There I bought some wonderful eggs at a farmers' market from a farmer who also sold vegetables. I asked him what he fed his hens and he replied, "nothing but our unsold vegetables." I was amazed to put it mildly as he had...

Thanks for your reassurance. I think I have enough ventilation. Pop door open to run, the far end of which is open, ie not covered in plastic. On top of people door in middle of coop is space about 3/4" by 3 ft or whatever door is. Also, tho pretty well insulated, rest of coop has some odd...

I'm no expert but I've always heard that lynx can squeeze through very small spaces and the only way to protect from them is to use hardware cloth with the smallest spaces to enclose your run, and also you should have a chicken wire apron laid on the ground all around and pinned down with...

We live in the Colorado mountains. My 12 hens, Araucanas and barred rocks, have an insulated 64 sq ft coop and a hoop run of about same size just covered in plastic except at the far end. I leave the poop door to the run open all the time and figure that plus the 3/4" opening above the main...

Would you include dried lentils and peas in the admonition not to feed dried beans? I have been throwing handfuls out occasionally as a summer "scratch." Along with some BOSS

What is SCOBY?

Put up notices that they are available as free meat to anyone who collects them live. There are needy people who will take them, slaughter them, and be glad for a free nourishing chicken stew. That's what I plan to do. I couldn't bring myself to eat them, but neither could I afford to feed...

With no electricity you have to take them water. Easiest way is just to keep an empty bottle you fill, take to the coop and pour into their waterer, then take back to the house with you. You have to go out and check for eggs at least 2x a day anyway, right? Unless you want to eat frozen eggs.

I have a hanging feeder, set at about the level of their backs and have no waste. That's even though I have to feed mash (the only organic feed available to me is in mash form). I really recommend a hanging feeder.

Well I also garden and didn't want the hens there or poop on my patio. We have 5 acres. So in addition to the coop and run, I fenced in a large yard 35 ft by 70 ft for my 12 hens. And that seems to work fine. It wasn't too expensive, I used metal posts and 4ft fencing. The area is proving...

I have heard that giving pumpkin seeds regularly for treats keeps worms way down. Something in it kills the worm eggs I think. Worth a try

Well here's my 2 cents. I'm 74 years and my husband 78. This winter I got a yen to have chicken again. We had them many years ago when our kids were small and I got to thinking this year that the eggs from our own chickens all those years ago tasted much better than the expensive "organic"...

Courage! I thought my 4 barred rocks and 8 Araucanas would never lay but finally at about 25 weeks they started and then within 10 days were going full steam. Today I had nine eggs from the 12 hens.

Well I have a hybrid system. I'm in a small rural subdivision (seven five acre lots). I have a 6 by 12 coop for 12 hens with a completely predator proof run about 5 by 14. The small poop door from the coop to the run is always open so they can go out any time and do so early in the morning...

Well I thought my twelve hens (4 barred rocks and 8 Araucanas) were the only hens in the world that didn't lay eggs despite a lovely coop and yard and expensive organic food. But they finally started last week and the count has been increasing -- eight eggs today! So take heart, your day will...

I am using straw and am content with it. It's easy to handle, flake by flake. In summer I don't make it very deep and clean it once every 4 - 6 weeks. For winter I'll go to "deep litter" and just keep adding flakes of straw every week and not clean out until mid spring. After coop straw is...

I just had the flying over the gate problem. I just took some 1 by 1s and nailed them to support posts on either side to lengthen support posts up to about none feet and then stretched bird netting across area above gate. I have to stoop to enter gate but it's worth it as they stopped flying...

My 20 week-old Araucanas and barred rocks are flying out of their yard. ((The 12 of them have a 64 sq ft house, totally enclosed run of same size and 1/5 acre yard with 4 ft fence around). I let them out in the large yard for the afternoon and where the gate is, there are posts they can fly up...

Where are you? Where does one get this menonite chicken layer?