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Here's a link to my coop construction thread(s) where I discuss building the Chicken McMansion. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=283812 In the past month there have been 2 serious chicken coop fires in my area because of people using inappropriate heating in their...

My original construction thread, Building the Chicken McMansion Part 2, can be found at the following link: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=283812 I started construction of the Chicken McMansion just over a year ago, and my "micro-flock" of 6 has been laying since June...

In addition to our rapidly maturing flock of 2 RIRs, 2 GSLs and 2 BJGs, we have a cranky 18 year old cat Squeeky, our Chief chicken herder..16 month pug Gus, and a boodle of four (rescue) ferrets. My Daughter is to blame for the ferrets. When she moved back home from school in AZ, she brought...

The Black Jersey Giant chicks are a little over 2 weeks old and growing fast, and I figured it was about time to introduce them to yogurt. The other girls get some daily, so these two need to get up to speed with it too. I've been putting a small ramekin with a spoonful of yogurt in it for the...

Tonight I was doing my usual routine of servicing the chicks and the pullets and getting them settled for the night. I have told my soon to be son in law that just because we are raising four chickens in our dining room does not necessarily make us ridge runners, and so far he is convincingly...

Many years ago I was fortunate enough to inherit a number of boxes of old books that belonged to both sets of my grandparents, and over the years, some of these books have been constant surprises to me as I finally get around to reading some of them at long last. Many of them are in poor shape...

A brief interpretive ballet, in one act, with chorus... Someone please let me know if this worked for them or not, as this is the first vid I've tried to post here...

Our golden sex links are three weeks old today and they have quickly outgrown the rubbermaid brooder tub. The last time I faced this problem, I simply converted the Chicken McMansion into a brooder coop and moved everyone out there. But there are now four teenage Rhode Island Reds (9 weeks...

I found this article in an old Rodale Press book that I have had around for half of forever, called "Build it Better Yourself", and was published in 1977. It has some pretty sound ideas for those who are struggling to understand what the chickens need. I used this plan for the slanted poop...

I'm supplementing my chook's rations with whole oats. I got a 50 pound bag at the feed store, because that's the only size they carry, and transferred it to two food grade sealed buckets. I use a hanging feeder in the run and just add a quart container or so of rations and oats every morning...

The smallest of our five chooks is standing inside the coop in the light from the brooder lamp while everyone else is outside in the run. -5 is sullen, eyes half closed, and is rasping when she breathes in and out. I picked her up and checked her closely, and there is no sign of any wound, no...

I'm amazed that we are coming up on a month with the chooks, and how fast they have grown and feathered up. The oldest is about 6 weeks old and the youngest about a month and a few days. Everyone continues healthy and happy. One of them has been having a blast learning how to use her wings...

circa 1980... 1. When commencing this simulation, remember you must lock all friends and family outside and take the phone off the hook. Your only means of communication should be with letters that your neighbors have held for at least three weeks and discarded one out of every five. 2...

Well! Some great news in troubled times. After much thought and a reasonably long relationship, our 25 yo daughter came to us last night with her (now) fiance in tow, and together they sought our permission and guidance to get married. Just burn my bed and call me cornpone!! In addition...

I have a couple of turkey breasts on the smoker this morning for a "do" for the four owners of our Pug family. I love smoking anything, and turkey is a big hit at our house. I smoke a couple of breasts for Thanksgiving ever year in addition to the oven roasted bird, and there are usually few...

please weigh in on a slightly confusing subject, and help us sort this out. I went to my feed store today, and requested a bag of DE for my chickens. This is what they produced: This is a very fine, almost talcum, powder and is apparently used for a range of livestock. The confusion arises...

I made the command decision to finish prepping the coop and moved the birds in this afternoon. Storey's says there is no reason at all why chicks over 2 weeks can't be moved out of their early brooder and into a proper brooder house. I've been monitoring the temperature and humidity in there...

Denny's Superbowl Commercial...

When we moved into this house in 1998, it was 1100 sq. ft. and came with a large woodstove in the small family room. It was a beast, and boy did it pump out the BTUs! Too good in fact, it regularly drove us out of the living space because it got too hot and put out too much heat. In addition...

You people back East will just hate me for this one... Yes, that's a T-bone steak cooking on the grill with the Chicken McMansion in the background. For the record, it is five O'Clock in the afternoon on Saturday February 6, 2010. Nice steaks, huh?? On sale at Safeway for $2.99 a...