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We are undertaking the chicken adventure for the main purpose of receiving eggs from them. We usually go through about 2 dozen eggs per week. Sometimes more, mostly a little less. We really don't have a huge yard so we can't have a ton of chickens. I really would like a very colorful egg basket...

My wee little chicks will be two weeks old on Friday and man it just kills me how much they have changed even in the week that we have owned them! Mah babies is gettin' so big! Anywho, I noticed that we have started taking an interest in scratching the pine shavings around looking for stuff. At...

You are all just a bunch of enablers...you know that don't you.

I was just wondering if any of you folks have bantams for egg layers. They are so wonderful and sweet, I was thinking how nice it would be to have a whole coop full...but we are getting chickens for eggs/pets.

It appears my work is never done. I thought changing baby diapers was enough, but no, I had to wipe a wee little pasty butt this morning too. *sigh*

I was wondering if a flock does better if there is an odd number of birds or an even number, or if it even matters?

Quote: I've wanted chickens for several years now. Last summer I was pregnant and we just decided it wasn't going to work juggling that many new babies. This year we just couldn't get the money together to build a good coop...until this week. At my mother in laws birthday party my sis in law...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, we are new to chickens, we bought 6 bantams from TSC yesterday. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6 bantams (3) What breeds do you have? We definitely have at least one white or blue silkie, two red silkies, and...

Thank you for the great advice. Yes, this would only be needed for this season (we want our chickens to do some excavating where we usually have a garden). Next year we would build a permanent run. So a day tractor it is, most likely built from PVC and hardware cloth with aprons, as suggested. I...

We have decided to make our chicken coop stationary in front of the garden, but we want to make a detachable run so that we can move it around so the chickens can really dig up our old garden for us. I'm not really sure what the best material would be to make it out of. PVC? Wood? Has anyone had...

Thanks a bunch guys!

Can you give me figures? I do better with actual numbers.

Well after much sketching and pricing, etc. we finally decided we will be building a permanent coop in the front of our garden and a movable run. We figured having the run be movable would save some money and be easier to deal with as our awful excuse for a garden is a lot bigger than I...

I know this is probably a silly question, but I'm a newb...how high up should the next boxes and roosts be in the coop?

The internet is just crawling with pictures and plans and kits. I am utterly and completely overwhelmed. So I thought I would go straight to the source. Can you point me in the direction of an inexpensive and easy to build coop that will hold 6-8 chickens? Does anyone here have one they have...

Quote: How very true. I know we aren't going anywhere for at least the next year so I might as well enjoy what little dirt I have.

Alright, how did this post become about gardening? LOL How about some coop advice too.

Quote: I have that book, that's how I usually garden, 4x4 plots, it's soooooo much easier.

Hen_House_Rocks! : Google lasagna gardening. I had the same problem. Two years ago when we built our garage, we had a strip between the garage and sidewalk where I really wanted a lettuce garden. But it was all gravelly and sandy. I started dumping lawn clippings in there on top of a thick...

I am in South Central PA, close to Chambersburg. We are about 45 mins from Gettysburg and 45 mins from Hagerstown, MD. Now I just have to find a good, cheap, and easy to build coop plan. There are so many on the internet!