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I use deep litter in my covered run (pine shavings). I add a new bale about this time every year without removing any of the old shavings. The run is about 12' x 16'. Most of the poo gets buried, but I do remove anything noticable when I'm in cleaning the poop board in the coop (daily). The...

One side of our run serves as a grape arbor. We actually started out with the grape arbor, then turned it into a chicken run last spring. It is really a great source of shade in the summer. Also, because grape vines grow very rapidly throughout the summer, we are constantly pruning it. As the...

I have been trying to figure out what to do with my 1 year old ( born 2/3/10) EE who hasn't laid an egg since August 8th (yes, I know the exact date because it's the same day my daughter went to astronomy camp)...finally today she laid a beautiful green egg!! We have 4 chickens & have been...

Ours is our most consistent layer,misses around once a week she lays more often than our austrolorpe and GLW

Quote: Our hen is a little darker but has some of the same coloring . We bought her from a local little hatchery in Oregon City. As AM but we new There was a good chance she was EE. On topic I can see the annoyance factor in this from the purist point of view, but think Cloverleaf has the...

6 weeks!? I have a cuckoo maran slightly younger than yours. She had been laying for about a month, went broody for 2 days last week and hasn't laid again either. I was going to post this same question, because I can't find out how long it takes for them to start laying. Does anyone know...

I thought I had seen this somewhere but couldnt find it . yes they do Have free choice oyster shell. Thanks

So my wife noticed our 23 week old GLW was walking and acting funny so we looked up the symptoms and suspected she was egg bound . we gave her a bath and as my 12yr old was telling her to push she laid the egg in the water (picture below) . she is new to laying but has had around 5 soft-shell...

We have a grapevine covering one side of the run & the chickens have completely denuded the lower 2' of the vine, so I hope the leaves aren't toxic. They appear to love the leaves. As for elderberry, it is my understanding that the leaves & green berries are toxic, but the ripe berries are fine...

Quote: Ding ding ding the ground needs to be taken off the neutral terminal and that should fix it for you

Ok first I am an Electrician 20yrs Both residential and commercial. Azelgin has the right of it look for the Neutral ( white wire ) to be touching the ground usually in the box where you have exposed side terminals. first pull off the coop recepticle, leave it wired then plugg it in if it trips...

I know I saw you say you were going to cover your run but as another fellow wet PNWester might i suggest some drainage too I put gutters on the coop and run and laid 4" perforated pipe wrapped in landscape fabric all the way around my coop and run. then connected the gutters to the pipe then ran...

We are from the Portland area as well. I covered our run with clear suntuff. Cover and sun at the same time

here is a link to some plans I found, I just built the wood and wire 3 bin this weekend. so we dont know if we like it . we did resize it to fit our space http://www.rivcowm.org/composting/compost_build_bin.html

Quote: I just added a window to mine last weekend. I made it so i could just slide the plexiglass/lexan (is this the same as perspex?) in and out as needed. I already had one window but it just looked dark and I figured the more controllable ventilation the better. have fun! edited because I...

Well Ive been around enough probably should have said Hi a long time ago so here goes Hi from Milwaukie. My wife and I have been lurking about a Year and finally pulled the trigger and got 4 pullets in February so far so good We thought about trying to make it to albany but much to much going...

Quote: Ya mean, "if you have time to do it over, you had time to do it right in the first place!"? We use up extra, leftover wood, nails, etc., but just for the reasons pokeytolman states, we don't usually reuse things that have been used to build something else. Usually, you notice I...

They will eat the grass Quickly anyway just put it in the best spot as far as convenience drainage and consideration of neighbors go. if you have problems post some pictures of the spots and I am sure you will get lots of help.

I have to agree With Penturner I am in the trades and some things should not be reused. if you see an old bard being torn down with some beautiful clear beams that have no rot by all means find a use. but old 2x4 or 20 yr old plywood? not so much. and please, please, please, be very careful...