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One of my 14 week old pullets got out of the run yesterday (totally my fault; I've since fixed the issue) and the dog got a hold of her. Thankfully, the dog just grabbed her and ran, but didn't make it too far before we caught up. She was definitely in shock last night - panting, etc. After...

I'm actually planning to apron out on 3 of the sides of the run. But the fourth side is up against a wooden snow fence. On the other side of the snow fence is a bunch of farm equipment, which does two negative things for me: 1) blocks my access to apron and 2) provides great protection/hiding...

I know I’ve seen it somewhere before, but can’t find it now... if I’m going to dig in my HC (instead of aproning it out) how deep does it need to go?

Oops, I just realized the way I worded my sentence was confusing. I have 7 chicks, and at the time of my post, they were two weeks old. I definitely didn't make that clear! :)

This is super helpful; thank you!

Ahh, ok that makes sense - thank you!!

Fun! How old were they when you moved them outside? I'm in north-central MT and hoping to move mine out in a few weeks!

Thanks!! :)

My two week old chicks are currently in an indoor brooder. The ambient temp in the room is 60 degrees, and they have their heat lamp in the brooder, of course. Their long-term coop is almost finished and I’m wondering about transferring the brooder out there at some point in the near future...

No advice, just popping in to say I love your brooder setup! :love

I should have added - our roof is insulated (it gets super cold here) and we don't have any gaps at the rafters to worry about predators. We added other ventilation and sealed everything off at the roof since we can get some vicious winter storms here. But if you do have some open spaces, you...

We just roofed our coop over the weekend... we had rafters, followed by plywood, then tar paper and then the metal. I don't think you want the metal right on the plywood - between condensation from the metal and small areas of moisture penetration where the screw holes will be, I'd think you...

Thank you, I'll try these! I'm really hoping she'll make it. Question on the drops: these are my first chicks, so I'm just curious - will they instinctively take the drop down when it's on the side of their beak, or will it be a struggle? I've medicated cats and dogs before, but never poultry...

Pictures below. My chicks are just over a week old or so (I think - I got them last Friday from the farm store, and they had just arrived at the store that day, so I assume I got pretty fresh littles). One chick has always been smaller than the rest, but in the past few days the others have...

Thank you; this is really helpful!! I'm going to go in now to update my location!

Good call! Yes, power to the coop is important, but we'll be able to have power from either location. We've wired the coop for electric. For the green location, we can temporarily run a power cord from the house to the exterior coop outlet (which powers the other outlets in the coop). Longer...

Thanks, I'm leaning toward the more convenient green location as well. My husband has told me we *could* move the existing concrete pad if I really want to, but it will require a couple days of substantial work to make it happen. I'm leaning toward foregoing the pad and using my original...

I hear you... as you can see by the picture, we definitely got snow/ice/water. We're in north-central Montana so winters are rough here. I'd definitely like to limit my "commute" to the coop in those months!

Thanks! I don't generally go to the shop, so it would definitely be a "special trip" situation if the coop were there. I hadn't thought about not hearing a predator, either - thanks for mentioning that! I think I'm leaning toward the green spot, even though I probably would have to give up...

I originally planned to put my coop where the green spot is on the below picture. This is right in our yard, super convenient to the house and right next to a water source. The red spot indicates another possible location. This spot is obviously farther away from the house, and it's a bit...