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I am wildly sensitive to the urushiol in poison ivy. And it seems to circumvent any method I have of protecting myself. It just finds a way to jump on me. We have a similar situation with acres of heavily wooded land and loads of poison ivy (and Virginia Creeper and so on). I have already gotten...

Hard to imagine the chickens actually like this activity!

I don't know if links will post, but I saw this and thought it was funny: Chicken strollers

I agree. We put in a mini orchard already on a bit of the land that won't be affected by building- fruit trees (apples, plums, apricots, figs, pawpaws and persimmons), berry bushes (blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and boysenberries), and vines (grape and maypops). I wanted to given...

That’s great. We bought some rural land last year and plan to build in a year and put chickens in then. In the meantime I am doing what you seem to be doing - thinking through various coop/run options.

I take it you have plans to move to a more rural area?

I did a pescatarian diet for about 20 years while I was practicing Buddhism. But my son is a hunter and it forced me to think a lot about my reasons for that. Growing up on a small farm, I had to help butcher cows and I always felt like they at least got a good life before they became meat. Same...

Looks great, though.

It happens to me (a psychologist) all the time. I try to stay gracious about it. The world is a tough enough place without me getting ugly with people who are just looking for help.

Wow. Well, I am grateful for the information, typos and all!

I’m enjoying this thread and how it’s merged into folks’ daily lives. I got my second COVID vaccine a couple of weeks ago and am eagerly looking forward to getting to visit my older son who I’ve not seen in a year because of this bloody pandemic. Saw my oncologist today and don’t have to go back...

Makes sense. We’re surrounded by a ridge so,it doesn’t get very windy where the chickens will be.

That;s a good idea.

Where do you find ceramic eggs with flat sides? I want to do rollaway boxes and have wondered about that.

Good info, thanks!

Not a chicken thing, but when I was a kid, I raised pigs and I named the first piglet I got Bacon. Our dogs got into the pen and killed her, so I decided it was bad karma and named the next one Rosie. I plan to give my layers regular names but the meaties will all be named Olaf - our nickname...

So like a garage door.

Unless you are in the north Georgia Appalachian mountains, which isn’t quite as steamy. My neighbor has an open air coop (in the TN mountains) but we do get snow several times a winter and I want an enclosure.

I’m leaning toward a Pullet-Shut door because it opens out like a door rather than the up and down guillotine styles.