I was thinking of getting some no dig barriers. Allegedly they stop animals as small as rabbits but I am skeptical. Has anyone on here used them before and had any success...
I live in MA in the US. There had been HPAI in wild bird populations and it has been found in at least 1 back yard flock.
I am wondering about risk vs benefits of keeping my chickens inside their covered run for the time being. But,I think they are happier when they are free range and I have no...
My run is fairly protected and covered soI think they should be alright.
No windows at all. If a day ever comes when I decide to get another coop, I will remember this.
There is a winter storm watch in my area for tomorrow. Do you let chickens out of the hen house when there is a storm? Their house does not really have any light in there and their food and water are outside in their run. Are they better off just staying in the house until the storm dies down...
I might try that. I suspect my chickens will play with it though. Where would I find a small quantity of straw? I don't want to buy a bunch of it in case it doesn't work
UPDATE #3
My chickens are not using it and I don't know why. Maybe they never learned how to perch? They were 20 WK pullets when I go them and I didn't pay attention to if they had perches at the farm I got them from.
In the past few months I have had them I only saw them "perch" on top of...
For those of you that have eglu go's, what do you use for nesting material in the nesting corner of the go?
I just have been using shavings. Is there something better?
Also, they have not started laying yet. I just put the golf balls in there to show them where to go when the time comes.
UPDATE #2. I am surprised it actually fits. Unfortunately, I did spend alot more money on this than I would have if I made my own. Since it was already shipped to my house, I though I might as well use it rather than go through the trouble of returning it.