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    Insulating a Coop

    Can I hijack this thread to ask a question about insulating a chicken coop? Would R13 fiberglass rolls be safe to use, or would the dust be poisonous and get eaten? My goal here is 100% for more SOUND ABSORPTION, not retaining heat. (I live in a temperate zone.) My rooster likes to CROW...
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    Why do roosters crow?

    Hi everyone. I'm kinda curious: why do roosters crow? Please forgive me if this has already been asked. I'm new to chickens. As someone raised in the city, the idea of a rooster saying a cheerful "cockadoodle doo!" once or twice to greet the sunrise sounded very romantic to me. Right? But the...
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    Rooster puberty - how to deal with it?

    Hi everyone. First-time chicken owner here. I have a male chicken who is about 18 weeks old I think, and a half-dozen females that are about 14 weeks old. I currently keep them all together. The past 2-3 weeks, the male seems kind of "unstable", like he is full of angst or something. I get the...
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    Question about being gently pecked by young rooster

    Well this morning I let the chickens out of their coop and into their run. (I have to do this manually each morning because the chicken tunnel between the two + automatic door = aren't setup yet.) The young 4.5 month-old rooster gave me the impression of trying to push me around a bit. He sort...
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    Question about being gently pecked by young rooster

    Thank you for your responses. Sooo helpful to read and consider. Regarding beaks and food excitement, I just remembered: I witnessed something interesting with this same cockerel a couple days ago. He found a bug in the grass, and he did his little call to call the females over to eat the bug...
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    Question about being gently pecked by young rooster

    Hi y'all. I'm a new chicken keeper, and I've got a small, young flock, including a young rooster who is approaching 4.5 months of age. I recently got rid of a second male of the same age - I was able to return him to the farm where I got him as a baby. Anyway, this morning, the remaining young...
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    Hello!

    Yes, thank you, great advice! There aren't too many predators here, most days. But about once a year, a bobcat comes through, coyotes come through, a black bear comes through, raccoons come through, a fox comes through. In the past, they would just appear one day, look around and sniff around...
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    Hello!

    Well in terms of questions, I have a question about how many exits a "run" should have. I've setup the beginnings of a 10x20 run and I'm in the process of converting a tiny building next to the run into a coop. I am planning to add a lot of predator protections to the run and the coop, and also...
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    Hello!

    Completely new to chickens. There is so much to learn! I like the idea of knowing where my food comes from, and if some sort of strange emergency happens in our crazy world, it seems like a good idea to learn how to grow our own food, etc. So that's part of how I got here. I got some Barred...
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