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  1. MamiPollo

    REMODELING AN OLD BARN INTO A COOP

    I converted a shed on my property to a chicken coop last summer. It has a concrete floor. It has worked out fine, but I have not left the concrete bare. I put sand over half the floor. I really like the sand. It handles droppings well, they just decompose in a few days. It stays very clean...
  2. MamiPollo

    My Aracauna Hen is Adopting!

    My araucana hen, Goldie, has been sitting on a pile of infertile eggs for almost 3 weeks. She is such a good mom to those eggs, and as a female who tried for years to have a baby, I think I know how she feels. So this morning, my daughter, a friend & I crossed the bridge to Indiana and drove...
  3. MamiPollo

    oh no... is this a broody hen

    I went to put my hens to bed & found Goldie sitting on the nest. I missed her earlier today and peeked into the coop to see her standing by the nest looking at the eggs. There's not a fertile egg in the pile, but she has decided she is ready to be a mama apparently. I feel sort of sorry for...
  4. MamiPollo

    Like and dislike ?

    Likes: Close access to my backdoor. Very convenient for me. Sand floor is easy to keep clean (poop just vanishes into it after a few days). Lots of space/I can walk into it & big enough I can leave birds in there all day if necessary. Fresh air (coop is screened on 2 sides). Predator proof so...
  5. MamiPollo

    Birddog's Garage coop

    I converted an old shed into a chicken coop. Similar to a garage as far as the floor conditions. I cleaned that very well and then put sand down. I also put a raised platform in half, because the floor sometimes floods in a rain. I put straw down on that part for winter. We have now gone...
  6. MamiPollo

    What key elements do you love about your coop?

    I love the space in my coop, and the fact it is big and airy enough that the girls can stay in there all day if necessary. I love the fresh air design as ventilation is never a problem. I like that my chicken house is bolted to a concrete slab. No problems with predators digging under the...
  7. MamiPollo

    Snow Chickens - No Heat Required

    I love your little coop and run. Do you have any problems with the weight of snow on the hoop house? I know someone who had a greenhouse constructed that way and he complained of problems with snow even though we are in KY and get much less snow than you do. Just wondered how that was working.
  8. MamiPollo

    To heat the Coop or Not is the question

    I live near Teach2rusl and not only do I not heat my coop, I have a fresh air coop you can see here. I have recently winterized it by putting plastic up over the hardware cloth except for 5 square feet that remains open for ventilation. This morning at 6:30 am our windchill was 18 degrees, but...
  9. MamiPollo

    Can egg shell color change?

    My theory is that when two are more are ready to start laying and one lays the first egg, it spurs the other one on to lay her first egg. My araucana laid her first egg this week in a nest she made in the bedding straw outside the nest box. Next day there was a brown egg in the same spot, and...
  10. MamiPollo

    Easter egger pullet broody after laying only 3 eggs?

    Congratulations on your new green and blue eggs! One of my araucanas just started laying this week. Before she laid her first egg she made several nests. She scared me because she was not out with the others and I could not find her. I found her in the hen house making nests in the straw. She...
  11. MamiPollo

    "fort" as a converted bantam coop

    A suggestion: Don't take the slide off. My hens love my daughter's slide. Under the slide is their favorite place for a dust bath. It is fun to see them all under there. Sometimes one or two of them will decide to play on the slide. They climb up and slide back down. They don't play this way...
  12. MamiPollo

    Gotta Love Goldie

    I have a Goldie too. She's an araucana.
  13. MamiPollo

    Hen eating poop, acting touchy & not looking pretty

    I'll try to get a picture later today. She is laying again, but is unfriendly in that she is acting like the other chickens. Ah...she used to be so friendly toward me. She would always come over and be my friend, want me to pet her, like a puppy dog. She would stand there and talk to me, she...
  14. MamiPollo

    Why Aren't My Chickens Laying? Here Are Your Answers!

    Well, I must have sparked something by posting here, because this morning one of the araucanas squatted and then one of the australorps squatted. Watching for a green egg! :-) The australorp is acting very weird today also, like my columbia rock did right before she laid her first egg. Won't...
  15. MamiPollo

    Hen eating poop, acting touchy & not looking pretty

    My columbia rock hen is about 9 months old. She started laying this summer and has been very predictable. She has missed a few days, including about 3 days recently but now has started back up laying an egg every morning the last two or three days. However, now she is behaving strangely. The...
  16. MamiPollo

    Is my it possible my Ameraucana hasn't started laying after 6 months?

    I have 2 araucanas that are 8 months old and not laying yet. They are huge and not sure they have stopped growing. This thread makes me feel better about them. Sounds like it just takes them longer.
  17. MamiPollo

    Why Aren't My Chickens Laying? Here Are Your Answers!

    My 5 hens all hatched in March and so far only one has laid any eggs. I have 2 australorps, 2 araucanas and one columbia rock. The rock started laying during the summer (towards the end of July, I believe). She has not laid an egg the past 3 days, so now I am getting none. Am I wrong to think...
  18. MamiPollo

    March Chicks Still Not Laying?

    I have looked over the sticky thread on this topic, and I see age but it is talking about old hens. I have 5 hens that hatched in March. One of them has been laying since August. The other 4 have bright red combs, but have not been laying eggs. Only the one who lays squats. One of the araucanas...
  19. MamiPollo

    Sand ok for winter coop floor?

    I have a coop built on a concrete slab with sand on top of that. One half of the floor is a piece of plywood. It is raised a few inches off the concrete. I will be putting either wood shavings or straw on top of the plywood for the winter. I am in KY. I have spent a winter in Iowa and you get...
  20. MamiPollo

    Need some advice about hens going visiting!

    That's good to know that they might settle down next year. I guess they are like teenagers, wanting to get away from mom and having some adventures. lol
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