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I have two Grandpa's Feeders for sale. They are in good used condition. They just didn't work well for our situation, I am asking $50 each. They are well over $150 new. This is a good opportunity to try one if you have been wanting one. I am in southern California in the mountains above...

When I built my coop, I made 1 small mistake. Instead of putting one window horizontally and up high over the external nest boxes, I put two windows vertically right above the external nest boxes. So that means that the lids of the nest boxes are not slopped enough to keep the chickens from...

Well my girls have been in their new coop for a little over a year now. While I mostly love it, I have discovered that I made a design flaw. In my enthusiasm to use all 4 of the vintage windows I had saved from an old cabin that was demolished, I designed the front of the coop with two windows...

Hi everyone. About 6 weeks ago I got a call about a rogue chicken running loose in the forest and making it's home at a home being remodeled. I rescued what I thought was a hen, but yesterday it became glaringly obvious that Lucy is really Lancelot. I am not allowed to keep roosters and...

I saved up for a year to get two of these feeders for my girls. We have been using them for almost a year now. The girls had no problem figuring out how to use them, however, I am not so sure I like them. The chickens sit on top of them so there is always poo on the lid. They get poo on the...

I am planning ahead to next spring when I need to get more chicks. However, hubs has said no more chickens in the house and I have to agree with him. I don't have room in the coop or run to put a brooder and I don't have a garage or anywhere like that. I would like to keep all the chicken...

A few weeks ago, we made a feeding station in our run. We couldn't find the kind of stones I wanted at Lowe's and so we decided to put down some rubber mulch. Big mistake! It looked nice and was easy to clean but the chickens decided it was great stuff to dig around in and so it got flung...

Well today my husband and I had time to finally make a feeding station. I wanted to do this when they moved in last Dec. But we didn't have the time. The girls seem to like it! Hopefully it will cut down on the mess a little bit and keep the water cleaner. Here is everyone trying it out!

Now that summer is almost upon us, I am hoping to get some more work done around the outside of the run. Here is what the entry looks like at this point. It isn't finished yet. We are going to put an arbor up, hence the bricks on either side of the little patio and we are hoping to plant an...

Well today my husband and I had time to finally make a feeding station. I wanted to do this when they moved in last Dec. But we didn't have the time. The girls seem to like it! Hopefully it will cut down on the mess a little bit and keep the water cleaner. Of course everyone had to come...

I am wanting to purchase a double wall water fount for my chickens, however, after doing a lot of searching on here, it seems that a lot of people have problems with them not sealing properly. I am wondering if this is a problem with a specific brand or this style of waterer in particular. Is...

Hi everyone. So we are now approaching the 6 month mark on our new coop and run. We knew there would be lots of tweaking to do and so we have started that process. We need to add rain gutters to our metal carport turned chicken run. We had water come in all around the perimeter of the run...

Hello everyone! Cackleberry Cottage has made it through it's first winter pretty well. Will have a few tweeks to do, but nothing major. Now comes the summer. Our run is a metal carport that we enclosed with 1/2" hardware cloth. We are going to need to put up some shade cloth for the summer...

Ok everyone. Here are some shots of the exterior. Please bear in mind it is not finished yet. The patio and arbor outside the run door are not in yet nor is any of the landscaping. But little by little, it will get there. Here is what our run looks like from the street. The bed will be all...

Despite the winds that are pummeling us yet again and in the midst of the pandemonium of the roofs being fixed, I decided to finish the inside of the coop today. But first I had to hang their new sign! Now on to the interior. I trimmed out all the Windows! Don't look too close as I do...

they roost on it instead if in it. I guess there is one in every flock!

I added pictures below. Hi everyone. My husband is mostly done attaching all the HWC to our metal carport turned chicken run. However, we have one problem. Along the top of the carport, there is a thin metal edge just below the roof. It is some sort of trim piece. The HWC goes up overtop...

Hi everyone. So our new coop is being built as I type this. Here is a link to that thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/cackleberry-cottage-comes-to-life.1208243/ The only thing I have not decided on yet is the roosts. The girls currently use a vintage wooden ladder and have for...

I will use this thread for pictures of my coop being built. The guys started late yesterday afternoon and worked for 3 hours this morning. They are making great progress so far! The coop is my design adapted from a quaker style coop.

Oh my stars! My husband hired two guys to build me a new chicken coop to my design and specifications. I hardly know how to act. They are out there building it as I type this. I have been waiting for years for a new coop and thought I would be lucky to get whatever my husband decided to...