My chickens have nine lives i swear. The neighbor dog got one of my chickens this morning and we thought it was dead and gone as there were a lot of feathers. Anyway, our dog found her huddled in the snow behind a gas tank. She was fine. Revised the pen, seems to work better. They hate the...
Well it's Maine and there will be tons of snow, but we lost one of two most adventuresome chickens becase of it this morning. They love to free range but we can't let them if this is going to be the result. My husband wants to keep them cooped up. They have a fenced area but they fly out of...
They don't like garlic, asparagus or strawberry plants. They aren't interested in dandelions. On the other hand they ate the tops off a Hosta plant that happened to be potted and inside the fence. Course we just rototilled so the soil is full of worms.
We live in Maine, we are building a new coop and I want to use ridge vent on the roof for venting. My husband says it will move too much air and will be too drafty. The ceiling is 8 feet in the air, we could put in some small collar ties at the very top and put a ceiling in it that has gaps at...