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This started out to be a rodent free feeder (had a bad mouse problem with my old feeder). After first installing it, the chickens made sure it was always full of shavings. The solution... raise it. The problem with that... they couldn't reach it. Solution... build stool all the way around it...

I have eight hens and four nest boxes... plenty for everybody... You'd think

We're going on vacation in about a month and didn't want the chick-sitter to have to fool with filling the feeder (and my own peace of mind) so I modified my existing feeder today to hold 65# of pellets. The particulars are on my page if you care to build one. The bungee just holds the lower...

Anyone have any idea what's going on with this hen? She is about 18 months old and physically healthy...mentally, that's another story. If she went to school, she would ride the short bus. She has done this since I got her at 2 weeks old. Not really worried about her, just wondering. ??? Wait...

Last week one of my 12 week old pullets seemed to lose control of her legs. She was still eating fine, just couldn't get around real good. It got to where she couldn't even get around. Yesterday I decided to cull her and today, I noticed my roo is walking a little funny. Any ideas what's going...

Well, done enough for the new chickies anyway. Still have to build the new nest boxes and transfer the automatic door from current coop when time comes to integrate the two flocks and give it a paint job. It is built entirely with repurposed wood and pallets (with the exception of the roof...

I've read numerous threads on here about the perils of cutting hardware cloth. It's really quite simple. Make sure it's secure, whether it's stapled in it's final resting place or clamped on the workbench. Get out your angle grinder equipped with cut-off wheel (if you don't have one, borrow a...

Well, they never cease to amaze me. A few months back, I just left the main door (which contains the pop door) open for a few weeks during the day. The first day I closed it, all the chickens lined up on the ramp (that dead-ends at the pop door) wondering how to get in the coop. Finally, after...

updated ip address I just picked up five more chicks from my breeder two days ago, 2 australorps and 3 ameracaunas. I have them in a 2'X4' aluminum tool box lined with cardboard with the infra-red lamp at one end. At the hot end, it stays about 85-90° F. To view my set-up on the IP Cam log in as...

Still waiting on a timer to install in coop. I got the idea off the internet some time ago but couldn't find it again when I decided to build one. Did the best I could from memory... works great! iPhone pics and video... excuse the quality. Here it is in action.

The main door of my coop is hardware cloth with a pop door in it. For the last couple of months, I just open the main door for them to come and go. Today I closed the main door and opened the pop door. While observing the coop-cam on my computer, I noticed them all lined up on the ramp not able...

My neighbor across the street, who is in the process of building a house, gave me 14, super heavy duty, standard size pallets that quickrete came on and two 4' X 12' pallets that the hardy siding came on. One of them is topped with full ¾"X6" boards and the other is topped with 2X4s... and a 16'...

ABC is fixin to air a show today at 10am central time called "Deals" There is going to be a segment on 'how to build a Hen House'. This should be great. Wonder if they'll even get it close? ETA "today"

Well... maybe not ever, but this is bad. It's from Big Red, my mutant Araucana. This fiasco goes on every time she lays and lasts from 30 to 45 minutes each and every time.

First double-yolker from this batch of RIRs today. 89gr.

I've been reading on here the advantages of feeding pumkin seeds to your chickens for de-worming. My question is how much per standard bird and how often? I can't find that answer anywhere and until Jack-o-lantern season is upon us, they are quite pricey. The GF just bought two pounds yesterday...

Laid by Big Red at 24 weeks. It's a little bumpy and has some spots. It looks kinda green in the pic but really is blue... iPhone cameras aren't the best.

Does anyone else here have a coop cam? A lot of my friends think I have gone off the deep end but I think it has it's advantages.

I've got 6 RIRs. The dominant one started laying about 6 weeks ago. She doesn't make much noise at all... just a little grumbling. Number 2 hen started laying about a week ago and is very loud... Before, during and after laying. The strange part is, she won't let anyone else in the coop while...

Can Rhode island reds and Production reds come from the same hatch? I bought 6 RIRs from a breeder in SE TX. Now that they are about 24+- wks old three of them look like production reds (and are laying) and three look like RIRs and are not laying. pic 1 RIR? Pic 2 PR? Pic 3 PR on left- RIR on...