My australorp, Petunia, was a pretty mean bird, she would peck my hands when I tried reach for the water dish and she would pick the screen when I got too close to the coop. As a matter of factshe was so mean that if she didn't start laying soon, my wife suggested introducing Petunia to the...
Both by girls are laying now!!!
I've been getting peewee eggs from Hazel, my RIR, for the last 2 weeks (she's only about 5-6 months, I hope they get bigger as she does) but nothing from Petunia my Astrolorp. But today there were 2 eggs in the coop. One in the nest where Hazel has been laying...
Amazing coop design. I love that the run is underneath, double up your real estate!
The only issue I see, and I may be wrong and hopefully the other BYC'ers can correct me, but I think you shouldn't use dowel rods for roosts, I believe it hurts their feet and causes a painful callus.
Keep up...
Great coop! The more I see of everyone else's the more I wish I had made mine differently. Oh well, there's always next time!
Keep us posted on your Chicken's progress!
The corner of my yard that I'm building the run is very sandy soil. I'd like to use wood shavings so I can add it to my compost along with the manure so I can cut the ammonia before I put it in my garden, but my girls love scratching in bare dirt and chasing bugs, maybe I'll build a divider and...
I'm building a new run beside my coop. I originally used the plans for a tractor/coop from a Lowes circular, but modified it to make it a little cheaper, but soon realized that my girls need more room. I bought a green house frame kit that I'm using chicken wire for walls and reed fencing for a...