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So I think I’ll do a whole new setup for my established flock of good layer breeds then use my current setup for my colored layer/fancy breeds. That’ll make my current set up have about 5 birds and I’ll have a new set up for my 10.

Maybe I can pull the back off where the nesting boxes are ans make it deeper that way. This isn’t a prefab, this was basic bones commissioned (we didn’t have the time) and then we fixed up a couple things, added legs, roosting bars, secured things, did the roof, etc and built the run. Limber was...

I feel like an abusive chicken mom now 😨 I know their run isn’t enough which is why they free range all day until we can add on. We are waiting as our house was just sold and we don’t know if we are staying or leaving for a few more weeks. So figured better to free range a couple more weeks than...

He has been lately. He’s been herding the girls in at night even. They’ve got just under what I was told (and I asked before building/buying and the general consensus was 3 give or take, large breeds more small breeds less and most of mine are about 4lbs full size). I feel so bad! Is it better...

I heard 3 sq feet per bird, mine have between 2.5 and 3 floor space per each. Plus ample roosting bars.

Yes?

Thanks for your help. I love my babies and did years of research before getting them and am trying to do my best. They aren’t just livestock to us, they’re our pets. They follow us around the yard, I swear most recognize their names, most will come demand pets if your sitting/close to the ground...

I mean what am I looking for? I expect him to be a little weird tomorrow and maybe the next day.

He’s always been that way. Since they first came outside at about 7 weeks he’s been “flighty” with us and honestly rejected handling about 4/5 weeks old. Some days he goes up just fine, for a while he wasn’t going in like ever but the last month and a half he’s done better. He has even started...

This is the only photo I could find. Pickles usually goes up on the roof peak (well over 6’ off the ground) if it’s a day he has refused to go up and the dog is out. My flock free ranges my yard most of the day most days and my bigger dog is out but supervised or he’s inside. The only time the...

Also, I could see where dog slobber was on his one leg that is featherless in a little spot but none anywhere else. So I am pretty confident he didn’t get grabbed anywhere else.

If it’s shock, wouldn’t he basically be unresponsive? He’s not. He ran across the run like usual, went in to the coop, he worked his way to the middle roost where he always sleeps, and I went to check on him again and he started clacking his beak at me and giving me the stink eye and scooting...

A rabbit hutch 😂 it was my bantam Cochin quarantine house for about a week. I don’t have photos because I just wanted to let him go in to roost in his known safe zone as to not stress him out more because he HATES being handled. The only person to handle him since he was ~7 weeks old is my...

So I have one roo who won’t go up. He ends up on top of the coop and I have to drag him down and coop him every night. Well, tonight was no different. Except tonight Mr Pickles didn’t go up. And my dog got him. I don’t see any broken skin. A few broken vessels maybe and a featherless spot on his...