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It's official! All three of my hens are laying. A second, who I am pretty sure is B, laid an egg on 12/31. This morning Blue was making a racket. I later found her in the nesting box making some pur/trilling noises. B joined her in the second box, which is the one I found the egg last year in...

All is well Later today I went out to the run to check the flock. There was no snow or frost on the little ladies and they were all energetic and lively as usual. Thankfully, the snowstorm didn't get to them too bad. #2 was in the coop getting ready to lay. However, she was on the roost and not...

They do have somewhere dry to go. We have a truck camper shell a few yards away from their coop. They usually spend their days in it away from the weather. I'd like to think their coop is fairly predator proof; only the back worries me. It's the weather that is creating issues right now.

Part II With the covering done (I didn't get a picture yet because it was late at night when I finished because I needed my SO help to put it on) I was pleased with how it looked and expected it to hold up. A few days passed and it held up beautifully in the wind and rain. I thought I figured it...

Coop improvements and still feeling like a bad chickie parent Over the course of the week I put up the plastic sheeting like I wanted. I got all the stuff together and started. It took a while to find some wood amidst the construction leftovers that I could work with but I finally found some...

I know it's been a few days since my last post, but it's been a busy weekend. We went up to celebrate Christmas with family over the weekend. But good news! We finally got our table saw. Now I can work on the coop. There's a good storm in the forecast in a few days so I need to get things ready...

I am going to move it again hopefully before the end of the year. The "pasture" they are in has been worn down (its a completely undeveloped property so I am using the chickens to clear the land.) The bottom is 1/2" hardware cloth. It's also on the front and front half of the sides. I've been...

Predators are another worry for me. We have eagles and foxes, according to my neighbor. I've only seen a hawk or two among the tons of ravens so far. My flock protection could certainly use some help too 😜 (See a trend here? In my defense I just started keeping chickens in April but moved a...

This is a bit of a hard post for me to write because it shows a couple of my inadequacies and insecurities. My coop was not designed or made for winter weather. That much is obvious. But this shows just how unprepared I was. I have a lot of ideas that I'm going to implement. Maybe I'm just being...

Thank you for the idea. That would actually work quite well because it would also add a bit of a greenhouse effect which would help with the cold. I still worry about the ventilation. I have wire on the bottom, the wavy roof (can't remember what the style is called), openings where the nest...

Good morning! I left the chicken water out last night to see just how good the heater worked. While I am pleased to say it kept the water warm-ish, it didn't work perfectly. Outside temp got to the teens (currently 17F -8C) and only a portion of the water froze! Enough didn't freeze where I'm ok...

It depends a bit on if you want to rotate pastures. The chickshaw is wonderful for moving around. I built the mini shaw which is only about 4x4 and holds 16-20 birds (I forget the actual number and my brain isn't fully working this morning). You could put it on a less hilly part, if you have it...

It was a dark and stormy night... literally. We had a lot of wind and rain that turned to snow. Needless to say, the chickens are not a fan. They decided to stay in their coop for a while. I'm sure they will get out once it warms up a little. Now then, for a bit of an intro: I am fairly new...