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Looks like a perfectly good palace to me! Quite a few super-cute and fully functionable coops are made from salvaged materials. Nothing wrong in recycling as long as the structure is build sound.

Yeah, I had a persistent broody Golden Buff pullet. Caved and bought her three Black Australorp chicks to raise after two months of her sitting on an empty nest. The chicks are two months old now and she still loves being a mommy; they crowd under her at night.

You're welcome. I found it when looking for options for pains meds for chickens after the initial predator attack. Bookmarked it immediately. So Snowflake is getting a bit better. Her head is still upside down, but her eyes have stopped flicking and she managed to eat/drink on her own today...

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/medicine-chart

She's got an ear infection!!! Yay! Some gooey crusty stuff started oozing from the ear hole that had been punctured. So, brought her home for a spa night. Going to irrigate the ear to remove the gunk, give her a bath (she doesn't preen), and file her beak down (she doesn't peck so it's a bit...

No better, but no worse. Going to see if I can get a set-up to tube-feed her tomorrow since I'm not sure if she can swallow okay. Hopefully she's just having some temporary vertigo related to her punctured eardrum?

Of course since I posted about Snowflake, today she had to start showing some neurologic signs. I tucked her into one of the nesting boxes for the night so she doesn't fall off the roost. We'll see how things are in the morning, I guess. :/

I have a pullet that survived an attack...she was partially scalped and had a punctured eye and a punctured ear drum. Brought her inside, cleaned the wound and applied Vetericyn, and kept her in until things had scabbed over. She wasn't eating for me, so I thought she might do better with the...

If you plan on housing guineas with your chickens, once the keats are old enough to be moved from the brooder into a coop put them into their final location immediately. Adolescent and adult guineas are a pain in the rear to move ANYWHERE, so skip the grow-out pen/coop. If you have to move...

My construction/renovation projects always take 5x longer than I think they will, Coop de Grass! At least!

It is amazing what small crevices that both birds and predators can fit through. I learned this the hard way as well, unfortunately. Now everything is hardware cloth and no cracks bigger than 1/4-1/2"!!!

If you raise guineas with your chickens, they will defend/raise a ruckus at the sign of an intruder. This is great when it comes to predators...not so great when you're trying to add a few roos to your flock of laying hens. Poor boys got chased into the trees two days in a row before the...

The science-y formula for de-skunking a dog is 1 quart 3% hydrogen peroxide mixed with 1/4 cup baking soda and 1-3 Tbsp dishwashing soap. The peroxide chemically reacts with the sulfur-containing thiols (the primary cause of the stink), the baking soda provides additional deodorization, and the...

It must smell different to different people. Even a faint skunk odor reminds me of burning tires. They actually make decent pets if tamed while young and the scent glands are removed. A bit like a cat, as I understand.

Yeah, moms with babies are particularly tenacious! I think I'm going to supplement with a strand or two of electric once I figure out everyone's permanent spot. The good news is that I haven't had any more break-ins since I zipped everything up, but best not to get complacent when there are...

Unfortunately, not completely accurate so let me explain. :) Vaccines against viral diseases are three basic types: "killed", "modified live", or "recombinant". I'll explain what that means, but there aren't commonly used vaccines anymore that are just "live"--meaning that small amounts of...

Yeah, not having fuzzy feelings about the wildlife right now...so sorry, @Coop de Grass

I know there are people who use it or wood stove pellets in the coop. I saw it when I was researching my options.

Okay, the horse pelleted bedding is working SO much better in the duck brooder than the shavings! I just have to give it a stir twice a day and the sawdust sinks and the intact pellets come to the top, ready to absorb more moisture. This is something I wish I had known...in fact, I think I may...

I will never be so glad as when I can finally move all the waterfowl outside for this reason! I think they produce so much because, being water birds, their colons have no need to reabsorb any water from the fecal matter. So, big sloppy mess. :sick