“Treehouse” Coop Ontario, Canada
Our coop sits above our run and includes a small protected balcony. Its footprint is ~ 12’ x 16’. It is home to 6 pullets: 4 Wyandottes, a Brahma and a Delaware.
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I am looking for some black copper maran hatching eggs. I had a very very beloved rooster who passed away recently and I am now without a breeding rooster. I am looking for some high quality black coppers with super dark eggs. Fertile hatching eggs or day old chicks. You must be willing to ship...
Hello all. I am a long-time lurker and finally decided to make an account. As the title states I live in the sub-arctic region of northern Canada (think ice road truckers). There are a few people around here that keep chickens and I've been thinking about it for years. Keeping birds over the...
I'm at my B&SIL's house in the South Okanagan for a few days, dealing with the grief of losing my nearly 18 year canine sidekick last week. While we are here we took a quick drive across the border so that I could pick up some Sweet PDZ, which I cannot get in Canada, along with a few other...
Hi there - I'm thinking ahead to our Canadian winters. I'm near the great lakes area so we get a lot of damp cold reaching -20 C sometimes and even lower with the wind chill. I was thinking of either adding a heated water bowl or one of the heated pads from amazon like this one...
It was about 1 year ago that I suddenly realized that I live in the country now and I can have chickens. I thought about it a lot as livestock management is a responsibility and needed to be thought through. I started searching for coop designs and another realization occurred. This was making...
Hi everyone! I'm new to the chicken world - I am also in Canada. I am getting my day olds tomorrow from our local hatchery. Anyone on here use Koop Clean for the deep litter method? It was recommended to me but I'm having a hard time finding it here in Canada. Any recommendations for an...