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  1. S

    Silkie chickens question

    My silkies are about 6 months old now and I have integrated them into flock of older chickens. They are doing well, but they can’t figure out how to go up the ramp into the coop. So every night I have to go out and pick them up to put them in for the night. The coop has a board with slats for...
  2. fatsGREENgarden

    Before and after coop build

    We bought a small coop from tractor supply with the intentions of building our own down the road. Basically if we enjoyed having chickens, then we would build them a more permanent one. Eight months of chicken keeping and we were ready to build the coop of our chickens’ dreams. *We are blessed...
  3. M

    Winterizing HELP!

    We live in Western New York where winters can get COLD! I am looking for advice on winterizing our coop (it’s in an old barn stall/shed) and winterizing our goat pen (also in an old barn stall with three walls and an opening to the outdoors). What method is best for chicken flooring? What...
  4. Mystic7

    Coop design needed for the Middle East persecuted & poor

    Working with persecuted Chistians, other minorities, and women in the Middle East is heartbreaking. The lives of the poor are worse than animals. In Pakistan poor Christian adults work for 100 to 300 rupees - less than 1 to 2 dollars daily. Small children work daily for much less. 12 hens will...
  5. Stone Family Farm Coops

    Stone Family Farm Coops

    The path to our coops began with, like many, based on a bad idea. A prefab coop, then another, then a loss of flock. so now what? Well, I built a new coop based on a plastic storage shed. Plastic you say? Yes, plastic, easy to clean, easy to assemble and it doesn’t rot, vermin aren’t fond of it...
  6. matchmeadeinheaven

    Anyone else have success with a game camera identifying predators or do something better?

    I came out back early in the summer to check the chickens as we do every AM. I found that overnight something had tried to dig under the coop and appeared to have been successful at entering. We have had chickens for a few years and it continues to be a fun learning experience. The predator had...
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    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  7. J

    What inside everyone’s coop ?

    Hi all . Just setting up my coop which I am using a large shed for at the min . I have ordered some perches and a little swing ladder thing . Just wondering what everyone has inside their coop and what have people used for nesting boxes ? I’ve seen some great ideas from old milk crates and...
  8. M

    Silkie hut?

    Can someone help me with ideas on a space in my run that can be used for my silkies to take cover from the larger birds in my flock? Looking for ideas & pictures if you have anything! Thanks!
  9. GeekAthair

    2 months and $1100 later we finally have our chicken coop built.

    2 months later, our chicken coop is done! Man, what a process. Early in the quarantine, we started to talk about getting chickens to fill our summer a bit, knowing we weren't going to be running around with friends and family. After lots of research and budgeting, we targeted a coop style by a...
  10. H

    A coop to keep out human predators

    We just finished constructing a coop that we nicknamed the "duck fortress." We live in a developing country near the equator, and we don't really have any predators to worry about other than stray dogs, which aren't an issue in our fenced yard. Previously we used a small chicken tractor that we...
  11. H

    Chicken run help

    Good day all! I'm pretty new to raising chickens so any help would be greatly appreciated. I want to build a new coop and run for my hens but I'm unsure of where I should put it. The current chicken coop is not on flat ground and causes issues with water pooling and several other issues that...
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  13. T

    Need help securing my barn for new chickens

    I've got 8 little chickens. Half are chanteclers, and half are silver laced wyandottes. They're still pretty young, at 1 month for the 1st half and 2 or 3 weeks for the others, so I've got time to figure out how to keep predators out. I have an old barn that's designed to be a nice little...
  14. 5 Things to Consider when Building a Chicken Coop

    5 Things to Consider when Building a Chicken Coop

    Often times when people are building a chicken coop for the first time, they don't know where to start. Here is a list of the most important things to think about when you are building a coop. 1. Predator Proof Predator proofing your coop might be tricky, but is well worth it. Check through...
  15. C

    New here-hello!

    Thank you for adding me to this great, informative site! We lived in the country for 15 years With our kids, cats, dogs, chickens, goats, sheep, rabbits and a donkey. We are now in town and miss our animals so we just got a few chicks🥰 I am using an “outhouse” again for the coop and put it...
  16. kerico

    Hen Saloon Coop Design

    Hello, Please check out this new design and how-to I posted on Instructables! Hen Saloon Thank you!
  17. S

    Introducing Myself

    We are brand spanking new to raising chickens. We started 3 mos ago as something to do during quarantine especially for our adult special needs daughter. We started with 5 New Hampshire Reds and immediately found that all kinds of things came up that we needed to know about and that’s how we...
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    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  18. M

    Hawks!

    We saw these hawks swoop down almost to the coop! They are those small white dots circled in yellow. I missed it but luckily we caught it on the cams. We had one chicken that was on the outside of the coop, thankfully she didnt get picked up. Our chickens are getting pretty big so we hoped the...
  19. JMarieEclectically

    Adding chickens to duck pen

    Hi everyone! We currently have 1 Pekin duck and will be adding 6 Barred Rocks to her pen when they come out of the brooder. I would like advice on our ideas of adding a coop area. Our pen is 10ft x 10ft x 6 1/2ft tall. I will be adding natural branch perches at all heights. For the nesting area...
  20. Vanessa Elle

    Nesting boxes

    As a first time chick mom I am learning as I go but I'm a little stumped with how I should try to introduce or encourage the chicks to start getting used to their nesting boxes. They have been in their big coop for a month and they just haven't been interested in the nesting boxes. They are just...
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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