coop

  1. Huggy06

    Hen seems lost at night when time to go into coop.

    Hi I have 6 hens all about 12 weeks old. They have been doing really well about learning to go into their coop at night. At first they just slept on the floor of the coop so I started helping them up on the roosts at night and they learned that pretty quickly as well. For the past few nights...
  2. F

    Clean enclosure/yard

    I really need some help, I’ve been raising ducks for over a year now (started with 2 now we have 6) and I have a major problem with flies. They’re just everywhere. We’ve been trying to keep things clean and not let there be standing water, I even put up SEVERAL fly traps and replace them...
    • Fowlgals
    • Thread
    • cleaning cage coop ducks
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. KitchenFamilyFarm

    Animal safe caulking material/Waterproofing coop

    We put together a resin shed as a coop but I’m having issues with keeping out water. We live in eastern Tennessee & get lots of hard rainfall. I’m thinking about running a bead of caulking around all the openings to better seal the windows & doors. Worried about caulking being toxic tho. Do...
  4. Cnjecker

    Our First Broody-Hatched Clutch!

    Hello all! Our girly just hatched 6/7 eggs (rejected the last one) and they’re up and walking about the coop. The other hens don’t seem to mind them and neither does the rooster, thank god!! My question is, our coop is raised off the ground by probably 2 feet or so with a ramp with small...
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    coop run and next run with door.jpg

    My coop with a rain covered run then a covered run.
    • triciayoung
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    • converted shed to coop coop
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    • Category: Chicken Coops & Runs
  6. Jad1977

    My chicken coop

    What do you think of my chicken coop? It houses 3 but could probably get a couple more in there comfortably. Its got a modified run for when there's predators around and automatic door to avoid those early morning wake up calls!
  7. Captnrex

    My coop start to "finish"

    And why having an actual (blueprint) plan is a good idea, cause I didn't lol My original idea was I knew I wanted it 8 foot long (bottom 4x4s) but finally figured 6 foot wide.... + the 2x4s running on the outside of the vertical 4x4s buddy works at a hospital equipment delivery place so he had...
  8. R

    Stopped go in coop at night

    I have 4 hens, 1 year old, three different breeds, all comparably sized. Everything has been going fine until this last week when I go to close their coop door at night I have had a couple of them camping out in the ramp or near the door rather than roosting inside. I hadn’t thought anything of...
  9. Goosey Girl

    Sneaky Pennsylvanian township amending rules

    A friend of mine brought this to my attention.... Lower Providence Township in eastern Pennsylvania will vote to virtually eliminate the ownership of all chickens in their community. There will be a meeting July 20th at 7pm to vote in an extremely unfair amendment to their rules. I don't live...
  10. B

    Lime

    Anybody use lime in their coop for smell control and mite prevention? what brand do you use? how can i be sure i’m using something that is safe for my pullets?
  11. Alipete21

    Southern Girl living in Alaska

    Hi there from Alaska! I’m completely new to raising Chickens. Currently raising 17 chicks: 1 Brahma 1 Brahma/Australorp 5 lavender Orpingtons 5 Buff Orpingtons 5 Black Australorps Rearranging with friends soon to own 2 of each of the orpingtons and Australorps and adding: 2 Americanas 2...
  12. Quacking ducks

    Chicken/duck bedding?

    I have chickens and ducks. they have separate coops but have the same run. what is the best thing to put on the ground in the coops and run? The ducks soak the run and make it all mud and smell like a pig pen and the chickens dig holes that make me trip when hauling water in. I have heard some...
  13. Piepie

    Adding new chickens

    I have 5 chickens, two are silkies and the others are Easter eggers. One rooster of each kind. 13 weeks old. I know that isn't nearly enough hens so I'm picking up 4-6 more ee hens this weekend and from another person I'm getting 2 silkie laying hens. I plan to separate the silkies into a...
  14. LilHitzel

    When can these kids enjoy their coop??

    My oldest are 5 weeks, my youngest are 4 weeks. They don’t seem to be using the brooder heat plate at all anymore, not even at night. When can these goofs go out to their new coop? They’re getting very bored and stuffy.
  15. C

    Can free range birds have a smaller coop?

    Hi all, new poster here. I am increasing the size of my flock from 5 to 15. In the last couple months, my current chickens figured out how to get out of the run I had fenced in for them (multiple jumps to the top of the coop, then over the fence). I eventually decided to just give them free...
  16. Captkirk40

    New here, just got 10 new chicks!

    Hey everyone! I am brand new to owning chickens. I moved to north Georgia a year ago... And once I found out I can have chickens, I was on the path! To be able to have free range eggs from my backyard seems amazing! I just got in 10 hen "colored egg layers" from TSC that I would appreciate...
  17. Bubblesunrise

    Soap Lake Municipal code forcing me to keep my chickens in their coop PERMANENTLY

    Hello, City municipal code link here: https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/SoapLake/ I am a very frustrated and angry chicken owner. I am working very hard to keep my girls safe and happy. I have a neighbor who had called municipal code on my coop for being too close to my property line. So I...
  18. BoomChickWow

    Help with Coop and Run Materials!

    I was set on using sand in my coop and run based on advantages I had read about and the “Chicken Chick” and others recommendations. Now I am questioning it after reading an article in how it should never be used. I might be overthinking but now I am not sure what to use! I live in a residential...
  19. The chicken nurd

    Building a quail coop and need some advice

    Currently, I’m buildings a third coop that eventually will be used for Coturnix quails and I need some advice to make sure my plan sounds ok to you guys with quail I was planning on building a coop/run set up inside my chicken run, the run is 11×12 currently, and I was thinking of walling off a...
    • The chicken nurd
    • Thread
    • advice coop coturnix quail quail cage quails
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  20. Plushness

    Chickens Not Using New Feeder

    I have read some forum posts related to this topic, though I'm interested to get an answer for my current situation. I recently made a new feeder, one that is made of cardboard as I found it easier to craft my own than to just buy one. The design I came up with is a trough system, on one side...
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