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Hi, We have a friend who needed to re-home her hens, so we said yes. She gave us 18 hens a run and a coop, which was far too small. We spent under $300 building this house. We had some recycled 2x4 pine. I'm terrible at making posts but I wanted to show you can build a henhouse for a few hundred...

I was considering buying this house for my ladies & I also have this tractor supply 8X8 pen but i want to know if it would still work with my pen? if anyone has the same pen you know has an open square on one side that you can unscrew & i didn’t know if i could get my house to fit that way? I...

Hi i have a 4x8x8 coop and I was wondering how many chickens I can have in the coop?

Over the course of the multiple years I’ve had chickens, they’ve always had a fascination with looking inside my house’s windows and into the house. I let my chickens free range most of the time and they often stand or sit down right outside of the door. Do they just like being on the porch or...

Hi! We just bought a chicken coop we are turning into a duck house for our ducks. My concern is there doesn’t seem to be any ventilation. We’re drilling holes near the roof- but is that enough? Help.

Hi! We just bought a chicken coop we are turning into a duck house for our ducks. My concern is there doesn’t seem to be any ventilation. We’re drilling holes near the roof- but is that enough? Help.

I am SO sad, right now. We just lost Herman the House Rooster! It looks like this crazy, wet, up-and-down-temp Winter has finally caught up with us, here in Maryland. Despite the elevation of his run, every time it deluged, here (and it deluged a LOT this winter,) Herman's run would muck up...

My husband and I want to build an aviary for our Muscovies. The plan is a 50ft x 50ft around 7ft tall. But we’re still in the learning stages on building stuff. Any advice on materials, tutorial videos and/or best mesh to enclose it? We want this thing to be huge. Also any advice or pointers...

Hi everyone! I wanted to share the new coop/run we built for my coturnix quail. They are 4 weeks old today. There are 11 of them in total, with 2 definitely being males (they’ve been crowing). I just wanted to post this to see if anyone had any feedback/ideas/suggestions? We’re totally new to...

(Sung to the tune of "muffin man") I am now permanent at work and proposing to move the next County over (maybe) and also own a place, that will have some CYCENS on it. This is a large amount of Work, but my current land lord is dubious and it is a rental of course. Others have gotten their...

Hi there. I built this coop a few years back. We have a new group of 7 hens and two ducks living in here. I added another 4x4ish covered section to the right. It is now about 4x12ft footprint, with the elevated coop measuring approx. 3x3.5ft. My question is, will my ducks need (or will...

We have three goslings - 4 weeks old pilgrim female, 2 weeks old not sure on gender or breed, and almost a week old pilgrim male. I've done a lot of searching but I feel like I have specific questions that I haven't found an answer for so I'm sorry if my questions are repetitive/annoying...

This is not an argument ground! I feel like this topic is very touchy with some people, so please read the following rules. Rules! ~ if it's not nice don't say it ~ have fun showing off your house chicken(s)! With that over. Let's get on, us crazy chicken owners! Here you can post anything...

We’ve had some mild vandalism a couple times my first year. The worst was only two broken windshields. Our dogs are a good deterrent but they can’t watch vehicles in the front of the house. Are there any other cheap security solutions? Any good outdoor security cam?

I have 3 baby chicks one and two weeks old. They get very loud at night in the food bowl. Is it okay to take away the food at night so they will be quiet so I can sleep? Or do they need food 24/7?

Hi all, I am making a brooder out of a big red bin. I want to make sure the chicks have things to do...not only walk around, eat and drink. I was wondering if I could make a little house/playground for them and put it in there. It would be made of cardboard and hot glue to hold things...

We have a old farm that built in late 1800's. It already had a chicken house. Just wondering if anyone can advise or make suggestions on how to best accommodate our ducks if I share pics. There are already roosting posts. Some are over a large boxed in area that I am not really sure of its...

Hello, I have 11 full-size chickens, and no time to build a coop. I have pondered buying a storage building to make into a coop, but I was wondering if something pre-fab could be large enough. They will have a large pen to almost free-range in, so I'm not TOO worried about the space. I found...

I'd prefer to get a shed rather than a coop as they are used to sleeping in a shed on roosts also a shed gives me more room to get in and power wash and is easier cleaned out, it's mostly for them to sleep in as they will be free ranging for the rest of the day so no need for a run. At first I...

Hi I'm moving into new house and bringing my 9 hens with me, I've only ever had them in a concrete yard before so I'm not sure what it's like to have them in a grass garden, their coop is currently a shed with roosts in it so I need to buy a coop with a run or just a coop and build a run since I...