severe weather

Howdy Everyone! As you may have heard, the Midwest was struck by some pretty devastating tornados and hail this week. I live in one of the areas that was heavily hit. Thoughts and prayers go out to those affected. With Spring and warmer temperatures quickly approaching for many of us, severe...

I know it’s only the last week of January.... but for many of us in the south spring comes early here. In the south we’ve already our first round of tornadoes for the year back on the 1st of January. So I thought I would make a thread to discuss severe weather preparedness and offer some...

I currently have an OPEN air coop (3 walls, 60 sq ft coop, 8 chickens, and a 120 sq ft run). Everything is cemented down, hardware cloth is secure with washers and screws. Its roof is also anchored down. I'm not necessarily worried about the coop...just the ladies. But, i have 8 ladies in my...