Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[chickflick]

I'm sorry, but the coop looks way too small for 6 full grown hens. Winter is upon us and they are going to be so crowded.

 

[Folly's place]

I agree, only if you roof and reinforce that little open area, so it's also coop, will it be anywhere near almost big enough.
And the hardware cloth is not well enough secured. Add boards, like 1"x4", screwed into the framing over the hardware cloth seams.
Mary

 

[saysfaa]

We moved all six of our feathery family to their new home today....

Do you have names for them?

 

[LadyGuinevere]

My daughter named one Lollipop. The others haven't shown us who they are as yet. They will have access to the yard during the day. I have a tarp to cover the run area. The plans we used (Dimensions) were stated for 7 to 10 birds. The coop is on a solid area, on the patio.

 

[chickflick]

In the Learning Guide of BYC, you can look up How much room do the chickens need. In it, it states 4 sq foot for each chicken for the coop. 10 sq ft per chicken for the run. The run could be smaller if you let them free range every day.

 

[saysfaa]

I like Lollipop! For itself and because my niece gave that name to the mallard hen who nested a few feet from my mother in law's front door. She did that for three or four years.

 

[saysfaa]

Dehydrating the hot peppers didn't work. They got dry but lost nearly all their heat and flavor. Or was extremely unlucky and happened to try three peppers that had almost none to begin with. That possible because the peppers did vary a lot but not this little. The drying usually ups the flavor.

 

[saysfaa]

Does the dryer vent go with the dryer or stay with the house?

 

[Sally PB]

Does the dryer vent go with the dryer or stay with the house?

If part of it is attached to the house, I'd say that part stays. I wouldn't leave an open hole in the wall.

But truly, I've never thought about it.

 

[saysfaa]

I meant the hose part from the dryer to the part that goes through the wall. Not the part that goes through the wall or is on the outside of the house. I know we had to buy them when we moved in but that seller took lots of things that are were absolutely part of the house - towel rods in the bathroom, for just one example.