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[ShrekDawg]

So cute!!!

My dad bought all the wood for the coop for my birthday present! Only came to 240 something

 

[timothyyoung]

Major construction done. Just need to paint and trim.

Interior needs painted and one more roost and it will be done as well.

 

[gpeters3]

RE: The pic of the nest box with ladder roost in front. Thats a good idea but there is no roost outside the box lip provided as an alternate. I see the hens roosting on the box lip, not the roost? I was going to include the pic but couldnt figure out how to cut and paste in this editor. Anyway i made a simlar roost in front of my nest boxes but added a flat 2x4 about 10 inches in front of the lip and a little higher. All mine were used to roosting in the nest boxes but now they all roost on my new roost setup. Im a happy camper. I try to design roosts so they can fly up in stages with lots of wing room and just hop or step into the nest. Its a tricky balance to get them close enough so they dont have to flap to get in but far enough away they cant poop in the nests sitting on the roost. Here is a pic.

 

[Sylvester017]

I want to plant some flowers around mine, is there any I should avoid or any type they won't eat?

There are a lot of sites, articles, and books on "toxic vs safe" plants/foods for chickens. Here are just a few sites I use for lists:

http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html
http://www.geeksongardens.com/list_7372892_plants-chickens-garden.html
https://poultrykeeper.com/general-chickens/poisonous-plants-chickens/
http://www.grit.com/animals/common-...-to-dogs-cats-and-chickens.aspx#axzz3KpE7wOXl

 

[Sylvester017]

RE: The pic of the nest box with ladder roost in front. Thats a good idea but there is no roost outside the box lip provided as an alternate. I see the hens roosting on the box lip, not the roost? I was going to include the pic but couldnt figure out how to cut and paste in this editor. Anyway i made a simlar roost in front of my nest boxes but added a flat 2x4 about 10 inches in front of the lip and a little higher. All mine were used to roosting in the nest boxes but now they all roost on my new roost setup. Im a happy camper. I try to design roosts so they can fly up in stages with lots of wing room and just hop or step into the nest. Its a tricky balance to get them close enough so they dont have to flap to get in but far enough away they cant poop in the nests sitting on the roost.

When we got our new Barn Coop I set up a 2x4 plank for my hens and the silly girls liked the 2x2 rounded-edge roosts instead that came with the coop! All 4 of our hens were accustomed to sleeping in the old coop's nestboxes. The 2 Silkies still sleep in the new nestboxes -- they are a pile-on-the-floor kind of breed anyway -- while the 2 LFs are using the new coop's rounded-edge roosts. Hey, as long as they're happy, I'm happy!

 

[bruceha2000]

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Some plants that aren't good for them might just be ignored. I think chickens pretty much know what they shouldn't eat. For example, hostas are supposed to be bad. We have several (been there before we owned the place) but the chickens have never touched them (other than to use them for shade). On the other hand there are two variegated ones in the front of the house that the woodchucks chew to the ground. They don't eat the all green ones though.

 

[tail_feather]

Yes it is. The best thing I ever did. Extremely easy to clean. Give it a try. You will like it.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Mine eat all of my moms flowers and they are fine some of them they don't eat nought like her flags, hosta, Lillys, they nibbles at the roses but they don't usually are out eating them except digging in the mulch I think they like to see me get mad and chase them out but I don't think it's funny because they are going to have to go if they don't stay out

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Plus I hate to see them in there run all day because they want to destroy my moms flower beds I usually give In and give them another chance then a while later

 

[ShrekDawg]

Couldn't you possibly wrao wire around the beds or something? And/or maybe provide them a different spot to bathe and hang in?