When do I admit defeat?

[eleaserek]

Good info here. One other thing I've noticed through experience with my own girls, any change will mess with production. It sounds like each time they've adjusted to a new change, you've thrown something new at them. Even little things like switching food or changing the daily routine will potentially throw them off anywhere from a couple days, to a couple weeks.

In so many ways, less is more with chickens. Find a routine that works for you and them, and stick with it as best you can, and don't give up!!

 

[Little Fuzzy]

Well my brother built it for me. He talked me into getting the chickens because his yard is very small. I will raise and keep the chickens and he would build the coop RIGHT! Well at 8 weeks he still had only half of the coop built. My nephew finished it for me. Hardware cloth is very expensive! The coop is a 3 sided shed 6x8 with roof of course. Since I hate painting sheds I used green asphalt shingles on every surface. The front is all Hardware cloth except the door frames. The attached run is 22x 10. They have a chicken swing which only the Golden Stars use. When a Star is on the swing a white leghorn comes up behind and pecks her tail. I have 9 chickens and I am fighting the chicken math!!