Articles by spotsplus
I have a small flock of backyard bantam chickens. My little flock is quite varied with many different breeds (often only 1 of a particular breed):
Penny - mixed white phoenix cross bantam
Little Red Hen- Old English cinn. bantam
Cindy- Wyandotte black and white speckled full sized hen
Shirly-...
I have built a few chicken coops for my home (and a few for friends) to house my slowly growing population of bantam chickens. Sadly due to preditors in my area it is a risk to let them free range. Here are some of my coops:
Chicken Tractor:
This chicken tractor I built from scratch having...
Here is my first attempt at building a henhouse myself. I thought out the design, drew up the plans and put it together. It's 4' wide x 5' long and 4' high. I put in a side door on the left to be able to reach in to collect eggs. In the second photo you can see the two removeable nest boxes. In...
This is a "Chicken Condo" I initially built for my blind chicken. It has two levels- top is more enclosed for shelter from weather. In winter I put plastic up around it except for on door. The bottom is dirt so the chickens can dust bath. The top floor is all wood with shavings. The ramp from...
After the chicks hatch in the incubator and are moved to the brooder they generally stay in (weather permitting) the brooder till they are approx 6 weeks old. They then go to my "transitional" area where they can get used to the outdoors. First they go in the "porch bins" at night and outside in...
Belgian D Anver
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Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed:
Belgian D'Anvers were known previously as Antwerp Belgians. They are one of the smallest bantams and have no full size counterpart. They are sweet and curious and quite easy to tame as a pet. They...
We initially had a 10 x 10 chain link dog kennel and bought one of those pipe roofs with tarp cover that the hens could go in but the first winter the tarp tore and now each winter we put on a new industrial tarp to keep it covered as well as a support beam in the middle of the kennel. We have...