My chicks are 7-8 weeks old. I do not have my main coop cleaned out and separated for them. The past 2-3 days I’ve had them out in my mini coop, but would bring them kicking and squawking back into the garage brooder at night. I figured I’d leave them out there tonight but am worried for two...
Thanks for the responses. I wasn’t sure how to do the roof. I think I was also over engineering it. Debbie, thanks for sharing those posts. I could see how the roof was made.
Rosemarythyme, are there any troubles with blocking chickens from the food with only one open side? Your playset...
Does anyone have a covered chicken feeder station? I’m planning on making some sort of roofed housing for my chickens feed. Sort of like a little gazebo.
I've got 5 old birds, 4 babies. I'll just really need to get that coop cleaned out and sprayed soon. I just got some Saturday lime, so will see how that works too.
My chicks are 6 weeks today. The temperature chart says 68-70 degrees. They're currently in my garage. The temp in the garage is warmer than what they should be, about 75 degrees. Do I need to worry about getting some fans for them? They do look pretty near fully feathered. I've got a coop...
Oh, and it's been awhile, so I will update. After the promise by them that they'll watch their dog when it's out, I had the chickens out and I hear a ruckus and there that damn dog is running after my chickens with a mouth full of grey feathers. I ran out in my socks (this was when the ground...
I think this is the right attitude. I think you acted like an adult and a neighbor. I'm sorry for the loss of your chickens. I think it's good to have a place to vent, within reason, with people who can understand. That can help move one forward to behave with grace and reasonableness.
We had our food hanging inside our coop for years, but it seemed to be in the way and was a pain to work around. We switched to having it in our run when we put up a tent in the run (one of those tents you'd take to watch your kid play baseball, but now the kid is 23 and doesn't play and even...
I have 3 - 3 week old chicks (cream legbar, blue copper marans and a splash australorp), along with 1- 4 week chick (white leghorn) in a brooder. The feed store has a 3 day (maybe 1 week old) olive egger I wanted, along with ONE other friend - (americauna or chocolate laced orp, or another...
I planted a bunch of seeds - sunflower, aster, bee balm, cabbage, bok choy, spinach, lettuce, oregano, basil, green onion, rosemary and put them outside as it was a nice and sunny day. Now I'm trying to decide if I need to go bring them in as night time temp will be 50 degrees.
I’m thinking of adding more roost space as I will be adding 4 chicks to my flock of 5. I’ve got a 4’x8’ coop that has one roost along the whole back wall. I cannot add a parallel one along the front as it would be too close to the windows, nor to the middle as the people door is there and it...
Hi, I'm considering retiring near Lake Murray, South Carolina, either in Newberry or Lexington Counties. Is anyone familiar with what the laws are in those areas with regard to backyard chickens?
I just bought a couple chicken toy sets from Amazon for when I move mine into a bigger brooder. Before, I had a mirror - they loved that. Also branches for them to roost on.