Recent content by Spartan22

I agree with Hammer about noise time ordinance, my chickens doesn’t make noise in the dark unless something spook them. In Michigan and Ohio, it gets dark at 4:30 ish-5 pm this time of the year. The neighbors must have their windows open in the winter to hear clucking hens.

29 Eggs Today and 2 crowing roosters 🐓

Huh, it’s been 6 yrs, those weeks of sleepless nights watching YouTube. They were all in my old lap top (3 laptops ago). I googled how to make cape cod style shed; how to make a-frame roofing; framing windows and framing doors; how to do shingle roofing. I watched them over and over taken...

“Apron” technique is easy peasy, then I weighted it down with bricks so it doesn’t heave up and for aesthetics look and so I can also step on them when checking on my chicken. I had them on now for 5 yrs, I grew mints around them for added mice repellent.

I got 4 Welsumers, and their eggs are always speckled but darker than yours. It’s normally on the reddish side than dark brown side in comparison to my French Black Copper Marans eggs. I attach a photo, welsumer’s eggs @the bottom.

At 7+ wks old, a rooster ready to be more copper than black.

29 eggs today, but they’re not done yet sun is still up. 😍

Karen, were you able to go to France last year and meet a friend?

What in the world? You don’t just kill a chicken and tossed it over a fence. First cruelty, 2nd insensitive to other neighbors. They could have gave it away or butcher them humanely or disposed them properly. I have had unwanted roosters. I gave some away, I sold some really cheap and I had...

Thanks, it was fully operational coop without the run within 6 wks since the fluffy butts we’re growing fast and my garage we’re becoming dusty. The run and roof was extended within 2 months after. So far it been almost 6 yrs to date by late June and I had built a second breeding coop 2 yrs...

Thanks, it was fully operational coop without the run within 6 wks since the fluffy butts we’re growing fast and my garage we’re becoming dusty. The run and roof was extended within 2 months after. So far it been almost 6 yrs to date by late June and I had built a second breeding coop 2 yrs...

I’ll try to answer your Qs one at a time. #1. Depends on the size of your coop and the type of chicken you have, I’ll start with 2-3 ft roost above ground- my chickens prefer higher 4-7 ft. #2 ideal space 12-14” per chicken on the roost. #3 I prefer to have poop boards having more than 20...

Could be trying to protect eggs from heat, some of my hens does it too during winter.

36 Eggs Today, called off work today but couldn’t waste a sunny day decided to trim 200 ft length of 10’ high hedges.

43 yesterday and 38 Eggs Today, sold 10 cockerels today (5 twelve week olds and 5 seven week olds) at an auction.