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We are in north Florida, built our coop 5 years ago & we're having the same thought process about a coop door . We have a ton of predators here as well . Ended up building the coop & run with a nice size buried predator apron and used 1/4" hardware cloth to keep snakes out as well . I put a...

I guess I should have specified better about coffee grounds . Coffee grounds are not BAD for the garden ,but like anything else you don't want to over do it. I mix tea leaves & coffee grounds into my compost .They should be used in moderation as they can also increase soil acidity. It is...

Only issue I have is I do deep litter method & use the coop clean out to add to compost pile & use for the garden . Excessive amounts of coffee grounds are not good for plants 😩

Well that's amazingly simple !! Why didn't I think of that 🤷‍♀️

We just say "no" to pestisides and herbicides and don't even use miracle grow .We Compost & use natural leaf mulch . The chickens keep the pests pretty much at bay . 20 years and our property is in balance ......

We also got a TS Roo "pullet" haha happens a lot . Another alternative is to give him away to someone that doesn't have an issue culling them . Some people post on FB Roos and others collect them up as fast as they are posted !

I wish I could do this instead of the cone ......don't seem to have enough strength. Had to do 2x to sick hens a long time ago and it wasn't quick enough 😢

When putting in our new well the 100' rule was from septic tank . Nothing ever said about coops and we have 2

Another great idea that "hides" the look of the coop is to roll black paint on the hardware cloth ,makes it disappear....painted all the wood black as well ,really made a difference !!

So I read all the reply's and yours as well . Seems that profit is your only goal . . . Look to big business that has failed . You also will fail with the loss of life a huge cost . Guess that's unimportant.

I’m in north Florida and want to acquire ,buy ,trade whatever a couple fertilized chicken eggs for my broody mama for two years to sit on . I’ve posted on Facebook with no luck …..

I tried the time limit and that helps some ,but I finally got tired of them nibbling all my garden veggies and this winter came up with the simplest idea after reading about fences and a zillion other things - we had some freeze. Warnings in N Florida and I covered all my plants at night …...

My girls had found the wild blueberry bushes this past season , absolutely hysterical to watch them leap up to grab berries 😂🤣😂

I joined BYC about two years before I actually got chickens . I had them as a kid & wanted to do the same again . I really wanted to be sure I was giving them the proper home & nutrition that they needed and joining a group like BYC looked like the best option to get answers to my questions .

Great article ! My nit wits are afraid of hanging treats 🤣 I did put an old reproduction school desk with chair & desk combo in as a “fun spot “ and they love that ! Jump from there to the log & back …..

Was a desperate move to keep one lone chick from being alone 😫

My biggest mistake was buying two chicks from tractor supply to keep one chick that I inherited company and they all were supposed to be pullets. Definitely not pullets had one rooster and one hen that we call TSD for tractor supply defect . boy or boy is she a defect she shaped funny she lays...

We have two cats that watch over the chickens , one is a herder the other a watch tower boy ……neither cat has ever lifted an eyebrow or paw towards any of the girls & one actually herds them when they stray too far ….long hair torti is the herding cat , the other just watches the perimeter , at...

Great step by step explanation ! I love the deep litter ,use hemp and clean out 2x a year . Hemp composts better (in my opinion) for garden use . I like to use some lime occasionally to sprinkle inside the coop & DE only in nest boxes .